Sonic abruptly closes 3 area restaurants

Sonic Drive-In restaurants in Troy, Greenville and Sidney closed effective today, a franchise company official said this morning.

Rick Fee — operations director for Bowling Green, Kentucky-based Houchens Industries, the franchisee of Sonic Drive-In locations across the Dayton region — said the three stores were shut down “purely due to underperformance.” There are no plans to close any of the other 22 Sonic Drive-Ins in the region, Fee said.

Fee did not have an estimate on the number of employees affected by the move. Fee said employees will be offered transfers to other Sonic locations.

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Mark Fisher

Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.