On September 3, 1960, Wilbur Hardee opened the first Hardee’s in Greenville, NC. Customers were attracted to the fast food operation thanks to the 15-cent made-to-order charbroiled burgers. Today, there are roughly 1,500 Hardee’s locations in the US.
Hardee's cannot operate under the name Hardee's in Canada, due to a trademark dispute with the Harvey's burger chain. All Canadian outlets operate under the Carl's Jr. banner.
After being acquired by Imasco, most of the remaining Burger Chef restaurants were converted to Hardee's or closed. In a nod to Big Chef's history, Hardee's brought back that chain's Big Shef burger several times over the last 25 years.
You can read more about Big Chef—and the unsolved Speedway Murders—in the upcoming issue of The Hungover Gourmet. — Dan Taylor
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