Cost of Living in South Africa
Eating out Cost of Living

Restaurant and takeaway prices across South Africa

Track representative menu prices from chains such as Spur and KFC alongside local restaurant and takeaway observations. This is a separate Cost of Living signal from the grocery basket.

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A province includes prices from its towns and suburbs. Missing local prices stay missing.

19verified prices nationally
2tracked menu items
2restaurants / takeaways
2026-09-22latest price
Price movement

How eating-out prices are changing across South Africa

Like-for-like movement from the verified restaurant and takeaway prices already in the tracker.

Eating-out index

Price movement over time

Each tracked menu item starts at 100 at its first available month. The monthly line averages those item indexes, so expensive meals do not dominate cheaper items.

Menu item movement

Price change by item

Change from each item's earliest to latest verified monthly average in this view. Hover a bar for the dates and prices.

Restaurants & takeaways

Chains currently represented

S
Restaurant / takeaway

SPUR

11 prices

1 tracked menu item · latest 2026-09-22

K
Restaurant / takeaway

KFC

8 prices

1 tracked menu item · latest 2026-09-01

Representative menu groups

What we are tracking across South Africa

Menu group

Burgers

11 prices

1 item · latest 2026-09-22

Menu group

Fried Chicken

8 prices

1 item · latest 2026-09-01

Latest verified data

Recent eating-out prices across South Africa

DateRestaurantMenu itemGroupPlacePrice
2026-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR119.90
2026-09-01KFCKFC BucketsFried ChickenSouth AfricaR377.90
2026-01-01KFCKFC BucketsFried ChickenSouth AfricaR299.90
2024-09-22KFCKFC BucketsFried ChickenSouth AfricaR279.90
2024-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR79.90
2023-09-22KFCKFC BucketsFried ChickenSouth AfricaR249.90
2022-09-22KFCKFC BucketsFried ChickenSouth AfricaR274.90
2020-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR74.90
2019-09-22KFCKFC BucketsFried ChickenSouth AfricaR259.90
2015-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR59.90
2014-09-22KFCKFC BucketsFried ChickenSouth AfricaR209.90
2010-02-10SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR42.90
2005-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR34.95
1999-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR24.95
1994-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR16.95
1989-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR11.95
1985-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR4.95
1978-09-22SPUROriginal SPUR BurgerBurgersSouth AfricaR1.10
1976-06-22KFCKFC BucketsFried ChickenSouth AfricaR4.29
How this fits the index

Eating out is measured separately from groceries

Restaurant meals are not converted into kilograms or litres and do not inflate the household grocery basket. Instead, verified menu prices form their own place-based Cost of Living signal. As coverage grows we can compare the same representative meal types between towns, provinces and years.