Drive-thrus are getting larger and larger with no end in sight

7-Eleven Drive-thru store.
7-Eleven
Taco Bell just announced plans for a four-lane drive-thru slated for summer 2022.
Competing chains are already adding lanes to drive-thrus, Taco Bell just upped the ante.
Drive-thrus became crucial to fast food during the pandemic, and chains continue to invest in them.
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Taco Bell just released plans for a four-lane drive-thru set to open next summer, and it's making the inevitable clear: drive-thrus are just going