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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
J.R. Duren

Fuel prices got so high that people stopped going to the drive-thru as much: report

Even the likes of the Big Mac and Whopper didn’t stand a chance against soaring gas prices, with fast-food drive-thru customers falling 6.8 percent in May, according to research from data analysis firm Placer.ai.

Simply put, gas prices, which hit three-year highs in May, likely kept money-conscious consumers away from their favorite fast-food restaurants (known as “QSRs”).

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