TL;DR
McDonald's had the slowest drive-thru service among popular fast food brands, with an average wait time of 273.29 seconds, according to a report in The Takeout.
Citing the 2018 QSR Drive-Thru Study , which analyzed drive-thru wait time data at popular fast food brands, The Takeout noted that McDonald’s has an average wait time of 273.29 seconds, which is just above 4.5 minutes.
Also slow is Chick-fil-A, which averages a 260.85-second wait time, according to the article.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on October 15, 2018. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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