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Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc.

is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$187.1M

Private
US

Dow Jones Description

Wellspring is trying to win this game of Checkers. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Tampa, FL, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. develops, owns, operates, and franchises the country's largest chain of drive-through fast food restaurants. The company has about 800 restaurants in 20 US states, about 200 of them company-owned. They operate under the Checkers and Rally's Hamburgers brands, and typically have a A�double drive-through' format, allowing them to capitalize on the fact that most fast food sales come from drivers. It offers hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, soft drinks, and milkshakes. The company had 2005 revenue of about $187.2 million and employs about 4,000 people. In October 2005, the company's Rally's brand was named Best Drive-Thru in America 2005 by QSR Magazine, the leading trade publication for the quick service restaurant category.

President & CEO

Keith E. Sirois

Number of Employees 4,000

Contact Information

4300 W Cypress St Ste 600

Tampa, Florida 33607-4159

www.checkers.co...

1 813 283 7000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Full-Service Restaurants: 722110

Recent Events

CheckersÂ®/Rally`sÂ® Selects McLane for Distribution

11/04/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Checkers names McKee chief development officerTAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 10, 2009)

9/10/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story

News & Analysis

checkers drive-in restaurants inc. - All News and Analysis

Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc

- 2007-12-17

ENRIQUE "RICK" SILVA was named president and chief executive of Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc., based in Tampa, Fla. He succeeds Keith Sirois, who retired as chief executive but remains chairman emeritus.

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Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Announces Executive Changes

- 2007-02-15

Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. ("Checkers"), a Wellspring Capital company and the nation's largest chain of double drive-thru restaurants, today announced the retirement of Keith Sirois, President and Chief Executive Officer. In conjunction with Mr. Sirois' retirement, Enrique "Rick" Silva has been named President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately....

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Checkers to grow after eliminating Rally's name locally.(Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc.'s Keith Sirois foreacasts Michigan as best for investment)

- 2007-01-22

Byline: Brent Snavely Keith Sirois, president and CEO of Tampa-based Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc., said last week that he sees metro Detroit as a market for sales growth and additional restaurants even though the state's economic woes have been hurting restaurant sales. ...

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Olden days, new technology: evoking memories of "the good old days" can be good business, but security can't rely on systems from a bygone era.(SMART SOLUTIONS TO SECURITY PROBLEMS)(Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc.'s security measures)

- 2006-09-01

THE 873 CHECKERS AND RALLY'S Hamburgers sites (some owned by Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc., and some by its franchisees) sport a 1950s motif. They have found that evoking memories of "the good old days" can be good business. But asset protection methods have to keep up...

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Checkers' 'phenomenal' Loaded Fries line expands

- 2006-01-23

TAMPA, FLA. -- Expanding on a successful chili cheese fries offer, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants launched a six-week "Loaded Fries" promotion at its Checkers and Rally's Hamburgers chains, featuring bacon-cheddar and bacon-ranch topping options in addition to chili cheese. Pricing for single-topped fries begins at $1.99, while fully loaded bacon-cheddar-ranch fries...

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Quick-service leaders eye life in the fast lane: chains try to increase order accuracy and shave valuable seconds off of drive-thru times

- 2005-12-12

As drive-thru sales continue to flourish, competitors in the quick-service segment are more focused than ever before on surmounting their menus' rising complexity to improve recently lagging service times and order accuracy. Employee training, technological advances and operational upgrades are among the steps operators are taking to enhance efficiency...

Tags: Burger King Corp., Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc., McDonald's Corp.
Bellwether Report is closely following Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc.

- 2005-08-01

M2 PRESSWIRE-1 August 2005-bellwetherreport.com: Bellwether Report is closely following Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc.C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01082005 Today the Bellwether Report has identified Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. (Nasdaq:CHKR), a company that our analysts will be tracking over the ensuing weeks....

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Checkers evaluating sale, acquisitions, stock buys

- 2005-05-23

TAMPA, FLA. -- Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc., the 792-unit quick-service chain based here, said it is considering "strategic alternatives," including a sale of the company or acquisitions and "sizeable" share repurchases. The franchisor of the Checkers and Rally's Hamburger's brands hired Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as its financial advisor...

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Checkers: after escaping a 1999 financial crash, the drive-thru burger company roars back into the race

- 2005-05-16

It's very unlikely that any of the students in a University of South Florida M.B.A. class this spring fell asleep when guest speaker Keith Sirois told them how Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. fell into financial jeopardy. If there's such a thing as a business school lecture that is a nail...

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Checkers signs groups to pacts for 25 new sites

- 2004-09-13

TAMPA, FLA. -- Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc., the largest operator and franchisor of twin-lane drive-thrus, said National Restaurant Development Inc. had agreed to open 20 new restaurants over the next five years. The new locations would be in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Nashville, Tenn., where the franchisee already owns and...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Keith E. Sirois	President & CEO
S. Patric Plumley	CFO & Treasurer
Todd Lindsey	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Robert D. Wright	Executive Vice President, Company and Franchise Operations
Michael Arrowsmith	Senior Vice President of Development
Steven Cohen	Senior Vice President, HR
Adam Noyes	Vice President, Purchasing, Operations
Brian Doster	General Counsel, Vice President & Secretary
Richard Turer	Vice President, Marketing
Ron Levondosky	Vice President, Franchise
David Crawford	Director, Marketing
Kim Francis	Director, Communications
Gloria Valdes	Manager, Risk Management
Jean Kelly	Coordinator, Marketing

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Peter C. O'Hara	Chairman
Burt Sugarman	Board of Directors
David Gotterer	Board of Directors
Gary Lieberthal	Board of Directors
Terry N. Christensen	Board of Directors
Willie D. Davis	Board of Directors

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