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Checkers-Rally's sold for $525M

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 23, 2017
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The private equity firm Oak Hill Capital has teamed up with the management of the Checkers and Rally’s drive-thru chains to buy the twin concepts for $525 million from another investment firm, Sentinel Capital.

Oak Hill’s past investments have included Dave & Buster’s and Burger King.

A sale of Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, the parent of the dual drive-thru chains, has been expected for weeks. The two chains consist of about 840 restaurants, most of which are franchised.

The announcement suggested that Checkers Drive-In CEO and president Rick Silva will remain in his posts.

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Peter Romeo has covered the restaurant industry since 1984 for a variety of media. As Editor At Large for Restaurant Business, his current beats are government affairs, labor and family dining. He is also the publication's unofficial historian.  
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