Driving Sales Through Drive-Thru Service Takes Detailed Planning Groundbreaking Drive-Thru Concepts and Trends for QSRs DRIVETHRUCITY To successfully boost drive-thru sales through restaurant remodels, foodservice retailers should focus on step-by-step planning and close collaboration, according to HFA Architects and Engineers' Steven Baker.In "Reinventing QSRs — One Square Foot at a Time," an advisory piece for decision-makers in the fast-casual and quick-serve space, the architect and co-leader of HFA's quick-service restaurant (QSR) team notes that chains across the country continue to reconfigure buildings and sites for faster and easier pickup of online orders. However, this comes with significant challenges."Adapting QSRs can...

By Tycoonstory What is a drive-thru beverage? A drive-thru beverage business is the biggest success story during the pandemic for the restaurant industry. It facilitates consumers from picking up food or gravitating to ordering and picking safely from their vehicles. DRIVETHRUCITYWhat do you need to know about starting a drive-thru beverage business?Planning to open a drive-thru beverage business means you must know a lot of things. To begin with:Create a planDeveloping a business plan is the first step of any business. As a start-up, understand the customer base and estimate the revenues and costs. Becoming familiar with the customer base, local competition,...

by Lee McMahon     Many people love coffee right now. As a result, many people take advantage of this love for coffee by opening their cafés.Coffee shops are profitable businesses. The top names in the business usually earn 70 percent of the industry’s profits. Larger businesses tend to earn higher profits, but this shouldn’t discourage small business owners from trying their hand at the coffee shop business. You don’t have to start big ASAP. In fact, why not start with a small coffee stand? A drive-thru coffee stand to be exact. DRIVETHRUCITY Drive-thru coffee stands are common retail concepts that...