Patterson location scores at SONIC Games
Kergan Bros. Sonic’s location in Patterson was among the top 12 finishers at this year’s Dr. Pepper SONIC Games, an annual Olympics-style competition for SONIC employees nationwide. In addition, crew member Devonne Canty won a bronze medal.
Each year, thousands of SONIC Drive-in crews across the country spend months going through a series of training, quizzes and challenging team and individual competitions. Judges select the top 12 crews nationwide, who compete in the annual SONIC Games. An intense national training event, the Games inspire friendly competi-tion among crew members and encourages team building at the drive-in level.
Top-12 finishers usually move on to SONIC’s annual convention, where they compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. Because of COVID-19 this year, a panel of judges traveled to the finalists’ restaurants instead.
The Games comprise several competitions ‒ carhop food delivery; drink preparation; switchboard order-taking; food dresser; and swamp, as the fry station is known.
Among 3,600 SONIC teams nationwide, the Patterson crew reached the top-12 in each category:
• Lakeshia Baker, dresser
• Devonne Canty, swamp
• J.J. Kleles, manager
• Patsy Kleles, crew mom
• Brandon Sampey, switchboard
• Kentero Sampey, carhop
• Caitlin Williams, drink preparation
• Diana Wilson, grill
Canty placed third overall in the swamp competition, to earn the bronze medal.
“SONIC games are always fun, but they’re also hard work. The training involved is a core part of our commit-ment to customer service,” says Kergan Bros. Sonic CEO Ted Kergan. “Kergan Bros. has a history of excellence at Games, and we’re proud of the Patterson team for becoming part of that tradition.”