Chick-fil-A is opening its first elevated drive-thru restaurant in the chain, the company announced Wednesday.
According to the company, the drive-thru only restaurant features four drive-thru lanes and an elevated kitchen with a “unique meal transport system” described by the company as a “sophisticated conveyer belt” that streamlines food delivery by “quickly moving the meal from the elevated kitchen above to a Team Member on the ground below.”
The kitchen is double the size of a typical Chick-fil-A restaurant kitchen and the conveyer belt allows for a meal to be delivered to a Team Member every six seconds, according to Chick-fil-A.
There is no dining room or dine-in services at this restaurant, Chick-fil-A noted, but the four-lane drive-thru has the capacity to support “two to three times more vehicles” than a standard Chick-fil-A restaurant drive-thru.
“With the new Elevated Drive-Thru design, featuring our first four lane drive-thru, we’re aiming to deliver quality food and genuine hospitality in a way that’s uniquely Chick-fil-A, and gives our Guests time back in their day,” Reed added.
‘Elevated drive-thru’ is second new type of restaurant to open this year for Chick-fil-A The new drive-thru restaurant concept comes just a few months after Chick-fil-A opened its first-ever mobile pickup restaurant in New York City in March.
According to Chick-fil-A, the new restaurant concept begins when customers order ahead for delivery or carryout via the Chick-fil-A app or online.
While the restaurant will not offer a seating area or dine-in services, Chick-fil-A says the company’s “signature hospitality is prominent in every step of this digital-focused experience.”
The company announced on Wednesday that Chick-fil-A is set to launch its first elevated drive-thru restaurant within the chain.
On Thursday, August, the eatery, which is situated in McDonough, Georgia, just south of Metro Atlanta, at 2155 Jodeco Road, will start accepting patrons. 22 and represents the well-known fast food chain’s first-ever eatery.
An elevated kitchen with a “unique meal transport system,” referred to as a “sophisticated conveyer belt,” that expedites food delivery by “quickly moving the meal from the elevated kitchen above to a Team Member on the ground below,” is another feature of the drive-thru-only restaurant, according to the company. “. .
According to Chick-fil-A, the kitchen is twice as large as a normal Chick-fil-A restaurant kitchen, and a meal can be delivered to a Team Member every six seconds using a conveyer belt. Chick-fil-A stated that while the four-lane drive-thru can accommodate “two to three times more vehicles” than a typical Chick-fil-A restaurant drive-thru, the restaurant does not have a dining room or dine-in options.
There are two options to get your food.
Chick-fil-A says the restaurant will provide two options for customers to get their meal:.
Using the special Mobile Thru lines, they can place an order in advance on the Chick-fil-A app and pick it up.
When using the conventional drive-thru lanes, they can place their order with a Team Member.
“We’re focused on designing our restaurants to best serve our guests’ busy lives,” stated Jonathan Reed, Chick-fil-A, Inc.’s executive director of design. appears in the press release.
“Our goal is to provide authentic hospitality and high-quality food in a manner that is exclusive to Chick-fil-A, while also giving our guests more time back in their day with the new Elevated Drive-Thru design, which includes our first four-lane drive-through,” Reed continued.
The second new restaurant concept for Chick-fil-A to debut this year is an “elevated drive-thru.”.
Shortly after Chick-fil-A debuted its first mobile pickup restaurant in New York City in March, a new drive-thru restaurant concept has emerged.
The company states that the goal of the mobile pickup restaurant is to “serve time-pressed New Yorkers by concentrating only on delivery and mobile app ordering for a quick and simple pickup experience.”. On the Upper East Side, it’s situated at 79th Street and 2nd Ave.
Customers place their online or app-based advance orders for delivery or carryout to start the new restaurant concept, according to Chick-fil-A. To speed up the process and guarantee that each meal is served in accordance with the customer’s arrival, the restaurant will receive geofencing alerts when customers are en route.
Inside the restaurant, there are active status board screens designated for delivery or mobile pickup, so customers and delivery drivers can see when their orders are ready in real time.
Guests and delivery drivers receive their orders as soon as they are prepared. Although there won’t be a dining area or dine-in options, Chick-fil-A claims that its “signature hospitality is prominent in every step of this digitally focused experience.”. “.”.
