McDonald's opens first 'Drive Thru' outlet in Hyderabad

McDonald's, a global fast food giant, on Thursday opened its first "Drive Thru'' outlet at a HPCL retail outlet in the city.

As part of its strategic tie-up with HPCL to combine fast-food outlets with gas stations, McDonald's launched a full scale "Drive Thru'' outlet at A S Rao Nagar.

Spread over an area of 2,700 sq ft with a total seating capacity of 110, this is McDonald's sixth outlet in the city, a company release said.

McDonald's will be opening two more restaurants at select HPCL retail outlets in Mumbai and Bangalore and the arrangement will be replicated in western and southern states, the HPCL Executive Director (Retail) S P Choudhry said.