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Hardee's marks fifth Chicago opening in six months

January 6, 2014

A new Chicago Hardee's location debuted last weekend at 280 W. North Ave., marking the brand's fifth opening in the market in the past six months.

According to a news release, the new location is franchised by Frontier Star LLC, in partnership with parent company CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc. It is the fifth of 35 Hardee's restaurants planned for Chicagoland throughout the next seven years.

Owned by siblings Jason, Carl and Margaret LeVecke, the grandchildren of CKE founders Carl and Margaret Karcher, Frontier Star kicked off its series of Chicagoland openings in July. Current Hardee's locations in the area include Bolingbrook, Midlothian, Elk Grove and Prospect Heights, with Waukegan opening later this month.

Hardee's growth in Chicagoland with long-time franchisee Frontier Star marks an example of the continuing expansion for Hardee's and Carl's Jr. in the U.S. In the second half of 2013, CKE signed deals with several new developers to build Hardee's franchised restaurants in New York and New Jersey. In December, CKE announced Carl's Jr. expansion into the Pacific Northwest.

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