CKE Restaurants, Inc. announced the opening of the first Carl’s Jr.® restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia.
This marks the first of at least 25 Carl’s Jr. restaurants to be opened in Indonesia over the next six years. The restaurants will be operated by PT. Fortune Food International, whose parent company, PT. Aneka Makmur Sejahtera Group, Inc., is a successful holding company specializing in sales of Yamaha motorcycles, parts and Dunlop tires. PT. Aneka Makmur Sejahtera Group, Inc. also operates businesses in the retail, consumer goods, and banking and finance sectors. PT. Fortune Food International has the exclusive rights to develop Carl’s Jr. restaurants in Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia.
The 25-restaurant development deal in Indonesia is part of CKE Restaurants’ strategic plan to accelerate franchise development throughout Asia. In May 2010, Carl’s Jr. became the first Western quick-service hamburger restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. CKE has signed a development agreement with the Mesa Asia Pacific Trading Services Company Limited Group to open 25 additional Carl’s Jr. restaurants in Vietnam over the next six years. Currently, CKE Restaurants operates Carl’s Jr. restaurants in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, Mexico and American Samoa and is actively seeking to expand its presence through-out China and Southeast Asia.