Residents in a fast-growing suburb west of Phoenix are now getting faster delivery of their Iced White Chocolate Mochas.
In Avondale, Ariz.—whose population swelled by 60% to 89,000 since 2000—the Starbucks on Indian School Road had trouble managing all its drive-through traffic with just one window. So it moved to an adjacent 3,070-sq.-ft. location vacated by KFC and put in a second window.
In its first months at the new store, Starbuck’s drive-through business increased by more than 25%.
Source: Chain Store Age
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