French Fry Day Deals Roundup For July 11

Celebrate one of America’s favorite foods at Burger King, McDonald’s and other chains with National French Fry Day on July 11, 2025!  Forget favorite foods, fries are basically one of the four food groups here in the US of A.  Whether you like the thick cut steak fries or the thin and crispy shoestring kind, there are few things better than that salty strip of carbs in your belly!  Our EatDrinkDeals French Fry Day deals roundup includes links to restaurant websites where you can confirm the deal and find further information.  We won’t post deals that cannot be verified from a source such as a restaurant’s website, social media account, or press release.  We’ll keep adding deals over the weekend. So check back before July 11 and plot out your plans for the day.

Also, it’s not Fries, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven, also occurring on July 11. Get a free Small Slurpee at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes locations. Check our article here for more info.

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French Fry Day Restaurant Deals

Beef  ‘O’ Brady’s

Get 50% off a Basket of Fries from Beef ‘O’ Brady’s on July 11. Show this coupon to your server when you order.

Burger King

Burger King has a free any size Fry with an online or app order of $1 or more on July 11.

For more details on other deals available (there are plenty more!), click here Burger King App Coupons and Deals article.

Checkers and Rally’s

Checkers & Rally’s takes pride in their fries, and they want to win over some new fanatics. So, on July 11, take part in the “Fry Upgrade” deal – bring in a competitor’s receipt showing a fry purchase and get a free Large Famous Seasoned Fries! No purchase necessary. They sent this press release with the details.

Find more deals and everyday specials by clicking here for the Checkers and Rally’s page.

Del Taco

Del Taco will offer a free Regular Fry with any purchase for Rewards members on July 11. When you have the app and have logged in you’ll see Del Taco app coupons in the Offers tab.  Click here for the Del Yeah Rewards page to download the app.

Farmer Boys

Farmer Boys is celebrating French Fry Day on July 11 with a $1 Always Crispy Fries deal with any $5 minimum purchase. The offer is only available through the Very Important Farmer (VIF) app, which you can download here.

Fatburger

Get a free order of Fat or Skinny Fries with any burger or sandwich purchase from Fatburger from July 9 – 13. You’ll have to order online or in the app and use promo code FRYDAY25 at checkout for the deal. Fatburger sent this press release with the offer.

Hardee’s

National French Fry Day is July 11, and Hardee’s has an offer in store – make any purchase in the app (go to their website here to get it) and you’ll get a free order of fries, any size. But hold up – doing so unlocks the same offer every day for the rest of 2025! That’s right, for the next five months and change, you’ll be able to get a free order of fries with any other purchase. It’s the gift that keeps on giving! Hardee’s sent this message with the offer.

Krystal

Celebrate National French Fry Day at Krystal with a free Small Fry with a $10 order using promo code FRYMEUP when you order online.

McDonald’s

McDonald’s will offer a free Medium Fries on July 11, as they do every Free Fry Fryday, with a $1 purchase in the app.  Get more fries, a soft drink, a McFlurry, or whatever,  The choice is yours. You’ll just need to order in the McDonald’s app. To download the app on your iPhone click here, or download the Android app here. View your coupons from the app by clicking on Deals – View All.

For more details on the McDonald’s app and coupons, click here for our McDonald’s App Coupons and Savings page.

Penn Station East Coast Subs

Get a free Fresh-Cut Fry from Penn Station East Coast Subs on July 11 through 13 with any Sub purchase. Mention this offer to your cashier when you order.

Smashburger

Get a free order of Fries from Smashburger for National French Fry Day on July 11 with any other purchase of $1 or more. Choose among the classic French Fries, Smashfries, Sweet Potato Fries, or Scorchin’ Hot Fries. Mention this offer to your cashier when you order. Alternatively, use promo code FRYDAY25 for online orders.

For more deals like their free Kids Meals on Wednesdays, click here for our Smashburger article.

Wahlburgers

Wahlburgers has this deal from July 8-11: get a free order of fries with a $10 purchase (except airport locations) by mentioning “Fry Day” in-store or with promo code FRYDAY25 at checkout when you order online.

Wayback Burgers

Head to Wayback Burgers on July 11 for a free regular order of fries on July 11 with a $1 minimum purchase. The offer is open to all Wayback Rewards members for dine-in, online, or app orders, according to this press release. You can sign up for Rewards here for free to get in on the fun.

Wendy’s

Get a free Fry of any size with a purchase of $5 or more with a Wendy’s app coupon valid now through July 14. Perfect for French Fry Day! You can download the app here.

White Castle

White Castle has a coupon for a free Cheese Fries with an order valid from July 11 – 13! CLICK HERE for your White Castle free fries coupon.

For more goodies at the House of Sliders, click here for our White Castle Coupons and Deals page.

 

So, Why Are They Called French Fries?

Why are fried potato slices called french fries?  According to Wikipedia, many Americans attribute the dish to France and offer as evidence a notation by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson: “Pommes de terre frites à cru, en petites tranches” (“Potatoes deep-fried while raw, in small slices”) in a manuscript in Thomas Jefferson’s hand (circa 1802).  The recipe almost certainly comes from his French chef, Honoré Julien.

In addition, from 1813 on, recipes for what can be described as “French fries” occur in popular American cookbooks. By the late 1850s, a cookbook was published that used the term French fried potatoes.

“French fries” for deep-fried potato batons were also introduced when American soldiers arrived in Belgium during World War I. The Belgians had previously been catering to the British soldiers’ love of chips and continued to serve them to the Americans when they took over the western end of the front. The Americans took them to be French fried potatoes because they believed themselves to be in France, with French being the local language and the official language of the Belgian Army at that time.  At that time, the term “French fries” was growing in popularity – the term was already used in the United States as early as 1899 – although it isn’t clear whether this referred to batons (chips) or slices of potato e.g. in an item in Good Housekeeping which specifically references “Kitchen Economy in France”: “The perfection of French fries is due chiefly to the fact that plenty of fat is used”.

In the United States, the J. R. Simplot Company is credited with successfully commercializing French fries in frozen form during the 1940s. Subsequently, in 1967, Ray Kroc of McDonald’s contracted the Simplot company to supply them with frozen fries, replacing fresh-cut potatoes as an ingredient.