CKE Restaurants Inc. announced three franchise agreements Monday that will result in the opening of 51 new Carl’s Jr. restaurants in Nevada and Idaho over the next decade.
Steve Larson, owner of S.L. Investments Inc., has been Carl’s Jr.’s Las Vegas franchisee for 23 years and currently owns and operates 30 restaurants. He plans to open 30 new locations in the next 10 years, the company said.
Franchise expansion in Idaho will include 12 new Carl’s Jr. restaurants over the next six years — six restaurants 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.