Checkers openings up 70 percent in 2009

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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Checkers Restaurants Opening At Strong Pace

PRESS RELEASE: TAMPA, Fla., July 10, 2009 - Non-traditional locations, including an airport, a state university and four turnpike rest areas, account for six of the 18 new Checkers Drive-In Restaurants opened in the second quarter of 2009 as the double drive-thru chain headquartered in Tampa sets a pace of openings in the first half of the year not seen since the year 2000.
In the first six months of 2009, 23 new restaurants have opened in eight states through nine new franchisees, 10 current franchisees and one opened by the Company.

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