Paris Baguette opens its first US drive-thru in Oklahoma

Fancy a croissant without getting out of the car? In the US, you now can. Paris Baguette, the South Korean bakery chain with a French name, announced on 13 November that it has opened its first American drive-thru store in Moore, Oklahoma.

The shop sits in the Riverwalk shopping district, right next to Interstate 35, the highway that runs through the middle of the country. It covers about 372 square metres (roughly 4,000 sq ft). Customers can order and collect their food without leaving their vehicles.

At the drive-thru, you can choose from coffee, other drinks, sandwiches, cakes, pastries and bread.

The company says the move is meant to fit the way Americans live, where getting around by car is part of everyday life. It also wants to offer more kinds of stores as it grows locally.

Paris Baguette, run by South Korea's SPC Group, opened its first US store in the Los Angeles area in 2005. It has kept adding locations across the country since then.