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Their restaurant quickly expanded, with the restaurants numbering 100 by 1974 and over 300 by 1981. Karcher was investigated and sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for insider trading after allegedly telling family members to sell their stock in advance of a poor earnings report. Karcher settled the case in July 1989 for $664,000. [6]
In 1981, with 300 restaurants in operation, Carl Karcher Enterprises became a publicly held company. In 1984, Carl's Jr. was franchised for the first time. Carl's Jr.'s menu expanded during the decade with the addition of the Western Bacon Cheeseburger, breakfast items, a charbroiled chicken sandwich line, and self-service soda fountains. By ...
CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. (an acronym for Carl Karcher Enterprises) is an American fast food corporation and is the parent organization for the Carl's Jr., Hardee's, Green Burrito, and Red Burrito brands. [4] [5] CKE Restaurants is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. [6]
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 .
Schrafft's. BostonOpened: 1898 This lone candy store/soda fountain expanded quickly to a chain of 22 locations by 1923, and 42 by 1934. Schrafft's innovation was in everyday accessibility and ...
Oldest continuously operated inn and restaurant in Ohio [25] 1826 199 Union Oyster House: Hawes Atwood Boston: Massachusetts: Oldest continuously operated restaurant in America [1] [26] [4] 1831 194 New Hudson Inn: Unknown New Hudson: Michigan
Margaret Magdalen Heinz Karcher (March 2, 1915 – June 6, 2006) was an American fast-food pioneer who co-founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain with her husband Carl Karcher, which today is owned by parent company CKE Restaurants. Karcher and her husband started their first business, a hot dog stand, on July 17, 1941, in Los Angeles ...
Her grandmother, Pauline Steinem, was the first woman (and thus, the first Jewish woman) elected to the Toledo Board of Education. Carl Karcher, founder of Carl's Jr. Restaurants (Hardee's) was born in Upper Sandusky.