Restaurant Brands International is planning to “modernize the drive-thru experience” at more than 10,000 Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes locations with new technology.

The drive-thru has become such a ubiquitous part of the quick-service restaurant format that most customers probably don’t give it much thought. So it’s hard to imagine how novel a concept it must ...

The drive-thru has its origins tied to a chain of restaurants called the Pig Stand, which is credited with opening the first drive-in restaurant in Texas in 1921, according to History.com ...

General views of the Taco Bell Defy next-generation, high-tech automated drive-thru concept restaurant in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, where customers use their smart phones to receive food orders ...

Dick Whittington Studio/Corbis via Getty Images The popularity of drive-in dining in the late 1920s and early 1930s paved the way for drive-thru restaurants to catch on in the mid-20th century.

Taco Bell's Futuristic Drive-Thru Restaurant Uses Tiny Elevators to Deliver Your Meal The first of the chain's new high-tech, drive-thru-focused locations opens this week.

Why we won't see Starbucks kill off menu items to speed up service like nearly every other drive-thru restaurant Analysis by Mary Meisenzahl Richard Drew / AP Photo Mar 20, 2021, 5:56 AM PT ...

A drive-thru meal can be everything from an on-the-go treat to sustenance on a long journey home. But, where is the best place to stop for your mid-trip fill? In order to settle this, we asked you ...

Which restaurant drive-thrus are the slowest? Wingstop tops the rankings for the slowest drive-thru experience in the country, according to this survey. The Texas-based chicken wing chain, which ...