Toast, Inc. Launches Toast Drive-Thru Solution

Published: 2026-04-14 09:35:49 ET TOST

Published on 04/14/2026 at 09:35 am EDT

Toast announced the launch of Toast Drive-Thru, an enterprise-grade solution designed to help modern quick-service restaurants increase throughput and order accuracy at scale while optimizing labor efficiency through a single, unified platform. Toast Drive-Thru replaces fragmented systems with a future-ready platform across trusted hardware, POS-native software, AI voice ordering integrations, and end-to-end support designed to help drive-thru operators succeed. Toast Drive-Thru leverages the expertise of Delphi by Toast and builds on Delphi?s decades of experience in developing trusted drive-thru hardware, allowing brands to run their entire drive-thru operation through one integrated, modern ecosystem.

Toast Drive-Thru gives operators the tools they need to keep pace with peak demand and the flexible foundation required to adopt new innovations. Integrated into one seamless experience, Toast Drive-Thru offers POS-native software and AI Voice Ordering integrations designed specifically for high-volume lanes, an intuitive new POS drive-thru mode enables staff to enter key drive-thru order information like vehicle ID and lane tagging, and identify drive-thru orders for payment in fewer steps than standard quick-order mode. Customizable Advanced Order Confirmation Screen software shows guests their orders in the drive-thru lane as they are entered, helping catch order errors before they?re fired.

Toast Drive-Thru also includes AI voice ordering integrations with partners to automate order taking, Speed of Service reporting to help identify lane bottlenecks, and Drive-Thru KDS enhancements designed to optimize kitchen assembly and load balancing. Integrations with additional AI voice ordering partners will follow. Toast Drive-Thru hardware by Delphi has been deployed at thousands of drive-thru lanes globally, utilizing high-brightness 55??

screens to deliver real-time menu content in various lighting and weather conditions. This is supported by a specialized HDBT Media Player capable of driving up to four independent screens. Toast provides end-to-end support offerings, including Drive-Thru Site-Survey and Design Consultation, access expert site survey and configuration services through Toast for both new and existing drive-thru locations, development of professionally designed digital menu boards and order confirmation screen content tailored to each brand?s visual identity, and Drive-Thru Installation & Support, providing a full range of location installation services and ongoing support to help keep drive-thrus operating at peak performance.

Toast Drive-Thru will be available on a rolling basis, beginning with brands with 15 or more locations in the coming months.