Burger King is America’s fastest drive-thru chain, study finds

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It’s called “fast” food because it’s meant to be made and given to the customer quickly. However, not all establishments with a drive-thru and a dollar menu operate at the same speed. Only one will bring you your order in the absolute blink of an eye, and shockingly it’s not the one you’d McThink. Burger King is the fastest drive-thru chain in America for 2018.

A QSR Magazine study found that it only took three minutes and 13 seconds from the point of ordering your BK chicken fries (and what have you) to the moment you receive your food. Following BK in the speed ratings were Dunkin’, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, Arby’s, Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s, Chick-fil-A, and last but not least McDonald’s.

According to QSR, “being fast doesn’t mean being the busiest.” McDonald’s and Chick-fil-A are the two top-selling fast food chains in America, but they are also the two slowest. Last year Burger King ranked fourth place in QSR's study. This year Burger King is number one, even though they increased their wait time by four seconds from last year.

The average wait for all chains rose by about nine seconds, continuing a gradual increase that's been taking place for over a decade. The publication hypothesizes that the decrease in speed points to the evolution of the fast food industry, as customers are now more willing to wait for quality, even from a drive-thru.

Still, none of this fast food is actually slow. Every drive-thru in the study got food to the customer in less than 5 minutes. We wonder where places like In-N-Out Burger and Bojangles’ would rank on this study. They’re high-quality regional chains that we wish were national.
 

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Chic filets where I live are a joke. Cant even get into the parking lot during peak time
 

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Chic filets where I live are a joke. Cant even get into the parking lot during peak time
it really is crazy how busy they stay. I am guessing BK is fastest because no one seems to go there compared with other fast food joints.
 

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it really is crazy how busy they stay. I am guessing BK is fastest because no one seems to go there compared with other fast food joints.

Agree. Burger kings always look empty. Havent been to one in probably 8 or 9 years
 

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Wendy's has one of the fastest? There's a Wendy's close to where I work and it's a 20 minute wait or longer guarenteed
 

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Burger king sucks.

For me Wendy's makes the best burger.

The rest of those fast food joints are garbage
 

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in n outs are long but at least they have a plan, when the drive thru get's they send someone out with an tablet and walks up to all the cars taking orders. they have great customer service too. Never been to chick filet, but they sound like the chicken version of in n out
 

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They also have the best customer service and quick order turnaround times.

I wonder how their parking lot could be so full...

I dont see the quick order turnaround but def good customer service
 

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faster is n0ot better ...there was a video that went viral of a disgruntled employee recording himself wiping his ass with the bun (or was it pizze dough?)

and they put it on snapchat . it wasn't on the pants part but rather with pants down on video wiped upwards
 

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ypu can google it .. basically just describe it exactly as I said it and enter that in your search bar should be near top
 

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yeah its there i just found it .. this site never allows me to embedd video or link wtf
 

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A couple of weeks ago driving back from a game line was short and the kids wanted food. I don't usually eat Burger King but had their "new" Spicey Chicken Sandwich was pretty good! But maybe I was just hungry after a long day
 

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