Reality Check: Carl's Jr.'s Big Carl and Original Six Dollar Burger

Note: In our Reality Check series, we take a look at fast food in the news and show you what it looks like in all its unstylized glory. [Photograph: CKE Restaurants] I recently took a trip to Carl's Jr. to...

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8 Comments | Posted by Damon Gambuto, September 29, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chain burgers, Damon Gambuto, McDonald's, Reality Check

The Big Carl, Now Available at Carl's Jr.

CKE Restaurants Today Carl's Jr. releases the Big Carl, their answer to McDonald's Big Mac as a larger and less expensive alternative. The new burger costs $2.49 and is made with two charbroiled beef patties (seven ounces total), "classic...

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, August 19, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chain burgers, Hardee's, McDonald's

Hot Chicks Eating Carl’s Jr. and Hardee's Burgers Contest

If you think you're better than Audrina Patridge and you're a hot young female who loves Carl's Jr. or Hardee's, this contest is for you. Hardee's and Carl's Jr. are holding a Hot Chicks Eating Burgers Contest where women (of...

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2 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, June 30, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr, contests, Hardee's

Video: Audrina Patridge's Teriyaki Burger Commercial from Carl's Jr.

Here's another video of an attractive woman eating a burger in a way that no normal person would ever eat a burger. A bikini-clad, beach lounging Audrina Patridge of The Hills stars in Carl's Jr.'s latest sexed up commercial...

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2 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, June 30, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr, commercials, Hardee's, videos

Carl's Jr. CEO on Their Controversial Ads, and More

Fast Food Maven talked to Andrew Puzder, chief executive for Carl’s Jr.’s parent company CKE Restaurants, to get some clarification on complaints FFM readers made about Carl's Jr. In regards to their eyebrow-raising ads, he said, "When you see our...

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4 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, April 10, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr, chain burgers, interviews

In Videos: 'Target: Women,' Carl's Jr. Edition

Not sure if your boyfriend is an asshole? Just watch Carl's Jr. commercials for a lesson in Douchebaggery 101! Sarah Haskins of Current TV shares this funny investigation of the roles of women and men in Carl's Jr. commercials....

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20 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, April 8, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr, commercials, funny, videos

In Videos: Padma Lakshmi's Bacon Western Thickburger Commercial

Top Chef judge Padma Lakshmi's Carl's Jr. / Hardee's commercial for their Bacon Western Thickburger is out with intense food porn-y results. Watch the video after the jump....

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14 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 26, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr, chain burgers, commercials, Hardee's, Padma Lakshmi, videos

TIB Says Guacamole Bacon Burger from Carl's Jr. Is Delicious, Reminiscent of Ghostbusters

Marvo of hilarious product review blog The Impulsive Buy recommends the Guacamole Bacon Burger from Carl's Jr. and, in true, uniquely TIB-style, compares it to Ghostbusters: This avocado lovin’ burger reminded me of the movie Ghostbusters because the guacamole is...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, October 27, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chain burgers, funny, reviews

The Biggest Fast Food Burgers

Tucker Shaw faces down Hardee's Monster Thickburger as well as some of the biggest burgers in fast food. Here, he complains that the Monster Thickburger (right) was too much to fit in his mouth: Success was not mine, for as...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: Burger King, Carl's Jr., chain burgers, fast food, Hardee's, megaburgers, Wendy's

Carl N. Karcher, Founder of Carl's Jr., Dies at 90

The California man took turned a $325 investment in a hot dog cart into one of the largest burger chains in the Western U.S.: Mr. Karcher, a deeply religious father of 12, was famous in the fast-food industry for his...

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 14, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chain burgers, obituaries