McDonald’s is bringing back $1 items as part of its 2025 value menu

McDonald’s announced that it will introduce an overhaul of its value menu in restaurants across the U.S. in 2025. Here's what customers can get.

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McDonald's is doubling down on value in 2025 as it continues to entice cost-conscious diners. On Nov. 22, McDonald’s that it will introduce McValue, an overhaul of its value menu, in restaurants across the U.

S. starting January 7, 2025. The menu will be available at its restaurants and via the McDonald’s app.



The McValue menu will include the , the Golden Arches’ limited-time meal that first dropped on June 25 but has been repeatedly extended due to its popularity with customers. The McValue menu will also include in-app offers, local food and drink deals, and a brand new Buy One, Add One for $1 offer on fan-favorite items for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA said in a news release that the chain worked closely with franchisees to construct the menu to give customers more ways to save at the chain.

The new menu comes after a , the trend of quick-service restaurants around the country trying to attract thrifty diners with low-cost meals and deals galore. In the new year, customers will be able to mix and match items to create their own personalized deals. Dubbed the Buy One, Add One for $1 offer, visitors can purchase one full-priced menu item from the McValue menu and add another item of their choice for $1: McDonald’s has again extended its $5 Meal Deal through next summer as part of its McValue menu.

The deal includes four items: the choice of a McChicken or McDouble, a four-piece chicken nuggets, fries and a drink. Cory Watson, National Value Chair for 2025 and a McDonald’s owner and operator, added that incoming local deals will include special discount pricing on fan-favorite items to unique meal bundles. “We have great value for everyone, whether you’re a party of one or feeding the whole family,” he said.

Washington, D.C. native Joseph Lamour is a lover of food: its past, its present and the science behind it.

With food, you can bring opposites together to form a truly marvelous combination, and he strives to take that sentiment to heart in all that he does..