(CNBC) If speed is of the essence, you might want to consider delaying your lunch break until the afternoon.
That’s when fast-food giants stay truest to their promise of speed, according to a new study. From 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., the average wait time at a fast food drive-thru clocked in just north of 173 seconds, according to QSR magazine’s annual Drive-Thru Performance Study conducted with Insula Research.
Right behind this came the breakfast period, where the average wait was nearly 175 seconds.
Both segments are considerably faster than the average wait time of 203.29 seconds across all five parts of the day.
