
Margaret Karcher
Entrepreneur, Organization founder
1915 – 2006
Who was Margaret Karcher?
Margaret Magdalen Heinz Karcher was an American fast-food pioneer who co-founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain with her husband Carl Karcher, which in turn now owned by parent company CKE Restaurants.
Karcher and her husband started their first business, a hot dog stand, on July 17, 1941 in Los Angeles, California when they borrowed $311 against their Plymouth automobile and added $15 from Margaret's purse. The stand initially sold hot dogs and Mexican tamales. On January 16, 1945, they opened their first restaurant, Carl's Drive-In Barbecue in Anaheim, California. They also opened Carl's Sr.
Their restaurant quickly grew and they opened several more restaurants, numbering 100 by 1974 and more than 300 by 1981.
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- Born
- Mar 2, 1915
United States of America - Spouses
- Carl Karcher
(1939 - 2006)
- Carl Karcher
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Profession
- Lived in
- Anaheim
- Cairo
- Died
- Jun 6, 2006
Scottsdale
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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