“And of course, Hardees is mostly gone now.”
In the Twin Cities, there used to be a number of Hardee’s. Most were in decent suburbs.
But in the last 25 years, so many have closed. Not sure why either. I like their food - especially the Frisco Burger.
Nowadays, I got drive 35 minutes east or 45 minutes south to find one.
The problem with the local Hardee’s is that a two car line takes about as much time as a line twice around the building at Chick-fil-A. I think every Hardee’s burger is made from beef on a cow raised from a calf while you wait. Good, but pricey, burgers other than that.
There are 1628 Hardee’s left, predominantly in the southeast. I grew up on Hardee’s and remember Gilbert Giddyup and Speedy McGreedy. McGreedy was Hardee’s version of the Hamburgler.
A lot of the Hardee’s outside the southeast became Carl’s Jrs when Carl’s bought Hardee’s in the late 90’s.
Hardees still big down South. One in every town in Alabama and Georgia.