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The Howard Company has many innovative solutions and a customer favorite is our outdoor digital menu board. It is named the ‘Flex,’ as it allows businesses to be flexible with their content in the drive-thru. While onsite, printed graphics and digital menu boards can easily be switched out in a short amount of time. The best part is that the drive-thru can remain open during installation!

In January of 2021, a few team members from The Howard Company (Grant Gustke: Regional Vice President, Jean Jones: Marketing Director, and Rob Vaccarella: Installation and Product Support Specialist) visited The Human Bean in Woodland Park, Colorado, to make this change on one of our three-door Drive-Thru Flex Digital Menu Boards. Watch the time-lapse of the transition below:

An intriguing public relations trend that many major restaurant chains have jumped on in the last few months is publishing images of their "drive-thru of the future." The renderings are sometimes flashy and futuristic, and the headlines tell the tale of 2020. But there is a lot more going on than what is indicated by the headlines. 

Along with drive-thru systems and curbside pickup solutions, a business's outdoor space has many different branding opportunities. From the moment a guest notices your location(s) driving down the street, to their entrance into the parking lot, until the time they leave, there are multiple ways to communicate with your customers through building signs, drive-thru signs, and curbside pickup signs!

Rod Clouser, National Sales Manager at The Howard Company, shares his expert advice on how to better utilize outdoor space with exterior signs. Check it out!

Is your drive-thru in need of new equipment and/or updated graphics? Or are you unsure? Jim Reeder, National Sales Manager at The Howard Company, talks through some situations that may call for a drive-thru refresh. Play the video below to find out!

Doug Watson, President and CEO of The Howard Company, discusses "Drive-Thru 2020+".