Milo's Hamburgers

Milo's Hamburgers
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurants
GenreFast food
Founded1946; 78 years ago (1946)
FounderMilo Carlton (1919–1995)
HeadquartersBirmingham, Alabama
Number of locations
22 stores
Key people
Tom Dekle (CEO)
ProductsHamburgers, chicken fingers, French fries, grilled cheese sandwiches, sweet tea, soft drinks, milkshakes
RevenueIncrease US$129 Million (2021)
OwnerCarlton family
Number of employees
800 (2021)
WebsiteMilo's Hamburgers

Milo's Hamburgers, known colloquially simply as Milo's, is a regional fast food restaurant chain based in Alabama, United States, founded by Milo Carlton as Milo's Hamburger Shop in 1946. As of 2021, Milo's has 20 locations across Alabama. A signature menu item is a secret-recipe hamburger sauce, and Sweet Tea, which has been split of into the Milo's Tea Company. One location in Tuscaloosa was destroyed in the EF4 tornado on April 27, 2011,[1] and a new Milo's was recently constructed in a new location.[2] The chains slogan is "Everybody goes to... Milo's"[3][4]

History

The restaurant was established by Milo Carlton, who, on April 16, 1946, opened Milo's Hamburger Shop in Birmingham, at 31st Street and 12th Avenue North. The restaurant moved to 2820 10th Avenue North in 1963. Milo's began selling franchises in 1983; the first franchise location, at 509 18th Street South in Birmingham, opened February 7, 1983.[5][6] Since the 1980s, they also distribute their own tea brand in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, as well as parts of the Florida panhandle, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.[4][7] The tea company split off in 2002.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Severeweathercentral.blogspot.com, accessed April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ wwwtuscaloosanews.com[permanent dead link‍], accessed November 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Locations Archived 2007-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, Milo's Hamburgers web site, accessed February 27, 2007.
  4. ^ a b Sauce is still boss, but Milo's tea takes off, Don Milazzo, Birmingham Business Journal, online, article dated October 8, 1999, accessed February 27, 2007.
  5. ^ History Archived 2007-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, Milo's Hamburgers web site, accessed February 27, 2007.
  6. ^ Milo's serves up a warehouse in Bessemer, Gilbert Nicholson, Birmingham Business Journal, online, article dated February 1, 2002, accessed February 27, 2007.
  7. ^ It's teatime (Milo's style) in Bessemer, Steven Mackay, Birmingham Business Journal, article dated December 13, 2002, accessed February 27, 2007.
  8. ^ Diel, Stan (March 4, 2013). "Milo's lawsuit settled, Milo's Famous Tea once again being sold in Milo's restaurants". al.