industry restaurants founded 1966 founder carl karcher headquarters carpinteria california usa key people carl karcher deceased andrew puzder ceo revenue 1.280 billion fy 2012 1 operating income 68.897 million fy 2012 1 net income 6.261 million fy 2012 1 total assets 1.480 billion fy 2012 1 total equity 414.7 million fy 2012 1 owner roark capital group number of employees 20 200 jan 2012 1 website ckr.com map showing the states with locations of hardee s colored red and states with carl s jr. s in yellow . states with both carl s jr. s and hardee s are colored orange . cke restaurants holdings inc. is the parent company of the carl s jr. hardee s green burrito and red burrito quick service restaurant qsr brands . 2 the company s headquarters are located in carpinteria california . on march 4 2016 cke restaurants holdings inc. announced that they would be consolidating their corporate offices in st. louis missouri and carpinteria california and moving them to the nashville tennessee area at the franklin park office complex . 3 cke s anaheim calif. based office will remain open . as of march 2016 cke has a total of 3 664 franchised or company operated restaurants in 44 states and 38 foreign countries and u.s. territories . 4 contents 1 history 1.1 1960s 1.2 1990s 1.3 2000s 1.4 philanthropy 2 international 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links history edit 1960s edit the company was incorporated in 1966 by carl s jr. founder carl karcher . 1990s edit in 1997 cke acquired hardee s from canadian based company imasco limited . 5 2000s edit in september 2000 andrew puzder was named ceo and he continues to serve in this role today . in march 2002 cke purchased santa barbara restaurant group inc. sbrg acquiring with it direct ownership of the green burrito brand . on february 26 2010 thl partners agreed to acquire cke restaurants inc. 6 however cke restaurants was instead acquired by columbia lake acquisition holdings inc. an affiliate of apollo management vii l.p. in july 2010 after cke accepted a 693.9 million takeover offer from apollo global management ending the earlier takeover agreement with thl partners . 7 on november 20 2013 roark capital group agreed to acquire cke from apollo for 1.65 1.75 billion . 8 philanthropy edit cke conducts an annual stars for heroes in store fundraising campaign at both hardee s and carl s jr. restaurants to benefit u.s. military veterans and their families . since the program s launch in 2011 stars for heroes has raised nearly 5 million to date . 9 international edit as of march 2016 there are a total of 377 carl s jr. and 327 hardee s restaurants in 38 foreign countries . 10 references edit a b c d e f cke restaurants form 10 k annual report filing date april 11 2012 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved march 26 2013 . cke restaurants form 10 q quarterly report filing date december 12 2012 . secdatabase.com . retrieved march 26 2013 . hardee s parent moving hq to nashville area . the tennessean . retrieved 2016 04 05 . cke restaurants holdings inc. opens 700th international restaurant cke restaurants investor center . investor.ckr.com . retrieved 2016 04 05 . cke restaurants inc form type 8 k filing date 05 05 1997 . edgar.secdatabase.com . retrieved 2016 04 05 . cke restaurants inc form type 8 k filing date 02 26 2010 . edgar.secdatabase.com . retrieved 2016 04 05 . united states securities and exchange commission . roark capital to buy cke restaurants from apollo . reuters . 2013 11 20 . retrieved 2016 04 05 . carl s jr. and hardee s raise 1.4 million for u.s. military charities cke restaurants investor center . investor.ckr.com . retrieved 2016 04 05 . carl s jr. . www.carlsjr.com . retrieved 2016 04 05 . further reading edit diners walk through one door and visit two restaurants article in the new york times on the strategy of multi branding restaurants external links edit cke restaurants corporate website cke restaurants sec filings v t e cke restaurants people carl karcher carl s jr. founder margaret karcher wilber hardee hardee s founder byron e. allumbaugh chairman andrew puzder ceo theodore ted abajian cfo subsidiaries carl s jr. hardee s green burrito red burrito products monster thickburger big hardee retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cke restaurants & oldid 744590600 categories food and drink companies of the united statesrestaurants established in 1964companies based in santa barbara county californiacke restaurants1966 establishments in the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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