CARPINTERIA, Calif. — For the third time in seven months, a newly opened Carl's Jr. has set a company sales record. The Douglas, Ariz., restaurant posted $108,596 in sales in its first week.
The previous Carl's Jr. one-week sales record of $107,638 was set in January of this year in Porterville, Calif., while Marysville, Wash., held the previous record of $105,063 with their December 2008 opening.
The Douglas Carl's Jr., owned and operated by MJKL Enterprises, opened for business June 22 and is the first Carl's Jr. in the market. The record-setting crew in Douglas is led by general manager Arturo Morales, regional vice president Esther Salinas and vice president Sergio Lopez.
The Douglas unit is owned by Jason and Carl LeVecke, grandsons of Carl's Jr. founder Carl N. Karcher, and CEO and chief operations officer of MJKL Enterprises.
"I learned a lot of great things from my grandfather about business and life in general," said Jason LeVecke. "Hard work, commitment to family and commitment to community were among the most important things my grandfather taught me. The record-setting opening at our Douglas Carl's Jr. was the perfect combination of all three and far exceeded our expectations."
Several members of the Karcher family are actively involved in Carl's Jr. and Hardee's operations as franchisees, including a brother, four children, seven grandchildren and several other relations. His son Carl L. Karcher also is a member of CKE Restaurants' board of directors,
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