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]

  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. ^ 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.