Sonic to `Drive In' to Mexico; First Store Will be in Monterrey.Business Editors & Food Writers OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2001 The ultimate American drive-in dining experience will go international for the first time in 2001 when Sonic Corporation (Nasdaq:SONC SONC Special Olympics Northern California ), the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants, cruises into northern Mexico later this year. The Mexican Mexican named after or originating in Mexico. Mexican axolotl see ambystomamexicanum. Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum holding company, Fidelity de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., comprising a select group of franchisees owning more than 300 Sonic Drive-Ins Sonic Corporation NASDAQ: SONC (operating name: Sonic Drive-In) is an American fast-food restaurant chain based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that creates the drive-in diner feel of the 1950s, complete with carhops who often wear roller skates. throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Arizona, will open its first Mexican drive-in location in Monterrey, with further expansion into Mexico planned through 2003. Monterrey was chosen because of its fast-growing population, increasing affluence and its status as the country's industrial center. "We truly believe that Mexico is ready for the Sonic brand," said Mario Guajardo, a San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. native and manager of the investment group. "Sonic Drive-In restaurants fill a niche not offered by other businesses in Mexico: high-quality food, unique menu items and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. Carhop service. That formula has made Sonic successful in the U.S. and should continue into Mexico." While the Monterrey Sonic Drive-In will be identical to its American locations in most ways, special care has been taken to tailor the concept to Mexican palates. The menu will be printed in Spanish and will feature some locally preferred soft drinks and a variety of salsas Salsas is a Portuguese parish in the district of Bragança. The population in 2001 is 424, its density is 16.5/km² and the area is 25.76 km². . The initial drive-in will be one of the largest in the Sonic system, totaling approximately 1,600 square feet. The drive-in will feature more than 25 individual ordering stations, outdoor patio patio In Spanish and Latin American architecture, a courtyard open to the sky within a building. A Spanish development of the Roman atrium, it is comparable to the Italian cortile but provides more seclusion, possibly due to Moorish custom. The patio of the contemporary U.S. seating and a drive-through. Sonic, which specializes in made-to-order fast food, is known for its specialty menu items and quality customer service. Sonic started as a hamburger and root beer stand in 1953 in Shawnee, Okla., and has grown to more than 2,200 drive-ins in 27 states. Sonic is the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants and more than three-quarters of a million people eat at Sonic Drive-Ins every day. For more information about Sonic Corp. and its subsidiaries, visit Sonic on the Internet at www.sonicdrivein.com. |
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