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Carl's Jr. to expand into Kazakhstan
December 8, 2008
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — Carl's Jr. franchisee Americana Group S.A.K. plans to build 12 Carl's Jr. restaurants in Kazakhstan over the next five years, Carl's Jr. parent company CKE Restaurants Inc. has announced. The Americana Group, the second largest franchisee in the CKE system, currently operates 194 Hardee's restaurants in the Middle East and will open its 200th location in the first quarter of 2009.
As the most active developer in the CKE system, the Americana Group, which opened its first Hardee's in Kuwait in 1980, has averaged 24 new restaurant openings per year in the past three years with plans to open 27 Hardee's restaurants in 2009. The group's plans call for continued growth in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
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