Americans are accustomed to fulfilling their fast-food fixes at drive-thrus, and now Cumberland Farms customers can get their daily newspaper, bread or gallon of milk without leaving their cars.
The convenience store chain is testing the first drive-thru of its kind for New England at its Kingston store with plans to add a few more by summer.
All of the store’s 3,000-plus products are available through the drive-thru, which operates in the same manner as those at a Burger King or McDonald’s: Customers drive up to a speaker with a menu, place their orders and continue to the pick-up window.
“We’re not just in the convenience store business, we’re in the business of providing for the on-the-go customer,” said Ari Haseotes, president of the Framingham company. “The drive-thru was really just raising the bar yet another level."
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