National Drive-Thru Day for the Convenience of Fast Food, Banking and More

Enjoy some drive-thru food!

National Drive-Thru Day is July 24th, and it is the day to celebrate the convenience of the drive-thru.

Here are some facts about National Drive-Thru Day:

·         There are more than 211,000 fast food restaurant chains in the United States.

·         Banks originated the drive-thru.

·         All types of restaurants use drive-thrus.

·         McDonald's started in 1940. The first McDonalds drive-thru opened January 24, 1975.

·         The concept of drive-thrus started in the United States in the 1940s and became more popular in the 1950s and 1960s.

·         In 1947, the first identified drive-thru restaurant emerged through Red's Giant Hamburg.

·         Drive-thru windows account for 50% to 70% of fast-food sales.

·         In the United Kingdom, McDonalds debuted drive-thru restaurants in 1986.

Here’s what to do on this day:

·         Try out some new fast-food restaurants.

·         Cook some fast-food recipes at home.

·         Explore different restaurants and try their drive-thrus.

·         Try a bakery shop drive-thru.

·         Express gratitude for people working in drive-thrus.

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Hello, my name is Meagan. I am currently a senior at Belhaven University. I am majoring in Theatre and minoring in Creative Writing. I am happy to join Her Nexx Chapter as a volunteer. This journey will allow me to work with a diverse group of women. My academic journey is rooted in storytelling. Therefore, I am excited for this opportunity to write about various topics for women to help them grow. In my free time, I enjoy listening to music, writing fiction that focuses on empowering women, reading, developing my acting skills and yoga. My short stories, plays and poems appear in several publications (Pleiades Literary Magazine, Write for Mississippi, Belhaven University’s The Brogue). Oh, by the way, I am a cat lover.