WASHINGTON, July 24, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S.
Census Bureau:
NATIONAL DRIVE-THRU DAY
Profile America — Sunday, July
24th. Today is National Drive-Thru Day, following closely on
National Junk Food Day. Today's occasion celebrates not so
much the menu, but the popularity of restaurants that serve
customers on the go. The first such service is believed to have
been at Red's Giant Hamburg on Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri, in 1947. The following
year, the concept was expanded by the In N Out Burger restaurants
in California. At the time,
drive-in restaurants were very popular. The serving staff — some
even on roller skates — brought food to stationary cars, with the
meal set on a tray attached to the car. Today, drive-throughs are a
feature of many of the more than 224,000 fast food restaurants in
the U.S., which employ over 3.5 million people, and generate more
than $185 billion in sales each year.
Profile America is in its 20th year as a public service of
the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sources:
Drive-Thru Day/accessed 4/22/2016:
http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-drive-thru-day-july-24/
First drive-through/accessed 4/22/2016:
http://time.com/money/3478752/drive-thru-fast-food-fast-casual/
Spread of drive-through and drive-in/accessed 4/22/2016:
http://www.history.com/news/hungry-history/fries-with-that-a-brief-history-of-drive-thru-dining
Limited service restaurants/ NAICS 722211:
http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2012_US/00CBDG2//naics~722211
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