Drive-thru Menu Board Ordering Process

Setting up your drive-thru lane can be much more straightforward than people think. The key to doing it the correct way is to accomplish certain items in a roundabout order. For instance, you wouldn’t order your drive-thru menu board before having at least an idea of what you might be offering.  The following steps shouldn’t be considered the same for all locations due to the fact that some may find themselves in “build mode” where others may be taking over a pre-existing drive-thru location, remodeling, or adding to an existing location that has never had the lane.

Step 1- Get With The Town

Many of our customers work with General Contractors who will handle this for them, however for those who are even thinking about adding a drive-thru to their location, it isn’t as easy as ordering and erecting.  You need to get with your township and apply for a permit.  Failing to do so can result in fines and/or removal of your drive-thru equipment.

Step 2- Rough Idea of Your Menu

You may think a 2-panel drive-thru will work for you when in fact you’d need a 4 panel to accommodate your menu.  Sometimes these types of misjudgments can leave you with less than what you need or push you into a budget that would be cost-prohibitive.  As long as you have a 3/4 idea of what you might want to offer outside, that is enough to get started.

Step 3- Order Your Menu Board

A common misconception is that if you order your drive-thru you immediately become married to the size you’ve selected.  This is not the case, well with us anyways.  We take the menu and your color schemes and lay everything out on the drive-thru size you and your sales rep have arrived at.  We’ve seen boards go taller, shorter, wider, etc through this process.  It isn’t until you’ve approved your layout that you’d become “locked in.”