Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. opened 31 restaurants in 2009.
The openings to date, along with several restaurants planned, amount to a 70 percent increase in openings over last year.
The new openings include non-traditional locations, such as airports, universities and turnpike plazas, the company, based in Tampa, said in a release. Checkers restaurants are typically known as stand-alone facilities with double drive-thru lines.
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