Restaurant chains not only are often easy-to-find andaffordable, but they’re also pretty well-known for being convenient.
However, in recent years, the goalposts for convenience keeps moving.
To help appeal to, as well as keep customers, restaurant chains are getting more creative each year.
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Soda vending machines, candy vending machines, and nowSubway vending machineswhat will they think of next?
This means that all menus are accessed via QR codes and cash is a thing of the past.
And it makes sense as to whythis handy lane hasproven to be quite profitable.
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Although the concept is new, the brand has been toying with the idea for years.
On its “to-do list”?Create more virtual brands and ghost kitchens.
Hangry customers sitting in a backed-up drive-thru lane.
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The brand is hoping this new format will take some of the pressure off of its regular drive-thru windows.
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