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Hardee's Restaurants LLC is an American fast-food restaurant chain operated by CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. ("CKE") with locations primarily in the Southern and Midwestern United States. The company has evolved through several corporate ownerships since its establishment in 1960 in North Carolina .
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First store location Founded Locations worldwide Employees Related restaurants ... Hardee's: Hamburgers: CKE Restaurants: Greenville, North Carolina: 1960: 5812: 25,700:
CKE conducts an annual Stars for Heroes in-store fundraising campaign by soliciting donations from customers at both Hardee's and Carl's Jr. restaurants to benefit US military veterans and their families. Since the program's launch in 2011, Stars for Heroes raised nearly US$5 million by 2015. [27]
In 1982, General Foods sold Burger Chef to the Canadian company Imasco, which also owned Hardee's, for US$44 million (equivalent to $138.92 million in 2023). [11] Imasco converted many locations to Hardee's restaurants and let franchises and locations near existing Hardee's locations convert to other brands. [8]
At its peak, the chain included over 600 locations. The chain now has 41 locations in five states, either company owned or franchised. [2] [4] The Roy Rogers chain was sold in 1990 to Imasco, then the parent company of Hardee's, and experienced severe decline as many locations converted to Hardee's. In 2002, the trademark was purchased by ...
Meanwhile, the successful Hardee's chain in the Southern U.S. (founded by Wilbur Hardee) had money and was looking to expand its operations. The solution was a merger. On November 30, 1971, a Hardee's purchase of all of Sandy's stock was announced, and Sandy's plaid berets were soon to be seen no more.
Following a string of closures in 2023, Hardee's shuttered several more locations this year. In Central Illinois, the chain closed restaurants in Champaign, Chatham, Monticello, Springfield, and ...