CKE: Carl's Jr. and Hardee's Parent Co. Bought for $619 Million and Debt

March 1, 2010 // 6:44 am

Thomas H. Lee Partners, a Boston firm also responsible for the purchases of Dunkin’ Brands Inc. back in 2006 has inked a deal with CKE Restaurants Inc. to assume roughly $309 million in debt from CKE. CKE shareholders will receive $11.05 in cash for each…

Video of the Day: Hardee's "Better When French" Campaign

August 18, 2009 // 4:30 am

Angus War: Carl's Jr. to Offer Money-Back Guarantee

August 17, 2009 // 9:49 pm

As we reported a few posts back, CKE restaurants are none-too-pleased with McDonald’s Angus Third Pounder menu additions. In conjunction with their inevitable campaign to enforce their 6 Dollar Burgers (and Hardee’s Thickburgers), Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s plan to offer a “money back guarantee” to…

Hardee's: Oscar Mayer Fried Bologna Biscuit

August 17, 2009 // 6:53 am

Hardee’s has put together a new breakfast sandwich offering in the form of egg and cheese on top of a folded slice of fried Oscar Mayer® Bologna, all on their Made from Scratch™ biscuit. For a limited time only, grab this coupon for $1 dollar off…

Hardee's: Biscuit Holes Interesting Campaigns

August 17, 2009 // 6:43 am

Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. have never been ones to take their advertising lightly, and I mean that in more ways than one. Here are a series of commercials gathered that they have been using to promote their new Biscuit Holes product. Now that we have a…

Carl's Jr: CEO Speaks up Regarding McDonald's Angus Burger

August 16, 2009 // 9:22 am

After more than a month after the release of McDonald’s Angus Third Pounder burgers, CKE restaurants chief executive CEO Andy Puzder was definitely not shy about expressing his opinion about his rival’s new menu items. McDonald’s new burger is most notably comparable to Carl’s Jr.…

CKE Restaurants: Carl's Jr. & Hardee's to Offer Monster Energy

August 3, 2009 // 6:11 pm

In what seems like a match made in heaven, CKE Restaurants (parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s) has partnered with Monster Beverage Company to become the first nationwide fast food chain to offer the Monster energy drink. Both companies have been known to approach their marketing…

Hardee's: Chicken Parm – TV Commercial

June 7, 2009 // 8:33 pm

Sorry for the influx in organized crime related postings today, but these are two good to pass up. Frankly, when someone pointed this Hardee’s commercial out to me today, I wasn’t even aware they had a “Chicken Parm Sandwich”. The tagline for this little gem of a…