Panda Express Plate Bundle

The Plate Bundle is the standard Plate with a drink included: one side, two entrees and a medium fountain drink for $12.90, against $10.50 for the Plate on its own. It is the most ordered bundle in the store because the Plate is the most ordered format.

The value question is the same across every bundle here. The drink is added for the gap between $10.50 and $12.90, which comes in slightly under what a medium fountain drink costs ordered separately. That makes it a real saving of roughly twenty cents for anyone buying a drink anyway, and a straightforward waste of money for anyone who drinks water.

Calories are the Plate's range plus whatever goes in the cup. The food side spans from under 500 calories for Super Greens with two wok entrees to more than 1,600 for fried rice with two battered dishes. The drink adds zero for Coke Zero or unsweetened tea, or up to 410 calories for sweet tea. That drink decision costs nothing and can swing the meal by 400 calories.

How much is a Plate Bundle? $12.90 nationally against $10.50 for the plain Plate. Store pricing varies, and premium entrees carry their upcharge inside bundles exactly as they do outside them.

It suits the everyday order for anyone who takes a drink with lunch. The Bowl Bundle at $10.90 is the single entree version, and the Bigger Plate Bundle at $14.90 carries three entrees plus the drink.