• December 1, 2008

CKE Restaurants says that 51 new units of the chain will open in the next decade. Steve Larson, owner of S.L. Investments, Inc., has been the Las Vegas franchisee for 23 years and currently owns and operates 30 restaurants. He has committed to opening 30 new locations in the next 10 years.

Existing franchisee Behnam Rodd of BR Reno Star will open nine new Carl's Jr. restaurants in the Reno, Nev. area over the next eight years. Rodd owns two Carl's Jr. units in Los Angeles and recently acquired seven units in Reno.

Franchise expansion in Idaho will include 12 new Carl's Jr. restaurants over the next six years--six units in the Pocatello and Idaho Falls area, three in Twin Falls and three additional units in Boise. Franchisees John Nelson and Clayton Jones currently operate nine Carl's Jr. restaurants under their Green Star Foods and CJ Star corporations.--Nina Lentini