Sonic Drive-in

Company Description

SONIC®, America's Drive-In (NASDAQ: SONC) is the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants.

SONIC started as a hamburger and root beer stand in 1953 in Shawnee, Okla., called Top Hat Drive-In, and then changed its name to SONIC in 1959.

The first drive-in to adopt the SONIC name is still serving customers in Stillwater, Okla.

More than a million customers eat at SONIC every day.

Product Types offered by this company

- QSR Chains / Restaurants

News for this Company

November 05, 2013

SONIC Gives Fries a Makeover - Introduces New, Natural-Cut Fries

SONIC® Drive-In announced the launch of its new Natural-Cut Fries. Made from whole russet potatoes, the new natural-cut, ‘skin-on' fry offers guests a higher quality fry with a crispy crunch to delight the senses.

February 28, 2012

Sweet Potato Tots introduced at Sonic

SONIC is expanding its unique Tots offering by introducing new Sweet Potato Tots to its menu for a limited time. According to data from the USDA Economic Research Service, sweet potato U.S. per capita consumption has been on the rise, even as white po...

June 09, 2010

Analyst: Fast-food sales won't rise until unemployment falls

Several fast-food chains may have to wait until more young men find jobs before seeing same-store sales rise, according to a restaurant analyst.Jefferies &Co. restaurant securities analyst Jeff Farmer said in a note to investors this week that an a...

March 17, 2010

QSR same-store sales trends

Nearly all public restaurant companies reported fourth-quarter same-store sales results this month, and winter storms and lingering economic pressures pushed most into negative territory. Some, mainly because of value messaging, moved in a positive di...