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- Stock symbol: CKE
- Annual sales (2007): $1.5 billion
- Founder(s): Carl Karcher
- Year Established: 1964
- Industry: Restaurants
- Phone: (805) 745-7500
- Fax: (714) 490-3630
- Toll Free: (877) 799-7827
- HQ: Carpinteria, California
- President: Andrew F. Puzder
- CEO: Andrew F. Puzder
- CFO: Theodore Abajian
- Staff: 26,000
- Other key people (if applicable): Tom Lindlom
- 1,100 Carl's Jr. locations
- 1,900 Hardee's locations
- Owned Rally's from 1996-1999
- Owned Taco Bueno from 1996-2001
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Originally encorporated in 1964 as Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc., CKE Restaurants is the publicly owed parent company of the Carl's Jr., Hardee's, Green Burrito, and Red Burrito Restaurant chains.
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Restaurants Cost to Coast
CKE Restaurants is one of the largest restaurant holding companies in the United States. It owns or franchises over 3,000 restaurants across the country. Carl's Jr. has over 1,100 locations throughout the Northwest and Southwest United States. Hardee's has over 1,900 locations from the Midwest to the East coast. -



