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Food

Texture is trending on menus as consumers seek multi-sensory eating experiences

 By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 31, 2025

Crunch, creaminess and other textural food components are becoming as important as flavor when it comes to menu innovation.

Leadership

Joe Guith named CEO of Hardee's and Carl's Jr. owner CKE Restaurants

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 06, 2025

The former Church’s Texas Chicken chief executive will take over leadership of the struggling, Roark Capital-owned burger chains.

Leadership

Carl's Jr. gets a new brand president as its parent company restructures

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 03, 2024

CKE Restaurants, which also owns the burger chain Hardee’s, has separated its two fast-food brands and its international development under a trio of executives.

Leadership

The owner of Hardee's and Carl's Jr. adds a pair of new executives

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 06, 2023

CKE Restaurant Holdings named former Cracker Barrel executive Jennifer Tate CMO, while it named ex-Yum Brands executive Mike Lenihan CFO.

Financing

The owner of Quiznos and Church's is buying some Hardee's restaurants out of bankruptcy

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 17, 2023

High Bluff Capital Partners won bidding for 81 of the 108 locations for $16 million. Hardee’s parent CKE Restaurants is buying another nine locations.

Financing

The owner of Quiznos and Church's is apparently making a play for a bankrupt Hardee's franchisee

By Jonathan Maze on May 18, 2023

A company apparently controlled by High Bluff Capital, the investment firm that owns the restaurant chains, is the stalking horse bidder for half of the 108 restaurants operated by Summit Restaurant Holdings.

Financing

Did the operating environment push franchisees into bankruptcy? Sort of

By Jonathan Maze on May 05, 2023

The Bottom Line: Soaring food and labor costs made it a lot more difficult for restaurants to generate a profit last year. But both Hardee’s and Burger King had long-term problems that played a bigger role in those bankruptcy filings.

Financing

A huge Hardee's franchisee declares bankruptcy and closes 39 restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on May 04, 2023

Summit Restaurant Holdings, which once operated 145 Hardee’s restaurants in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kansas, Missouri, Montana and Wyoming, plans to seek a buyer.

Technology

Hardee's and Carl's Jr. to add voicebots to drive-thrus

By Joe Guszkowski on May 04, 2023

The burger brands are taking the technology from Presto nationwide after tests showed a significant revenue boost.

Leadership

Max Wetzel named CEO of Carl's Jr., Hardee's parent

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 17, 2023

The former Papa Johns operations chief will take over as CEO of CKE Restaurants for Ned Lyerly.

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