“Hardee’s/Carl’s Jr is now just the place known for rediculously over the top burgers and poorly produced commercials with girls in bikinis.”
That’s what you do when you choose not to put your money in quality food and employees who know how to prepare it. You spend a fortune on ads aimed at teenage boys instead.
” but they had one thing the others didn’t a killer hot ham and cheese.... sadly the original is gone off most menus and they have a big hot ham and cheese which is not nearly as good.”
The crew of MBAs who seized control of the company did the same to the Carl’s Jr menu. What they were doing was getting rid of any product that didn’t produce maximum revenue. These are people who know the price of everything but the value of nothing.
Carl’s Jr food was as good as it gets when the Karchers were in control. They spent their money on selling a quality product. It’s a niche that their contemporary In-N-Out still occupies. In-N-Out does little advertising and they pay their employees very well. It’s worth noting that both Mr Karcher of Carl’s and the Snyders of In-N-Out were committed Christians. That guided their corporate policies.
I know IN N Out is an institution out that way, but honestly I was left underwhelmed by it...
Kind of like Primanti’s Sandwich’s here in Pttsburgh... locals think they are great, but I think they are crap.