Popeyes Family Meals, Combos & Chicken Prices (2026)

How much are Popeyes family meals?

A Popeyes family meal costs about $26.99 for 8 pieces, $38.39 for 12 pieces and $47.99 for 16 pieces. Those are the middle prices in app menus from 59 stores in 26 states on Nov. 1, 2026. The cheapest store charged $23.99 for 8 pieces, and the priciest charged $61.99 for 16.

Tender family meals cost about the same: $26.99 for 8, $37.99 for 12 and $47.99 for 16. You can also buy just the chicken in a box, without sides or biscuits, for about $21.99 (8 pieces), $29.59 (12) and $35.74 (16).

Two limited-time deals undercut the regular sizes. The 9-piece Signature Chicken family meal and the 11-piece tenders family meal each cost $20 at most stores, with a range up to $23.99. Both come with one large side and four biscuits. Other current value deals are on our Popeyes deals page.

What comes in each Popeyes family meal?

Every Popeyes family meal pairs the chicken with large sides and buttermilk biscuits. Popeyes lists the 8-piece as feeding 3 to 4 people, the 12-piece 4 to 6, and the 16-piece 6 to 8.

You also get a few choices:

• Flavor. Classic, spicy, or half and half, which Popeyes calls 50-50.
• Tenders instead of bone-in. The 16-piece tender meal comes with 6 dipping sauces, 3 large sides and 8 biscuits.
• A mix. The Signature Chicken & Tenders Bundle has 5 pieces of chicken, 5 tenders, a large side and 4 biscuits.
• A drink. The online menu offers a gallon of tea, lemonade or punch for $4 with a family meal, versus about $6.99 on its own.

For offices or parties, the 12-piece Tender Group Bundle adds individual portions: 12 tenders, 4 regular sides, 4 biscuits and four 20-ounce drinks. Large side choices and prices are on our Popeyes sides guide.

How much are Popeyes combos and chicken by the piece?

A Popeyes combo adds a regular side, a biscuit and a drink to your chicken or tenders. In our 59-store check, a 2-piece Signature Chicken combo cost about $9.99, a 3-piece combo $11.99 and a 4-piece combo $14.49. A 3-tender combo was $11.99 and a 5-tender combo $14.49. Large combos cost about $2.30 to $2.90 more.

Without the combo, Drive Thru Index shows typical prices of $7.09 for 2 pieces of Signature Chicken, $9.00 for 3, $8.59 for 3 tenders and $10.99 for 5 tenders. An 8-piece tender order is $21.99. Six bone-in wings typically cost $6.99.

The combo only saves money if you want everything in it. A 3-piece tender order plus a $3.49 side and a $1.39 biscuit comes to about $13.47 before a drink, so the $11.99 combo is the better buy. Single-item prices for the rest of the lineup are on our Popeyes menu page.

Which Popeyes family meal is the best value?

The two $20 deals are the best value on the menu while they last. The 11-piece tender meal works out to about $1.82 per tender with a large side and four biscuits included, and the 9-piece chicken meal to about $2.22 per piece.

Among the regular sizes, bigger is cheaper per piece. The 8-piece family meal costs about $3.37 per piece of chicken, the 12-piece about $3.20 and the 16-piece about $3.00, and each step up adds more sides and biscuits.

If you already have sides at home, the chicken-only boxes save money. A 16-piece box at about $35.74 is roughly $2.23 a piece. Buying sides separately is the expensive route: a large side typically costs $5.99 ($6.99 for mac and cheese), and six biscuits cost about $6.19, so the 16-piece family meal's three large sides and eight biscuits would cost more than the $12.25 gap between box and meal.

Can you buy individual pieces of chicken at Popeyes?

Online, usually not. The smallest bone-in order on Popeyes' app menu is 2 pieces at most stores, and only 8 of the 59 stores we checked listed a single leg for online ordering. Some restaurants will sell single pieces at the counter, but that is up to the store.

You can steer which pieces you get. Popeyes' ordering menu has white-meat and dark-meat versions of the 2- and 3-piece orders, and they cost the same at the stores we checked. A breast has 620 calories and 52 grams of protein, while a leg has 200 calories and 15 grams, so the choice changes the meal a lot. See our Popeyes nutrition guide for every cut.