About Us

For 60 years, Hardee's has brought communities together with quality, delicious food. With more than 1,800 restaurants across the U.S., and locations in 14 countries, we are committed to the best tasting food to better serve our guests--From Made From Scratch™ Biscuits and Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™.

We're Committed to Serving Great Food

Made from Scratch™ Biscuits

Hardee's has been known for more than 40 years for our Made From Scratch™ Biscuits. Our designated Biscuit Makers rise before the sun, and start their mornings at 4 a.m., hand-making each batch of biscuits from scratch every 15 minutes for biscuit clouds of flaky, buttery goodness.

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Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™

We make our Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™ with our hands because it's the only acceptable way to make them. Made with all-white meat chicken, and hand-dipped in seasoned breading before fried to golden perfection.

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Angus Thickburgers®

Fire seems like nothing special. But when it hits our all-beef patties or premium 100% Black Angus Beef, it transforms them into juicy charbroiled burgers as good as Wilber Hardee intended. Making burgers with fire should be the only way you make burgers, or you’ve no business doing it at all.

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History of Hardee's

1960s

Wilber Hardee, opens his first Hardee's® restaurant in Greenville, North Carolina, on September 3, 1960. The one-of-a-kind menu included 15-cent hamburgers, 10-cent fries, and 20-cent milkshakes. By the end of the 60s, there were more than 200 Hardee's locations.

1970s

Hardee's continues to grow, expanding its footprint and it's menu, including the addition of it's famous, fresh Made From Scratch™ Biscuits and Roast Beef Sandwich, which continue to be guest favorites today.

1980s

In the 80s, Hardee's opens its 2,000th location, and continues its biscuit fame with the introduction of the Cinnamon 'N' Raisin™ biscuit, which still remains a staple at Hardee's everywhere.

1990s

CKE Restaurants acquires Hardee's in 1997, creating a chain of 3,828 restaurants in 40 states and 10 foreign countries.

2000s

Hardee's debuts its signature line of Thickburgers®--Delicious burgers made with 100% Black Angus beef patties, and introduces the iconic Monster Thickburger.

2010s

Today, Hardee's is proud to still serve the delicious, quality food that made the restaurant a favorite for guests throughout the Midwest and Southeast, while delighting fans with new innovations like Froot Loops® Mini Donuts.

Leadership

Ned Lyerly

Chief Executive Officer

Mike Woida

President, International

Andrew Robinson

Chief Human Resources Officer

Kerry Olson

Chief Legal Officer

Ron Coolbaugh

Chief Operations Officer

Chad Crawford

Chief Brand Officer

Phil Crawford

Chief Technology Officer

John J. Dunion

Chief Supply Chain Officer

Jim Sullivan

Chief Development Officer

Cliff Drescher

Chief Transformation Officer

Lance Tucker

Chief Financial Officer

Pressroom

A Message to Our Guests

March 18, 2020

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A Message To Our Guests,

Like most of you, our team at Hardee’s is closely following the news about the spread of Coronavirus, the impact on our communities and the changes that must follow.

Please know, our thoughts are with all those affected by this outbreak and we are monitoring updates from the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and government officials to ensure we are taking all necessary measures to continue prioritizing the safety of guests visiting our restaurants, as well as our team members who are serving them.

In the essence of transparency, I wanted to again personally update our guests on the most recent steps we are taking as the situation continues to evolve.

In all of our restaurants, we have escalated the cleaning, sanitizing and disinfection of our facilities and have provided our in-restaurant teams with added procedures and precautions to serve our guests as safely as possible.
We have enhanced our training and guidelines to increase awareness of safe food handling procedures and to maintain a heightened sense of awareness of restaurant conditions, while adhering to the highest industry standards for cleaning every restaurant, every day.
As public closures throughout the U.S. are going into effect, we are protecting our valued guests and our staff by shifting to a drive-thru and to go only model across our corporate owned restaurants. We will continue to adjust this model as necessary subject to any changes in local regulations.
We are also working with our delivery partners throughout the country, that are currently offering the option of contact-free delivery at checkout through their apps, to provide the following:

UBER Eats: Free delivery through the app through the end of March 2020, where available

Doordash: Free delivery through the app with code HARDEESDELIVERY through the end of March 2020, where available

As always, we aim to continue providing the highest quality experience while serving our community in the safest way possible. We sincerely appreciate your understanding as we continue to make the necessary changes to navigate these circumstances. On behalf of the Leadership Teams at Hardee’s and all our team members across this great country, we are with you and we are all in this together.

Ned Lyerly
CEO
CKE Restaurants