Editing Drive-through (section)

===History===
In 1921, [[Kirby's Pig Stand]] introduced the drive-in restaurant, in which [[carhop]]s delivered meals.  In 1931, a California Pig Stand franchise introduced a drive-through service that bypassed the carhops. The first identified drive-through restaurant was established in 1947 at [[Red's Giant Hamburg]] located in [[Springfield, Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollan |first=Michael |date=2020-06-08 |title=History of the drive-thru: The innovation that changed the way Americans eat |url=https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/history-of-the-drive-thru-innovation-america |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> A year later in 1948, Harry and Esther Snyder of the [[In-N-Out Burger]] chain built a drive-through restaurant, featuring a two-way speaker system that Harry Snyder invented himself earlier that year. By the 1970s, drive-through service had replaced drive-in restaurants in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America|last=Witzel|first=Michael Karl|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2013|isbn=978-0-19-973496-2|pages=654–655|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOJMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA654}}</ref>

The first [[McDonald's]] drive-through was created in 1975 in [[Sierra Vista, Arizona]], near [[Fort Huachuca]], a military installation, to serve military members who were not permitted to get out of their cars off-post while wearing [[Combat uniform|fatigues]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/first-mcd-drivethru.html |title=The first McDonald's Drive Thru was inspired by U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Huachuca Army Base |publisher=McDonalds.com |date=2022-11-11 |access-date=2023-11-26}}</ref> The original McDonald's was closed down and demolished in 1999 and a new McDonald's replaced it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kgun9.com/absolutely-az/fort-huachuca-soldiers-inspired-first-mcdonalds-drive-thru-nearly-50-years-ago |title=Fort Huachuca soldiers inspired first McDonald's drive-thru nearly 50 years ago |publisher=kgun9.com |date=2022-02-13 |access-date=2023-11-26}}</ref> 

In 1987, Bob Charles pioneered the concept of the double vehicle drive-through. Charles, a McDonald's franchisee based in Boulder, Colorado, was the first to design and implement this innovation, which resulted in significantly increased per-unit volume.

In 1981, [[Max Hamburgers]] opened Northern Europe's first drive-in in [[Piteå]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxarabia.com/UAE/About-Max/History/ |title=History &#124; Max |website=Maxarabia.com |date=2015-10-23 |access-date=2016-06-02}}</ref>

Another early drive-through restaurant in Europe, a McDonald's drive-through, opened at the [[Nutgrove Shopping Centre]] in Dublin, Ireland, in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcdonalds.ie/docs/FactsaboutMcDonalds.aspx |title=McDonald's Ireland : Burgers, Fries, Salads & More. Quality Ingredients |access-date=June 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926000420/http://www.mcdonalds.ie/docs/FactsaboutMcDonalds.aspx |archive-date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref>

In the US, drive-throughs account for 70 percent of McDonald's business and the average drive-through order is fulfilled in under three and one half minutes.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Purdy|first1=Chase|title=Americans won't wait more than four minutes for a slightly less disgusting hamburger|url=https://qz.com/1010525/mcdonalds-mcd-fresh-beef-burgers-are-good-but-take-too-long-to-make/|access-date=20 June 2017|work=[[Quartz (publication)]]|date=20 June 2017}}</ref> Outside of the US, McDonald's drive-throughs are variously known as "McAuto", "McDrive" and "AutoMac".{{Citation needed|date=June 2016}}

In 2010, the Casa Linda, Texas, franchise of McDonald's opened a drive-through/walk-up-only store with no indoor seating although it has a small patio with tables.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mctexas.com/33269 |title=Casa Linda - Casa Linda |publisher=Mctexas.com |access-date=2013-01-27 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128124916/http://www.mctexas.com/33269 |archive-date=2013-01-28 }}</ref>