Hardee's Restaurants LLC, is an American fast-food restaurant chain operated by CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. with locations primarily in the Southern and Midwestern United States. The company has evolved through several corporate ownerships since its establishment in 1960 in North Carolina.

What was Hardees before Hardee's?

It was called Burger Castle. He was operating three Burger Castles at the time, two in Greenville, one in Kinston. Hardee seemed taken aback that somebody wanted to know about the beginning of the burger chain that bore his name.

When did Hardee's come out?

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.