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Origin of the McDonald’s drive-thru window

(WYTV) – This comes to us from the Golden Arches — McDonald’s — the drive-thru window. Americans have taken advantage of drive-thru windows for a long time. The first was alongside a bank in St. Louis ...
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Over 50 Years Ago, McDonald's Opened Its First Drive-Thru, Decades After In-N-Out. Here's How the U.S. Army Helped Inspire the Change

It's been 50 years since McDonald's introduced it's first drive-thru. The convenience that we know as a staple today was one that actually took the fast-food giant a while to put in motion. The first ...

This Fast Food Chain Invented The Drive-Through Before McDonald’s

The latest episode of the History Channel’s "The Food That Built America" details the history of the fast food burger—and how ...
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4 Changes Coming To McDonald's Drive-Thrus In 2026

fast food worker handing customer a bag from drive thru window - kckate16/Shutterstock It's not clear who invented the first restaurant drive-thru, but it's generally claimed that In-N-Out created the ...
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Over 50 Years Ago, McDonald's Opened Its First Drive-Thru, Decades After In-N-Out. Here's How the U.S. Army Helped Inspire the Change

The change to the business model impacted how the whole franchise operated in the decades following Underwood Archives/Getty The first United States drive-thru opened in 1931 McDonald's waited until ...