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Why January Is the Best Month for Cheap Fast Food

After the annual holiday spending binge, consumers tend to hunker down and save money by cooking more at home. Well aware of consumer tendencies, fast-food restaurants do their best to tempt diners into eating out more often by rolling out special post-holiday deals.

Pushing Fast Food Like Never Before

The beginning of the year is a tough time for the fast-food restaurant business, when there’s something of a post-holiday lull, if not a mini backlash. Overeating and overspending among consumers is common during the holidays—and so dieting, scaling back spending, and avoiding fast food is common in the period afterward. Or at least attempts [...]

It’s a Deal: Two Free Tacos at Jack in the Box

After 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16, Jack in the Box is giving away two free tacos per customer. No purchase necessary. Apparently, the decision to offer the freebies came about when the sphere-headed Jack in the Box guy got loopy at the dentist’s office.

It’s a Deal: Free French Fries on Friday, April 16

This Friday is Free Fryday at Jack in the Box, when the fast food chain is giving each customer one order of its new fries free of charge.

Fast Food Burgers Go Big: 1/3 Pounders, 900 Calories, $4 and Up

Where’s the beef? If you have to ask, you haven’t been to a fast food establishment recently.

It’s a Deal: Two Free Tacos at Jack in the Box

It’s Taco Tuesday at Jack in the Box. With a downloadable coupon, each customer can get two free tacos today only, August 4. Get the coupon here.