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By the 1970s, drive-through service had replaced drive-in restaurants in the United States. [5] The first McDonald's drive-through was created in 1975 in Sierra Vista, Arizona, near Fort Huachuca, a military installation, to serve military members who were not permitted to get out of their cars off-post while wearing fatigues. [6]
Robert Oscar Peterson (March 13, 1916 – April 18, 1994) was an American businessman and philanthropist. As the founder of the Jack in the Box restaurant chain, he popularized the drive-through fast food restaurant concept.
While the drive-through concept was not new, Jack in the Box innovated a two-way intercom system, the first major chain to use an intercom and the first to focus on drive-through. [10] The intercom allowed much faster service than a traditional drive-up window; while one customer was being served at the window, a second and even a third ...
Other than a local coffee shop with a drive-thru window, this will be the town's first fast food joint with a drive-thru window. A traffic impact analysis was done for the Market Place shopping ...
In 1991, McDonald’s opened the country’s first drive-through fast-food restaurant in a high-rise building on Central Avenue in Glendale. The drive-through line at the In-N-Out in Alhambra ...
The restaurant was the first drive-thru hamburger stand in California, allowing drivers to place orders via a two-way speaker system. [12] This was a new and unique idea, since in post-World War II California, carhops were used to take orders and serve food. [19]
Chick-fil-A announced a drive-thru-only restaurant opened in Riverside, California, on Feb. 15, 2024. "Designed for speed and efficiency, this drive-thru only location offers added convenience to ...
Harry Snyder (September 9, 1913 – December 14, 1976) was a Canadian-born American businessman. He co-founded In-N-Out Burger along with his wife Esther Snyder.Snyder was one of the first people to develop the idea of a drive-through hamburger restaurant, where customers could order their food via an intercom.