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By the end of the 1950s, there were four Carl's Jr. restaurants in [[Orange County, California]]. The restaurants also had a new supervisor, Donald F. Karcher, Carl's younger brother, who would later become the company's president.<ref name=ckehistory>{{cite web |url=http://ckr.com/about_history.html |title=CKE Restaurants History |publisher=CKE Restaurants |date=<!--undated--> |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |access-date=April 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040904181146/http://www.ckr.com/about_history.html |archive-date=September 4, 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
By the end of the 1950s, there were four Carl's Jr. restaurants in [[Orange County, California]]. The restaurants also had a new supervisor, Donald F. Karcher, Carl's younger brother, who would later become the company's president.<ref name=ckehistory>{{cite web |url=http://ckr.com/about_history.html |title=CKE Restaurants History |publisher=CKE Restaurants |date=<!--undated--> |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |access-date=April 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040904181146/http://www.ckr.com/about_history.html |archive-date=September 4, 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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By the 1960s, Carl was operating 24 restaurants in Southern California. The company incorporated in 1966 as [[CKE Restaurants|Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc.]], and launched a major expansion of the chain in 1968. The menus were limited for faster service, featuring charbroiled hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, and malts.<ref name=ckehistory /> |
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By 1975, there were more than 100 Carl's Jr. locations in Southern California, and the company expanded into the northern part of the state. Carl's Jr. celebrated its success by building its Anaheim corporate headquarters in 1976. The following year, it became the first [[Fast food restaurant|QSR]] chain to offer salad bars in all 200 locations. The first out-of-state restaurant opened in Las Vegas in 1979. By the end of the decade, sales exceeded the $100 million mark.<ref name=ckehistory /> Carl's Jr. also experimented with fast-food [[Mexican cuisine]] in the 1970s and early 1980s with a spin-off called Taco de Carlos. The units all closed by the early 1980s, with Karcher later stating that this was due to the locations being too far apart from each other.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziMcAQAAMAAJ&q=%22taco+de+carlos%22+%22Carl%27s+jr%22 | title=Carl's Jr. | journal=The Executive | year=1983 | pages=36}}</ref> |
By 1975, there were more than 100 Carl's Jr. locations in Southern California, and the company expanded into the northern part of the state. Carl's Jr. celebrated its success by building its Anaheim corporate headquarters in 1976. The following year, it became the first [[Fast food restaurant|QSR]] chain to offer salad bars in all 200 locations. The first out-of-state restaurant opened in Las Vegas in 1979. By the end of the decade, sales exceeded the $100 million mark.<ref name=ckehistory /> Carl's Jr. also experimented with fast-food [[Mexican cuisine]] in the 1970s and early 1980s with a spin-off called Taco de Carlos. The units all closed by the early 1980s, with Karcher later stating that this was due to the locations being too far apart from each other.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziMcAQAAMAAJ&q=%22taco+de+carlos%22+%22Carl%27s+jr%22 | title=Carl's Jr. | journal=The Executive | year=1983 | pages=36}}</ref> |