Organic Healthy Fast Food Drive-Thrus

While researching the stats on fast food drive- thrus, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that there are a few successful healthy fast food drive-thru restaurants in the USA.  Wow!  I would have thought there was more of an interest as an owner or patron for this type of establishment.

1.    Evos-Feel Great Fast Food http://www.evos.com/

2.   Better Burger in New York City  http://www.betterburgernyc.com/mission.htm

3.   Burgerville-Oregon  http://www.burgerville.com/about-us/

4.   Nature Express-Berkeley    http://natures-express.com/

5.   Evolution-San Diego   http://www.evolutionfastfood.com/about-evolution

6.   Veggie Grill-Las Angeles  http://www.veggiegrill.com/

7.   Oreans Health Express- http://www.oreanshealthexpress.com/orean.asp

I also learned that it is very difficult to open a fast food restaurant, especially with a drive thru, because most cities and communities feel there are too many fast food places and do not want to add more locations.  The only way that these select healthy few have survived is by taking over defunct drive thrus.   

“The idea of healthy drive-thru chains isn’t ready for the masses.  All that traffic on the road, all those mainstream Americans who are eating their Big Macs, they don't want to eat at Veggie Grill," reflects T. K. Pillan, co-founder and co-CEO of the chain of five vegetarian restaurants located in (you'll never guess!) California. "Hopefully in 10 or 15 years they will be. But not yet."

My goal is to prove them wrong and develop a successful healthy fast food business model in the next few years that will surpass any other currently established non healthy fast food joint.  I’m sure if I am searching for convenient, affordable, healthy fast food, that many other health conscious patrons are doing the same thing.

It is rather astounding that over 25% of the entire American population eat fast food EVERY DAY!  It is estimated that in 2011, $110 billion (with a B!)  was spent on unhealthy obesity-inducing fast food in the USA. 

I have included a very simple and important guideline to eating correctly: