Pumpkin Spice Returns While Chains Test Creative New Flavors
Summer's getting to its end, and the pumpkin spice season has already begun at quick-service restaurants. Several major chains launched their fall flavors early this year, giving fans their seasonal favorites ahead of the traditional autumn rollout.
Chick-fil-A Takes Drive-Thru to New Heights
Chick-fil-A is reaching for the sky with its latest innovation - an elevated drive-thru restaurant that opened in August in McDonough, Georgia. The restaurant's standout feature is its raised kitchen, which sits atop four drive-thru lanes and is double the size of a typical Chick-fil-A. It’s connected to the lanes below by a conveyor belt system that can zip out meals every six seconds per lane – potentially about 2,400 meals served per hour.
