Holiday Shopping Made to Order; My SONIC(TM) Card is the Perfect Holiday Gift

My SONIC cards are the perfect gift for anyone and everyone wholoves Sonic. You can give the gift of great food to family, collegekids, coworkers, employees, teachers and more.

"The My SONIC card offers customers an innovative and thoughtfulway to give gifts to Sonic fans," said Todd Townsend, chief marketingofficer-Sonic Corp. "We wrap up Sonic favorites including Sonic(R)Blasts, Cherry Limeades, hand-battered onion rings and more in oneconvenient gift." According to a recent survey sponsored by theNational Retail Federation (1), gift cards are the third most populargift item this holiday season, preceded by entertainment items andapparel.

The My SONIC card looks like a credit card, but works like cashtoward purchases at Sonic. Cards are available in any denomination in$5 increments (up to $100) and can be purchased or reloaded at anydrive-in or online at www.mysoniccard.com. Recipients can registertheir cards at www.sonicdrivein.com and get a free regular SONIC(R)CreamSlush on us and take advantage of special features such assecuring their card balance and schedule automatic reloads. And forholiday shopping made to order, customers can set up a giftsubscription so their gift keeps giving Tater Tots and Cherry Limeadesall year long.

Available exclusively at Sonic, the My SONIC card can be used withSonic's PAYS technology (credit card terminals at each stall) or bysimply giving the card to the Carhop to complete the transaction. Thecard's remaining balance is printed on each receipt.

Sonic, America's Drive-In (NASDAQ/NM:SONC), originally started asa hamburger and root beer stand in 1953 in Shawnee, Okla., called TopHat Drive-In, and then changed its name to Sonic in 1959. The firstdrive-in to adopt the Sonic name is still serving customers inStillwater, Okla. As the nation's largest chain of drive-inrestaurants, Sonic has more than 3,000 drive-ins coast to coast and inMexico. More than a million customers eat at Sonic every day. For moreinformation about Sonic Corp. and its subsidiaries, visit Sonic atwww.sonicdrivein.com.

(1) National Retail Federation news release, October 18, 2005 -"Consumers Aren't Pulling in the Reinson Holiday Spending, Accordingto NRF" http://www.nrf.com/content/default.asp?folder=press/release2005&file=holiday1005.htm&bhcp=1 (Due to its length, this URLmay need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's addressfield. Remove the extra space if one exists.)