11 Greater Tampa Area Sonic Drive-Ins Close

Three Sonic Drive-Ins in Manatee County have shut down along with eight other locations throughout the greater Tampa Bay area. The locations were all owned by the same franchise owner. The closings are an obvious sign that the depression is intensifying for the central Florida region.

Company officials did not say the number of employees that would be effected as a result of the closings which included locations in Citrus, Hillsborough, Hernando, Levy, Pinellas, and Sarasota counties. However officials did say that some employees from the closed locations will be transferred to other Sonic restaurants.

Florida’s rapidly deteriorating economy will soon be seeing more fast food restaurants along with other types of businesses close throughout the state. The amount of people who will be getting cutoff from their unemployment benefits will damage the state’s business environment even further. Unless Congress acts soon over 106,000 people throughout Florida will lose their benefits on December 4^th.