Sonic

Sonic

File:Sonic Corporation Logo.png

Basic information
Founded	1953-06-18
Legal Structure	Subsidiary
Industry	Food
Also known as
Official website	http://sonicdrivein.com/

Sonic Corporation is (you guessed it) also a company =)

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

• User Freedom
• User Privacy
• Business Model
• Market Control

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Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Sonic category.

Health Violations and Closures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgKInUS2gJg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu7mZYYWM8c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzdDqmRpQI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4s8z7QzA3Q (6 years ago)

Malware attack (2017)

Main article: link to the main CR Wiki article

https://www.ibtimes.com/sonic-hack-restaurant-confirms-malware-stole-customer-credit-cards-2597810

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/breach-at-sonic-drive-in-may-have-impacted-millions-of-credit-debit-cards/

https://www.ibtimes.com/sonic-hack-restaurant-confirms-malware-stole-customer-credit-cards-2597810

https://www.reuters.com/article/legal/sonic-stuck-with-negligence-claim-after-judge-refuses-to-revisit-data-breach-rul-idUSL1N2JU36K/ (lawsuit)

https://www.classaction.org/news/sonic-data-breach-sparks-another-class-action 1st lawsuit

https://www.classaction.org/news/sonic-facing-another-class-action-in-the-wake-of-data-breach 2nd lawsuit

https://www.classaction.org/news/sonic-corp-facing-third-lawsuit-over-recent-data-breach 3rd lawsuit

https://www.classaction.org/news/sonic-hit-with-class-action-almost-immediately-after-data-breach-announcement(4th lawsuit)

Sonic Spam Messages

2020 Lawsuit

https://www.classaction.org/news/sonic-drive-in-hit-with-class-action-in-oklahoma-over-alleged-spam-texts (2020)

2023 Lawsuit

https://www.classaction.org/news/class-action-alleges-sonic-drive-in-sent-illegal-spam-texts 2023

A Restaurant in Las Vegas Closed due to several Health Code Violations (2025)

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Products

This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.

• Example product line one (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.
• Example product line two (release date):

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See also

• Subway
• Popeyes