Carl’s Jr.
CKE Restaurant Holdings owns Carl’s Jr., a fast-food chain which operates in America and Canada. In 1941, Carl Karcher and his wife founded the restaurant after a few years of running a hot dog cart. Carl’s Jr. is quite stable, but they are still not immune from closures. It closes at least a couple of stores each year, usually without making an announcement about the closures. They have 1,490 restaurants all over the world, operating in 44 states and several other US territories and in 38 countries.
Carl’s Jr.
Marie Callender’s
This restaurant chain was founded by Marie Callender, who baked cakes and pies to augment the income of her family. At the time, the Callender family was living in a trailer park, but they took a risk and opened a restaurant, which ended up taking off and becoming successful. The business had been flourishing until 2009, when Marie’s husband Don fell in his home and died from head trauma. Since then, the chain has declared bankruptcy several times and shut down many of its locations. They still have 28 venues in the US, mostly in California, where the headquarters of the restaurant are located.
Marie Callender’s
