• USA Today, Monday, April 12, 2010 10:46 AM

"What's got eight wheels and fries?" asks Bruce Horovitz. "A roller-skating carhop." And, after a few decades' hiatus, they may be coming back to a fast-food joint near you, he reports.

A few weeks ago, the 3,500-unit Sonic rolled out a national ad campaign featuring four roller-skating employees. Carhops were common at the chain in the 1960s and '70s, but they were jettisoned in the '80 and '90s.

And last week, the 48-unit Ruby's opened its first location with skates-wearing carhops in Anaheim and is considering a second in nearby Orange. "The only thing left these days is to be remarkable, says CEO Doug Cavanaugh. "And what's more remarkable than girls on roller skates?"

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