[pepsionice]

I’ve read several accounts of Sonic episode. No one explains why corporate came in to take over these privately owned operations. It might be curious to ask what happened. But once they came in...the district managers and individual operation managers were all laid off and new people brought in. Whatever the objective was in this process....it went negative real quick.

I know twenty years ago....Sonic operations were a fairly successful operation (You didn’t go broke, but you didn’t clear vast sums of money). Would be interesting to know if they’ve lost some of their charm.

[Nailbiter]

from the article

“If an employee’s total wages in a pay period including tips falls below the total Ohio minimum wage of $8.55 an hour, the employer must make up the difference,” emailed a spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Commerce.

[blueplum]

Publically traded Sonic is now privately owned by the same folks who own Arbys and Buffalo Wild Wings - Inspire Brands, a venture of Atlanta-based Roark Capital Group. It makes sense they would close aged building/poor performers that publically-held Sonic kept open to bolster their asking price.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arbys-owner-inspire-brands-acquires-sonic-drive-in-hamburger-chain-for-2-3-billion/

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

No one explains why corporate came in to take over these privately owned operations.

Well seeing how the staff reacted to a ridiculous and idiotic rumor I think I know a reason why. Awful employees turned the locations to crap and Corp had to take over