CKE Restaurants, Inc.’s subsidiary, Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. owns and operates the Hardee’s brand around the world. CKE Restaurants, Inc. ownership of the brand started in 1997 after acquiring the chain from Carl Karcher Enterprises. Carl Nicholas Karcher was the founder of the Carl’s Drive-In Barbecue in 1945 in Anaheim, California. CKE Restaurants, Inc. was acquired by Columbia Lake Acquisition Holdings, Inc. in July 2010. Columbia Lake Acquisition Holdings, Inc.

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