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The Best Deals To Celebrate National French Fry Day

Friday, July 12, marks a fan-favorite holiday dedicated to celebrating a world-renowned snack. French fries of course! On this second Friday, or should we say Fry-day, of the month, be on the hunt for the principal piece to your meal that comes salted, crunchy, crispy, and in an assortment of shapes and sizes. This year many fast food chains are frying up some delectable holiday deals for customers to get their hands on. From in-person and online discounts to free meal add-ons, the options to celebrate National French Fry Day are cooking up perfectly. Here are some of the best deals from fast food chains that’ll add the perfect crunch to your day.

Arby’s 

Starting Friday, July 12, Arby’s is offering $1 for any size fry all month long (!!!) for Arby’s Rewards members. Plus, Arby’s fan-favorite Potato Cakes are back on the menu for a limited time! 

Burger King

Customers who are a part of Burger King’s Royal Perks loyalty program can get a free order of fries, any size, when they place an order through the BK app or website. Who could pass up the opportunity to celebrate this holiday like a king?

Checkers & Rally’s 

This National French Fry Day customers can get their hands on a free regular fully loaded fry when they purchase through the Checkers and Rally’s rewards app. Customers can also sign up for the Fully Loaded Fry Sweepstakes where 100 lucky winners are eligible for an order of Fully Loaded Fries each week, for a total of 52 weeks. Head to https://www.checkers.com/national-fry-day/ to sign up with no purchase necessary. 

Elevation Burger

From July 8 through 14, customers are eligible for a free order of Classic Olive Oil Fries with any purchase. Available in-store, customers can also redeem this offer by making an order online with the code FRY-YAY. 

Fatburger

At participating locations, customers can get a free order of Fatburger’s fat or skinny fires when ordering in-store, or place an order online using the essential code FRYDAY24. This offer is available from July 8 to 14.

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

Get free regular fries with any purchase when you download the Freddy’s app on July 12. This offer is available from July 13 to 14 and is only valid for a one-time use. 

McDonald’s

To celebrate this national holiday, McDonald’s has deemed every Friday to be Free Fries Friday! With the McDonald’s app, customers have the chance to get free medium fries eligible with any order of $1 or more nationwide. Alongside a burger or McFlurry, McDonald’s fries are the perfect partner in crime to any meal.

Raising Cane’s

Members of the Caniac Club will receive an offer for an order of free fries. By swiping your Caniac Club Member card in-store, scanning the online QR code, or placing an online order, your offer will automatically be redeemed.

Wayback Burgers

On July 12, Wayback rewards members are eligible for a free order of regular-sized fries alongside the purchase of any burger or sandwich on the menu.

Wendy’s

Alongside McDonald’s, Wendy’s is letting customers enjoy National French Fry Day with free fries, but this chain’s promo is all year long! Customers can get a free order of any size fries when they place a purchase through the Wendy’s app. This offer remains eligible every Friday until the end of the year.

Whataburger

Head to the Whataburger app and receive a free medium fry with any purchase. The deal gets even more savory because if you download the app before July 12, you’ll also get rewarded with one free medium fry and a free Whataburger.

Juliana is a writer for Spoon University's National Writers Program. She reports on all things food and any new foodie trends circulating social media.

Before joining Spoon University, Juliana was a staff writer for her university's student-run newspaper, the Suffolk Journal, when she was attending Suffolk University in the heart of Boston. She wrote a variety of articles that covered Arts, campus life, student clubs, and News. She is going to be a junior at Endicott College in the fall with a major in Journalism.

Juliana loves going on walks, working out, hanging out with family and friends, and watching her favorite TV shows in her spare time. Some of her favorite foods come from recipes rooted in her family's Portuguese culture.