This Carolina Fast Food Place Has The Quickest Drive Thru Line
So how long is the average wait in a fast food drive-thru line? The average time waiting in fast-food drive-thru lanes went down in 2023. But which restaurant has the fastest drive-thru line? This Carolina fast food place has the quickest drive-thru line.
Business Insider says, Taco Bell had the fastest average service time at three minutes and 25 seconds. This marked the third straight year that Taco Bell had the fastest drive-thru.
In second place, Wendy’s drive-thru had a three-minute and 49-second average service time, and KFC came in third one second behind in average service time. McDonald’s ranked eighth with a four-minute and 51-second average service time.
Chick-fil-A ranked last with a five-minute and 12-second average service time. Chick-fil-A consistently had the most cars in line. So in reality, Chick-fil-A had the fastest total time by cars in line.
An annual study by Intouch Insight also found that the average total time spent in a drive-thru lane went down 29 seconds in 2023. Wait times to place an order were also down by 25 seconds.
However, Intouch Insight’s study found the average number of cars in line went from 2.76 in 2022 to 1.27 in 2023.
7 Fast Food Restaurants We Wish Would Come To North Carolina
We do have some good fast food here in North Carolina. I know I personally could not live without Chick-fil-a. No matter how long the line is I seem to end up there at least once a week. And North Carolina’s own Bojangles and Cookout is a southern staple. Of course, we have all the heavy hitter chains like Mcdonalds’, Burger King, Wendy’s, etc. But just like Bojangles and Cookout are North Carolina institutions there are chains local to other parts of the country that we (unfortunately) don’t have here. If you’ve traveled outside of the state chances are you’ve had the chance to dine at a fast food restaurant that we don’t have in North Carolina. And some of them leave you begging for them to open one up here.
When Shake Shack opened its first Charlotte location the line was wrapped around the building for weeks with people desperate to try it. Chains are going more national now, I think Chick-fil-a has finally made it to California. With that in mind, I created this list of 7 fast food restaurants I wish would come to North Carolina. Some that could be a possibility as they have started coming closer to this area. A few only have locations in southern California making a North Carolina expansion highly unlikely. A girl can dream though. I’m planning a trip next month to Arizona where I’ll get to try some of these for the first time. Cannot wait! Have you tried any of these restaurants or know of any others you’d like to see here? Let us know!
