Checkers & Rally's announced its Under $2 Cha-Ching Menu on November 10, 2026, naming seven items including a new Smokehouse Cheddar Burger. The company's own footnote allows prices under $2.50 in select markets rather than under $2, and on its ordering menu the section's contents and prices differ from store to store.
- Status
- Available nowConfirmed by the company
- Brand
- Checkers & Rally's
- Launch
- announced and available as of November 10, 2026 (Nov 10, 2026)
- Where
- US — participating Checkers & Rally's restaurants
- Run
- Not stated
- Price
- Under $2 per item at participating restaurants; under $2.50 in select markets — Checkers & Rally's states prices and participation may vary by location
- Announced November 10, 2026 and described by Checkers & Rally's as available at participating restaurants. No end date has been announced.
- Seven items in the release: Smokehouse Cheddar Burger (new), All American Cheeseburger, 8-Piece Chicken Bites, Grilled Hot Dog, Value Fry, Apple Pie and Value Soft Drink.
- The headline price is "under $2", but the release's own footnote allows "under $2.50 in select markets".
- On Checkers & Rally's own ordering menu, a Columbus, Ohio store listed all seven items under $2; a Davenport, Iowa store listed five and showed no value drink or value fries.
- Per-item prices also vary by store: the apple pie appeared at $1.75 at one location and $1.79 at the other.
- The Big Buford is promoted alongside the menu but is not a Cha-Ching item — it is listed well above $2.
What was announced
On November 10, 2026, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants announced the Under $2 Cha-Ching Menu at its Checkers and Rally's drive-thrus, framing it as a holiday-season value play.
The release names seven items and one new one — the Smokehouse Cheddar Burger — and says the lineup is available at participating restaurants. Its footnote qualifies the price twice: prices may vary by location, and items are under $2 at participating restaurants "with prices under $2.50 in select markets". The company also spotlights its Big Buford in the same announcement, though that item is not part of the value lineup.
What the announcement does not contain: an end date, any statement about whether the menu is permanent, a list of which markets fall into the under-$2.50 band, or how many of the chain's nearly 700 restaurants participate.
Why it matters
Value menus are announced on a single number, and the number is usually the least reliable thing in the release. Here the company published both the headline and the ceiling — under $2, except under $2.50 in select markets — and its own ordering menu shows the programme landing differently in different towns, including one store where two of the seven items did not appear under the heading at all.
That gap between the national description and the drive-thru is the thing worth recording, and it is the part that disappears when a launch is written up from the release alone.
The seven items Checkers & Rally's named
From the company's November 10 release, each described as priced under $2 at participating restaurants:
- Smokehouse Cheddar Burger — the only new item in the lineup - All American Cheeseburger - 8-Piece Chicken Bites - Grilled Hot Dog - Value Fry, a serving of the chain's Famous Seasoned Fries - Apple Pie - Value Soft Drink
Checkers & Rally's describes the Smokehouse Cheddar Burger on its menu as a 100% beef patty with melted cheddar, grilled onions and its Sweet N' Smoky BBQ sauce on a toasted bakery-style bun.
The release positions the lineup as a mix-and-match set — seven items a customer can combine into a cheap meal or add to an existing order.
"Under $2" has a footnote
The menu is named and headlined on price, so the footnote matters. Checkers & Rally's writes it out: "Prices may vary by location. Cha-Ching Menu items are priced at under $2 at participating restaurants, with prices under $2.50 in select markets."
That is two separate caveats. One is the usual franchise variation. The other is a stated ceiling 50 cents above the number in the menu's name — so in some markets this is an under-$2.50 menu, by the company's own account, and Checkers & Rally's does not say which markets those are or how many of its roughly 700 restaurants they represent.
This site records the price exactly as the company states it, caveat included, rather than rounding it to the headline figure.
The Big Buford is not part of it
The release gives roughly equal space to the Big Buford, the chain's double-patty burger, which is easy to read as part of the value lineup. It is not. The Big Buford is a separate item promoted alongside the Cha-Ching Menu, and on the ordering menu it is listed far above $2 — the combo appeared at $10.19 and up at one of the stores checked.
Checkers & Rally's says the Big Buford carries nearly twice the beef of a McDonald's Big Mac.
Common questions
- What is on the Checkers & Rally's Cha-Ching Menu?
- Checkers & Rally's names seven items: the new Smokehouse Cheddar Burger, the All American Cheeseburger, 8-Piece Chicken Bites, a Grilled Hot Dog, a Value Fry, an Apple Pie and a Value Soft Drink. Which of them appear at a given restaurant varies — one store's menu checked on November 14 listed five of the seven under that heading.
- Is everything really under $2?
- Not everywhere. The company's footnote says items are priced under $2 at participating restaurants, with prices under $2.50 in select markets, and that prices may vary by location. Checkers & Rally's does not say which markets are in the higher band.
- When did the Cha-Ching Menu start?
- Checkers & Rally's announced it on November 10, 2026 and said in the same release that it is available at participating restaurants.
- When does the Cha-Ching Menu end?
- No end date has been announced. The release ties the launch to the holiday season but does not state a last day, and Checkers & Rally's has not said whether the menu is permanent.
- Is the Big Buford on the Cha-Ching Menu?
- No. It is promoted in the same announcement but is a separate, higher-priced item — the combo was listed at $10.19 and up at one store checked on November 14, 2026.
- What is new on the menu?
- One item: the Smokehouse Cheddar Burger. Checkers & Rally's describes it as a 100% beef patty with melted cheddar cheese, grilled onions and its Sweet N' Smoky BBQ sauce on a toasted bakery-style bun. The other six are existing items brought under the value heading.
Sources
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. · Press release · checked Nov 14, 2026
- Checkers & Rally's announced the Under $2 Cha-Ching Menu on November 10, 2026 and says it is available at participating restaurants
- The release names seven items: the new Smokehouse Cheddar Burger, All American Cheeseburger, 8-Piece Chicken Bites, Grilled Hot Dog, Value Fry, Apple Pie and Value Soft Drink
- The release's footnote states items are priced under $2 at participating restaurants, with prices under $2.50 in select markets, and that prices and participation may vary
- Checkers & Rally's operates almost 700 restaurants
- The release names no end date for the Cha-Ching Menu
- The release also spotlights the Big Buford, which is not part of the Cha-Ching Menu
- Menu | Checkers & Rally'sOfficial
Checkers & Rally's · Menu · checked Nov 14, 2026
- Checkers & Rally's ordering menu carries a Cha-Ching Menu section listing the items and their per-store prices
- At the Rally's on Parsons Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, the Cha-Ching Menu section listed all seven items, all under $2
- At the Checkers on West Kimberly Road in Davenport, Iowa, the Cha-Ching Menu section listed five items and showed no Value Drink or value-priced fries
- Per-item prices differ between stores on the same menu section