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White Castle, founded in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas, is widely considered the first fast-food chain in America. -
Red's Giant Hamburg – a down-home joint along Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri – opened in 1947, and is widely credited with being America's first drive-thru restaurant. -
The first Sonic Drive-In was originally founded as the Top Hat Drive-In in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in 1953 by Troy Smith. This marks the beginning of a trend in car-dependence. -
Many fast food establishments stop building lobbies into their restaurants, opting to only serve through Drive-Thru instead.
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Pizza Hut's PizzaNet launched in 1994, was one of the first instances of digital food delivery. -
Dine-In fast food restaurants are now seen as a thing of the past and can only be found in small towns across the United States. People spend more time at home and use food delivery apps more often. -
The variety of online food delivery services skyrockets since the standardization of Drive-Thru only restaurants makes it easier and cheaper to be a delivery driver. -
Many teenagers' first job is being a delivery driver due to the demand in food delivery and because the process of putting the fast food together has almost been automated fully. -
Since obtaining fast food is cheaper than ever now, many people, especially lower class people, ditch cooking entirely and just get by on fast food. Upper class people also dabble a lot in it too but they have access to drugs like Ozempic which keeps their weight in control. -
Weight-loss drugs become as common as Advil and Aspirin, and become available in pill form, ready to be used whenever the pounds add up for near instant results. -
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