National Drive-Thru Day, on Thursday, July 24, celebrates a food service trend we take for granted these days, but first gained momentum thanks to the growing car culture in 1950s. Drive-thru lanes ...

Let’s start with a debate on consumer behavior: Are fewer restaurant goers visiting the drive-thru? From January 2024 through June 2025, there have been consistent gains in dine-in, delivery, and ...

Whether it was a late-night fast food craving or just musing in your mind, surely many of us have wondered how necessary the "drive" part of a drive-thru is. For those without a car, biking through ...

Reducing drive-thru wait times in quick-service restaurants is a crucial aspect of enhancing customer satisfaction. Implementing strategies such as optimizing menu boards for clarity, training staff ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Gone are the days of the fast-food worker ...

The Genius McDonald’s Drive-Thru Hack We Wish We’d Known About Sooner originally appeared on Parade. These days, a quick zip through the drive-thru can easily run you $30, especially if you’ve got a ...

Picture this: You're at the Wendy's drive-thru. You pull up to the speaker with zero clue what you, or the seven other people in your car, want to eat. You're blasting "Party Rock Anthem" and can't ...

Nobody could have turned over a card pre-2020 and realized the drive-thru would soon become the separator between brands that held the wire during COVID-19, and those who suddenly had lines jamming ...