CKE Restaurants to open 25 Hardee’s in Pakistan

June 19th, 2008 Aimon · 2 Comments

by Matt Allen
CKE Restaurants Inc., parent company of St. Louis-based Hardee’s Food Systems Inc., said Tuesday it plans to open 25 restaurants over the next five years in Pakistan.

CKE signed deals with Lahore, Pakistan-based MDS Foods to open 15 Hardee’s in Lahore over the next five years and with Karachi, Pakistan-based Global Food Connection to open 10 restaurants over the next four years in Karachi. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

CKE currently franchises 294 international locations between Hardee’s and its sister brand, Carl’s Jr. There are 184 Hardee’s restaurants in nine Middle Eastern countries.

St. Louis-based Hardee’s Food Systems Inc. operates 1,926 restaurants. It is a division of Carpinteria, Calif.-based CKE Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: CKR), which also operates Carl’s Jr. restaurants.

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Tags: CKE Restaurants, Food Systems, Global Food Connection, Hardee, MDS Foods

Filed Under: Business

2 responses so far ↓

1 raza // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:47 pm

cool … another option .. and happy for my friend who runs MDS
2 Lawyer Pakistan // Jul 3, 2008 at 10:47 am

Good news for Pakistani’s the foreigners are investing in Pakistan. CKE Restaurants Inc., parent company of St. Louis-based Hardee’s Food Systems Inc. will be welcome in Pakistan.