Introduction
Have you ever had the experience of Picking up fast food at your favorite drive thru and they FORGET YOUR FRIES
You want to SCREAM!
To avoid the Drive Thru Blues I am going to talk today about the 4 standards to meet when choosing the BEST FAST FOOD PLACE to EAT.
BARN’RDS meets These 4 Standards.
NOW lets take a closer look at these 4 Standards.
Body
There are four main standards to meet when choosing the best place to eat fast food.
A. The first standard to meet is a healthy variety of food and drink choices.
B. The second standard to meet is cleanliness.
C. The third standard to meet is superb customer service.
D. The fourth standard to meet is a fast friendly drive through experience.
NOW THAT WE KNOW THE STANDARDS TO MEET LETS LOOK AT WHO I THINK MEETS ALL 4 STANDARDS
Barn’rds meet all four standards when choosing the best fast food place to eat.
Barn’rds meets the first standard with a healthy variety of food and drink choices.
The Hertel Family Masters Fast Food That's Healthful, Low Fat & Delicious says the-Wichita Hi-Lighter by Susan Hund-Milne and Mark Sageser.
Barn’rds prides themselves as a family restaurant with a variety of healthy homemade food made fresh daily
They proudly display a nutritional chart giving you statistics of carbs, calories and fat content for any diet you may be on.1
They specialize in roast beef
serve tuna sandwiches,
great salads,
wonderful homemade steaming hot soups:
chicken, potato and vegetable soup freshly cut vegetables.
They offer combos
Choice chips, fries or pasta salad.
Variety of soft drinks caffeine free diet coke.
They also have delicious thick milk shakes.
Another favorite is their homemade cookies baked fresh daily. They always have samples to try.
Lisa Stephenson a chef may as well be part of the Hertel Family. They feel fortunate to have been called to see if they could use her and her fabulous cooking skills when the Litehouse Grill closed, and that owner called to see if Ken Hertel could offer her a job. Ken didn’t have to think twice. Lisa has been cooking since she was 9 years old.2 according to the Wichita Hi-Lighter by Susan Hund-Milne and Mark Sageser
Barn’rds meets the second standard for cleanliness.
The first thing you notice when you walk in at Barn’rds is they have a nice display in the ordering area of what the salads look like as well as plants to give the dining area warmth.
They keep on top of dirty tables and especially the trash can.
Barn’rds meets the third standard for exceptional customer service.
Barn’rds is a family owned business only at the one location in Wichita on North Woodlawn south of 21st Street. It looks like a Red BARN. It opened in 1983 by the Ken and Carol Hertel who still own it along with their son Troy and his wife Maria. Every time I go in there one of them always greets you.
"We consider our employees part of the family," Ken says. "We work side-by-side, day-in and day-out. We have a finely-tuned team and it makes for a very smooth operation."3 again according to the Wichita Hi-Lighter by Susan Hund-Milne and Mark Sageser
GREETER. They make sure you have everything you need.
Customer service is always # 1 there.
They appreciate your business and it shows.
They know people have a lot of choices these days
“We work very, very hard to be the best we can be—to make sure that every sandwich is as good or better than the last one says Ken Hertel in an article in the Wichita Business Journal by Laurie Guhr
Barn’rds meets the fourth standard with a fast friendly drive through experience.
When it comes to a fast friendly drive through, Barn’rds steps up to the plate and hits a home run every time. By the time you place your order and drive up to pay, they have the order waiting and ask if you need any condiments and tell you what they have. They don’t wait for you to ask!
More than half the restaurant’s business occurs through the drive thru window says Ken Hertel in an article in the Wichita Business Journal by Laurie Guhr, It is, however a niche that took long hours to find, always trying to predict where the market will turn next, Hertel is constantly asking customers what they like and don’t like.4
I have never driven away or gone home and found they had forgotten anything. It’s all there every time!
NOW THAT WE KNOW WHY BARN’RDS MEETS THE 4 STANDARDS LETS SUMMARIZE THINGS.
Conclusion
There are four main standards to meet when choosing the best fast food place to eat. Healthy Food Variety, Cleanliness, Superb Cust Serv Fast Friendly Drive Thru
Barn’rds meet all four standards when choosing the best fast food place to eat.
I’ll never forget one holiday season a year or two ago, I ordered my food at the drive through and they thanked me with a giant box of chocolates wrapped up right there at the drive through window. They told me they appreciated my patronage. What a lasting impression that left on me.
That kind of service is what makes Barn’rds my number 1 choice for the best fast food place to eat. | 
