Woman ordering out a fast-food restaurant on a digital screen
A woman ordering from fast-food restaurant on a digital screen.
  • McDonald's introduced its $5 meal deal last month as a way to draw in inflation-weary diners.
  • Data from Placer.ai suggest that the offer worked immediately after McDonald's introduced it.
  • Fast-food chains and some sit-down restaurants have offered competing value meal deals this year.

McDonald's $5 meal deal appears to be drawing in customers.