Karcher agreed to a settlement with the SEC and paid more than half a million dollars in fines. They had sold large quantities of stock before the price dropped. In 1988, Karcher and his family were accused of insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission. was one of the first chains to introduce a debit card payment system, inviting customers to use their ATM cards in the restaurants. The company also opened its first international units in the Pacific Rim. By the end of the decade, sales topped $480 million at 534 restaurants. 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. In 1981, with 300 restaurants in operation, Carl Karcher Enterprises became a publicly held company. In 1980, the company hired its 10,000th employee, doubling its employee count in just three years. By the end of the decade, sales exceeded the $100 million mark. The first out-of-state restaurant opened in Las Vegas in 1979. The following year, it became the first QSR chain to offer salad bars in all 200 locations. celebrated its success by building its Anaheim corporate headquarters in 1976. locations in Southern California, and the company expanded into the northern part of the state. īy 1975, there were more than 100 Carl's Jr. The menus were limited for faster service, featuring charbroiled hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, and malts. The company incorporated in 1966 as Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc., and launched a major expansion of the chain in 1968. īy the 1960s, Carl was operating 24 restaurants in Southern California.
Karcher, Carl's younger brother, who would later become the company's president. The restaurants also had a new supervisor, Donald F. restaurants in Orange County, California. īy the end of the 1950s, there were four Carl's Jr. in Anaheim, then moving again in 2018 to Franklin, Tennessee. Harbor Blvd in Anaheim next to the former corporate headquarter office at 401 Carl Karcher Way until 2003, when the company moved its headquarters to a larger facility 500 feet north of the original location at 1325 N Anaheim Blvd. is now the church's Bethany Hall while currently a restaurant is now located one block south on Harbor Boulevard. Boniface Catholic Church about half a block away from Anaheim High School. was built in 1956 on the former Janss Street next to St. restaurants – so named because they were a smaller version of Carl's Drive-In Barbecue restaurant – in Anaheim and Brea. In 1956, Karcher opened the first two Carl's Jr.
In 1946, hamburgers were added to the menu for the first time. In 1945, the Karchers moved the short distance to Anaheim, California, and opened their first full-service restaurant, Carl's Drive-In Barbecue at 1108 N. Within a few years, Carl and Margaret owned and operated four hot dog stands in Los Angeles. From their newly purchased cart, they sold hot dogs, chili dogs, and tamales for a dime ($2 in 2021 dollars ), and soda for a nickel ($1 in 2021 dollars ). In 1941, Carl Karcher (1917–2008), who was a truck driver, and his wife Margaret Karcher (1915–2006), borrowed $311 ($5,730 in 2021 dollars ) on their Plymouth automobile and added $15 ($276 in 2021 dollars ) in savings to purchase a hot dog cart on the corner of Florence and Central in Los Angeles. and Hardee's) has a total of 3,664 franchised or company-operated restaurants in 44 states and 38 foreign countries and U.S. Īs of March 2016, CKE (the parent company of Carl's Jr. 54 on their Top Franchise 500 list, which ranks the overall financial strength, stability, and growth rate for the top 500 franchises in any field across the United States. Restaurants LLC is an American fast food restaurant chain operated by CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., with franchisees in North & South America, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa.
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