Hardee's Franchise News

New Restaurant in Loves Park Tops Hardee’s Domestic Sales Mark in First Week
ST. LOUIS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Burger lovers in Loves Park, Illinois wasted no time welcoming Hardee’s® back into the community last week. The newly opened Hardee’s in the Rockford area set a company sales record in its opening week in Loves Park, topping the previous Hardee’s domestic sales mark at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota restaurant in October 2010.
“We knew the people of Loves Park missed Hardee’s and were excited for the new opening but this surpassed our expectations,” said Andrew F. Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc., parent company of Hardee’s. “Obviously, as our results in the Rockford area show, the people of northern Illinois love our big, delicious burgers and Made From Scratch Biscuits™...

Executive Roundtable to Learn About Hardee's Franchise Opportunities Planned for May 10
CARPINTERIA, Calif., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CKE Restaurants, Inc., announced today its expansion plans for the development of new Hardee's® restaurants throughout the greater Tampa, Fla. area. The company is seeking to rapidly expand its Tampa footprint over the next several years and identifying the potential to develop as many as 88 restaurants in the market. Currently, Hardee's operates 12 locations within the Tampa metro-area.
Actively seeking new franchisees, Hardee's will host an Executive Roundtable on May 10 in Tampa from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. to share information about the benefits of owning a Hardee's restaurant and specific opportunities in Tampa...

Executive Roundtable to Learn About Hardee's Franchise Opportunities Planned for May 8
CARPINTERIA, Calif., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CKE Restaurants, Inc., announced today its expansion plans for the development of new Hardee's® restaurants throughout the greater Orlando, Fla. area. The company is seeking to expand its Orlando footprint over the next several years and identifying the potential to develop as many as 79 restaurants in the market. Currently, Hardee's operates 14 locations within the Orlando metro-area.
Actively seeking new franchisees, Hardee's will host an Executive Roundtable on May 8 in Orlando from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. to share information about the benefits of owning a Hardee's restaurant and specific opportunities in Orlando...

RALEIGH, NC--(Marketwire - Sep 2, 2011) - Hardee's® restaurants across North Carolina are celebrating the 2011 college football season across the state with a special promotion. Every Tuesday this season, Hardee's restaurants statewide will offer a 5-piece Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™ combo meal for the reduced price of $5, a savings of over $2.

More than 230 Hardee's restaurants statewide will participate in "Team Tender Tuesdays." The promotion begins Tuesday, Sept. 6 and runs the duration of the 2011 regular football season.

Fans throughout North Carolina are encouraged to take advantage of "Team Tender Tuesdays," whether cheering for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, the East Carolina University Pirates, the North Carolina State University Wolfpack or the Appalachian State University Mountaineers...

RICHMOND, VA--(Marketwire - Sep 2, 2011) - Hardee's® restaurants across Virginia are celebrating the 2011 college football season across the state with a special promotion. Every Tuesday this season, Hardee's restaurants statewide will offer a 5-piece Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™ combo meal for the reduced price of $5, a savings of over $2.

Close to 200 Hardee's restaurants statewide will participate in "Team Tender Tuesdays." The promotion begins Tuesday, Sept. 6 and runs the duration of the 2011 regular football season.

Fans throughout Virginia are encouraged to take advantage of "Team Tender Tuesdays," whether cheering for the University of Virginia Cavaliers or the Virginia Tech Hokies.

"Hardee's recognizes the big role that college sports play in the lives of many of our Virginia customers," said Jerry Allsbrook, chief marketing officer for Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the largest Hardee's franchisee in the U...

RALEIGH, NC--(Marketwire - Sep 2, 2011) - Hardee's® restaurants across North Carolina are celebrating the 2011 college football season across the state with a special promotion. Every Tuesday this season, Hardee's restaurants statewide will offer a 5-piece Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™ combo meal for the reduced price of $5, a savings of over $2.

More than 230 Hardee's restaurants statewide will participate in "Team Tender Tuesdays." The promotion begins Tuesday, Sept. 6 and runs the duration of the 2011 regular football season.

Fans throughout North Carolina are encouraged to take advantage of "Team Tender Tuesdays," whether cheering for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, the East Carolina University Pirates, the North Carolina State University Wolfpack or the Appalachian State University Mountaineers...

RICHMOND, VA--(Marketwire - Sep 2, 2011) - Hardee's® restaurants across Virginia are celebrating the 2011 college football season across the state with a special promotion. Every Tuesday this season, Hardee's restaurants statewide will offer a 5-piece Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™ combo meal for the reduced price of $5, a savings of over $2.

Close to 200 Hardee's restaurants statewide will participate in "Team Tender Tuesdays." The promotion begins Tuesday, Sept. 6 and runs the duration of the 2011 regular football season.

Fans throughout Virginia are encouraged to take advantage of "Team Tender Tuesdays," whether cheering for the University of Virginia Cavaliers or the Virginia Tech Hokies.

"Hardee's recognizes the big role that college sports play in the lives of many of our Virginia customers," said Jerry Allsbrook, chief marketing officer for Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the largest Hardee's franchisee in the U...

CARPINTERIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CKE Restaurants, Inc., today announced the opening of two Hardee's® restaurants in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This marks the first of at least 12 Hardee's restaurants to be opened in Kazakhstan over the next five years. Hardee's is the first major western quick-service hamburger chain to open in the market.

Americana Group S.A.K. operates these restaurants and is the second largest licensee in the CKE system with 215 Hardee's restaurants throughout the Middle East and North Africa. CKE and the Americana Group have a successful 31-year relationship and plan continued growth in the Middle East and select Central and Western Asian countries.

"We have a long and successful history with the Americana Group and are confident that they will continue to use their expertise and passion for Hardee's as they expand in new and existing markets," said Andrew F...

Chain Presents Award for Teamwork and Community Service ST. LOUIS, MO--(Marketwire - May 26, 2011) - Hardee's® franchise owner Boddie-Noell Enterprises has received the 2011 Wilber Hardee Founder's Award from Hardee's parent company CKE Restaurants.

The prestigious award is named after the founder of Hardee's and is awarded annually to the single Hardee's franchise owner that best exemplifies and embodies the ideals of entrepreneurial spirit, vision, leadership, teamwork and community involvement.

The Founder's award is a beacon among the awards given to franchisees at the annual CKE Franchise Conference. The award was presented to Boddie-Noell executives in attendance at the conference held this year in Las Vegas...

Giving by Hardee's Customers for Military Families at Fort Bragg FAYETTEVILLE, NC--(Marketwire - January 19, 2011) - Hardee's® restaurants in North Carolina and several other surrounding states have raised nearly $95,000 for the Patriot Foundation (www.patriotscholarships.com) to support children of military families and provide college scholarships to children of fallen Fort Bragg, N.C. soldiers.

The funds were raised during a six-week period ending on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) in which Hardee's guests who made a donation received a coupon booklet good for free and discounted menu items. All proceeds from the coupon booklet went to the Patriot Foundation.

In North Carolina, more than 180 Hardee's restaurants participated in the promotion, contributing more than $40,000 to the total for the Patriot Foundation...

CHAPEL HILL, NC --(Marketwire - December 8, 2010) - Straight from its success with University of North Carolina Tar Heel football, Hardee's® across North Carolina are continuing the 'Tar Heel Tender Tuesdays' for Carolina basketball fans with an even better deal.

Starting immediately, Hardee's will celebrate Tar Heels basketball each Tuesday for the remainder of the 2010-11 regular basketball season with its 3-piece, Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™ combo at a significantly reduced price of $3.99.

Customers will be able to take advantage of this special Chicken Tenders combo pricing on Tuesdays at all 230 Hardee's locations across North Carolina, regardless of whether the Tar Heels win or lose.

"Our 'Tar Heel Tender Tuesdays' proved to be so popular with football wins, we decided to expand it right on through the Tar Heels basketball season," said Jerry Allsbrook, chief marketing officer for Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the largest Hardee's franchisee both in North Carolina and the U...

RICHMOND, VA --(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) - Hardee's® restaurants operated by Boddie-Noell Enterprises recently raised more than $69,000 for Special Olympics Virginia. The annual fundraiser, Buy a Star, Be a Fan, invites Hardee's customers to purchase stars for $1, and ran from Oct. 12 through Nov. 8. All money raised from the sale of the stars went to the Special Olympics organization to help more than 1,000 Special Olympics athletes participate in the 2011 Summer Games.

Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the largest Hardee's franchise operator in the United States, has been partners with Special Olympics Virginia for 30 years, contributing more than $1 million to the organization. Boddie-Noell owns and operates 178 Hardee's restaurants across Virginia...

Every Fan at Both Stadiums Could Win Free Sausage Biscuit
ROCKY MOUNT, NC--(Marketwire - September 29, 2010) - North Carolina Hardee's® restaurants will celebrate the 50th birthday year of Hardee's on Saturday with 100,000 of their closest college football friends, watching to see if a special field goal clears the uprights.
If the field goals kicked at halftime at the Tar Heels and the Wolfpack home football games are successful, every fan in each stadium will leave the games Saturday with a coupon for a free Sausage Biscuit at Hardee's.
It's all part of the North Carolina 50th birthday celebration for Hardee's which was born in North Carolina in September 1960. All 230 Hardee's locations in North Carolina are participating in the promotion...

PINEHURST, NC--(Marketwire - September 27, 2010) - North Carolina Hardee's® restaurants kick off a fundraiser today to provide educational scholarships for children of fallen Fort Bragg soldiers while also offering contributing customers great discounts on Hardee's menu items.

The in-restaurant fundraiser for the Patriot Foundation will be a six-week campaign that continues at Hardee's locations statewide through Nov. 11, Veterans Day. For the first time, all 230 Hardee's restaurants across North Carolina will participate in the fundraiser this year.

Customers can purchase a $1 Patriot Foundation flag which entitles the buyer to a special coupon booklet -- with discounts valued at more than $10 -- for Hardee's menu items...

CHAPEL HILL, NC - (Marketwire) - North Carolina Hardee's® restaurants want to celebrate every victory with University of North Carolina Tar Heels' fans during the 2010 football season by offering something special on Tuesdays. Every Tuesday this season following a Tar Heel football win, Hardee's restaurants across North Carolina will offer a 3-piece Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™ combo meal for a significantly reduced price of $3.99.

All 230 Hardee's restaurants statewide will participate in "Tar Heel Tender Tuesdays" and the promotion will run during the entire 2010 Tar Heel football season. The Tar Heels kick off their season Saturday, Sept. 4, against the LSU Tigers in Atlanta.

"Hardee's, like the Tar Heels, is another Carolina-born winner, and we're looking forward to celebrating every win this season with the 'Carolina Nation' on 'Tar Heel Tender Tuesdays,'" said Jerry Allsbrook, chief marketing officer for Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the largest Hardee's franchisee both in North Carolina and the U...

Chain Introduces Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders, Prepared Fresh Daily ST. LOUIS (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hardee's(R) knows that the best tasting food is made by people, not machines. The chain is already famous for its Made from Scratch(TM) buttermilk biscuits and renowned for its Hand-Scooped Ice Cream Shakes & Malts(TM). Now Hardee's is doing the same things with the ubiquitous fast-food chicken strips, turning them into something worthy of the chain's handmade heritage.

Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders are made with all-white-meat chicken breast tenderloins, or "tenders," dipped in a buttermilk and egg batter, rolled in seasoned flour and then fried to a perfect golden brown color and crispy texture. The entire process takes place all day long right in the restaurants...

ST. LOUIS (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Who bakes the best Hardee's(R) Made from Scratch(TM) Biscuits in America? Lisa Smith of the Hardee's in Greenfield, Ind. (1181 N. State St.), that's who. Lisa turned up the kitchen heat and beat out over 1,900 bakers to win the 2010 Hardee's Biscuit Baker Challenge SM, an internal competition where Hardee's seeks to find and honor their best biscuit baker. The 5 bakers with the highest scores competed in the final round of the competition, held on May 12 at Hardee's headquarters in St. Louis, Mo.

Lisa Smith competed in the Biscuit Baker Challenge along with Lee Damien of Virginia Beach, Va., Sherry Schwabe of Waldo, Fla., Angela Perazza of St. Mary's, Ga., and Elvia Arroyo of Des Moines, Iowa.

Biscuit bakers were judged on their knowledge of Hardee's biscuit procedures and standards as well as on their ability to prepare and bake a batch of Made from Scratch biscuits to performance standards and expectations...

Limited-Time Menu Item Transforms a Classic Breakfast Side Dish into a Hearty Meal ST. LOUIS (BUSINESS WIRE) -- It's simple math: Two is always greater than one. So how do we make a classic like Hardee's(R) Biscuit 'N' Gravy even better? Double it up. The new Loaded Biscuit 'N' Gravy starts with a classic Hardee's Made From Scratch(TM) buttermilk biscuit, which is split with a folded egg and a sausage patty topping each half and the whole thing covered with Hardee's famous sausage gravy. That's down-home.

"After making buttermilk biscuits from scratch for over a quarter of a century, no other fast-food restaurant chain knows biscuits - or sausage gravy - like Hardee's does," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Hardee's Food Systems, Inc...

ROCKY MOUNT, NC -(Marketwire) - Hardee's® locations owned and operated by Boddie-Noell Enterprises (BNE) raised over $164,000 this year for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) by participating in the Shamrocks Against Dystrophy campaign. This year's campaign helps BNE far exceed the $1 million mark in total donations to the MDA since joining the campaign in 1999.

Beginning in February of this year and running through March 17 (St. Patrick's Day) customers at participating Hardee's across North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and South Carolina were encouraged to purchase a $1 green Shamrock or a $5 gold Shamrock.

Once sold, the Shamrocks, including the customer's signature, were hung for display in each Hardee's location to create a festive St...

ROCKY MOUNT, NC --(Marketwire ) - Hardee's® locations owned and operated by Boddie-Noell Enterprises (BNE) will raise funds this year for the Muscular Dystrophy Association by participating in the Shamrocks Against Dystrophy campaign.

Beginning Feb. 9 and ending March 17, St. Patrick's Day, customers at participating restaurants across North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and South Carolina will be encouraged to purchase a $1 green or a $5 gold Shamrock. To date, BNE has donated well over $1 million to the MDA since joining the campaign in 1999.

Once sold, the Shamrocks, including the customer's signature, are hung for display in each restaurant to create a festive St. Patrick's Day atmosphere. In exchange, each customer who purchases a Shamrock receives a coupon for a discount in the restaurant...