Practices · Observable
Drive-thru tip prompt
A tip was requested at a drive-thru window reader.
Drive-thru readers began prompting for tips at several chains in 2022 and 2023. This record lists the locations and dates reporters name.
Spot it on your receipt
- Note the percentages on the reader.
- Note whether the employee turned the screen toward you or tapped through it.
On the record
Locations with a published claim that fits
Ordered by the number of independent reports behind the claim, keeping only claims where at least one linked report describes this practice.
No published record fits this practice yet.
Law
The federal baseline
No federal law requires or forbids a tip prompt at checkout. If money collected as a "tip" is retained by the business rather than paid to workers, the federal tip-ownership rule and federal and state deceptive-practice laws may apply.
Source: FTC Act §5; FTC v. Amazon (Amazon Flex), 2021 · Verified 2026-09