Margaret Karcher

Entrepreneur, Organization founder

1915 – 2006

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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
Religion
  • Catholicism
Profession
Lived in
  • Anaheim
  • Cairo
Died
Jun 6, 2006
Scottsdale

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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