Essay Archive - Sonic Corporation
Sonic Corporation
In 1953 Sonic Corporation was founded by Tony Smith in Shawnee, Oklahoma
under a different name of the Top Hat. Tony Smith started the company as a
drive-in restaurant featuring hot dogs, hamburgers, and french-fried onion rings.
In the mid-50s Smith was asked by Charles Pappe for assistance in establishing
a similar restaurant in a rural town also located in Oklahoma. This was the
beginning of a partnership between the two men .
CURRENT INFORMATION
In 1991 Sonic Corporation was the fifth largest chain in the fast-food
industry, servicing in the hamburger segment, behind McDona....
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