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 ...

There’s something quintessentially American about gliding through a menu board at 2 PM, shouting your order through a speaker, and collecting steaming hot fries, all without unbuckling your seatbelt.

The 2025 QSR Drive-Thru Report showed yet another lane in the race to value that’s dominated the sector. It’s become clear consumers are defining “value” through multiple viewpoints. How are operators ...

Fast food drive-thrus are typically convenient, often open late, and, most importantly, pretty fast. Places compete to be faster and better than their competitors, but only one can reign supreme as ...

What began nearly a century ago as a banking innovation has become a staple of American convenience. Drive-thrus, first introduced by banks in the 1930s, helped shape a landscape now dominated by fast ...

Fast-food drive-thrus may not be getting much faster, but they’re getting smarter, and friendlier staff might still matter more than artificial intelligence, a new report found. The 25th Annual ...