Craving a Limeade? Sonic Opening California Drive-Ins

Are you craving an extra-long chili cheese coney with onion rings and a limeade? Good news - Sonic is planning to open another 33 drive-ins in California, adding to its current total of 68.

The restaurants will be located in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, the Bay Area, Sacramento and the Central Valley. All of them are franchises.

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“The expanding presence of the Sonic brand in California has been quite a success story in the past few years,” said Drew Ritger, senior vice president of development for Sonic. “The consumer demand - fueled by our national marketing campaign and the Two Guys commercials - is extremely strong in the state, and many franchise opportunities still exist for new and existing partners in Sacramento, the East Bay Area, west Lost Angeles and the Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.”

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You may have to wait awhile for a new Sonic to open in your neighborhood - the new drive-ins will debut over the next seven years. Here’s a list of restaurants scheduled to open this year:

• Menifee – This location is under construction and will open in late spring.
• San Diego – This location is scheduled to open in late 2016.
• Huntington Beach – This location is scheduled to open in late summer.
• Indio – This location is scheduled to open in late summer.

The largest expansion is planned in the Bay Area with 12 new locations and Sacramento with 11.

When all of the restaurants are completed in 2022, another 1500 jobs will have been created.

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