Top Drive Thru News

WAND Corporation’s three-panel outdoor Digital Menu Board featured in the New Product Pavilion at the 2010 Digital Signage Expo.

IDS Menus believes that its new energy efficient menuboard system will have a positive impact on the marketplace.

At FS/TEC 2010, Panasonic will feature its Lite-ray and Stingray workstations, as well as the Attune drive-thru communications system and the Virtual Site Manager integrated video/POS system.

HME’s ION IQ bundles five sound-enhancing technologies into one digital drive-thru package.

Quail Digital launches QD Retail, which does not require a beltpack or cable and can accommodate up to 12 users.

Technomic report shows that 41 percent of consumers have expanded their idea of places offering “fast food.”

Chain adds Drive-Thru Diet Menu, which includes seven Fresco-style menu offerings with nine grams or less of fat.

Panasonic’s Attune Drive-Thru Communications System allows quick-serve employees to balance drive-thru and phone lines.

HME releases DASH LCD upgrade to System 30 Drive-Thru Timer for quick serves.

3M and HyperActive Technologies partner to combine drive-thru equipment offerings.

Ohio Arby’s location tests curtain, which discharges air from top to bottom of drive-thru window.

The Chick-fil-A drive-thru dynasty seems hard to beat, but the nation’s top brands are improving, seeing more cars than ever.

The company’s senior vice president of operations tells QSR about the chain’s sixth first-place finish.

A new charitable giving campaign from the restaurant chain means big bucks for teachers.

Climate-controlled drive-thru menuboard able to withstand Minnesota weather.

The small growing chain hopes to capitalize on the explosive growth in North Fulton and Forsyth counties.

U.S. sees smallest sales increase compared to other areas around the globe.

Retail foodservice represents a spending level of close to $13 billion.

A new line of green packaging hits North America.

Carbon dioxide-based Multiplex beverage systems will offer beverage dispensing and energy savings.

HyperActive predicts revenues will multiply by more than 400 percent this year.

Attune features a spread spectrum design utilizing a restricted 1.9 Ghz band for interference-free communications.

Envysion Video is a web-based video management service that provides operators of multiunit businesses easy remote access to live and recorded video.

It’s a convenient way to place orders for new equipment, equipment repairs or exchanges, or maintenance services.

Coke, HME, and Schwartz Consulting received the brand’s Vendor of the Year awards.

QSR’s latest Best Practices e-newsletter offers operational and motivational tips and techniques for building a culture of speed in your drive-thru operation.

Research International found that more than half of the population eats fast food once a week with 20 percent eating
fast food at least every other day.

Insula Research, the firm that conducts the annual QSR Drive-Thru Performance Study, undertook an unprecedented research program to determine if drive-thrus with timers are generally faster.