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      Starbucks' 'Future Drive-Thru Concept' is Coming
      The coffee chain is plotting stores without seating.
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      Making Drive-Thru Service Safer During COVID-19
      Operators need to consider throughput and speed.
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      Schlotzsky’s Drive Thru Enters the Future
      The chain is testing two prototypes with smaller footprints.
      Salad restaurant chain Sweetgreen to open drive through in Colorado.
      Sweetgreen the Latest to Add a Drive-Thru Prototype
      Salad chain plans to open drive-thru and drive-in model in Colorado.
      Salad restaurant chain Sweetgreen to open drive through in Colorado.

      Sweetgreen the Latest to Add a Drive-Thru Prototype

      Salad chain plans to open drive-thru and drive-in model in Colorado in 2021.

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      Optimizing Your Restaurant for the Takeout Boom

      From drive thru to curbside, efficiency has never been more critical.

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      Wienerschnitzel’s Drive Thru Rewrites the Record Books

      Drive-thru mix of sales has grown from 65 percent to the mid-90s.

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      Burger King Owner to Modernize 10,000 Drive Thrus

      Predictive selling technology and contactless payment is coming, among other upgrades for a COVID-19 world.

      What Customers Want from the Drive Thru of Tomorrow

      Customers sound off the ordering models of the future.

      The 17 Best Fast-Food Drive Thrus, Ranked by Customers

      Here are the 17 best drive-thru restaurants in the country, as picked by customers.
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      Inside the New Era for Drive Thru

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      The 2020 QSR® Drive-Thru Study

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      How Off-Premises is Changing Everything for Restaurants

      The 2019 Drive-Thru Performance Study

      Drive Thrus Account for 42 Percent of All Restaurant Visits

      Drive-thru restaurants have always been the ultimate in convenience and speed but during the pandemic, especially during the mandated dine-in closures, they were also a lifeline for the restaurants th
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