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Jewel rules the Chicago & Northern Indiana metropolitan area, some Cub Foods, Kroger, and a few Moo & Oink's too.

I saw that Albertson's logo on The Wire last week so I looked them up on the net:

Founded: 1939 by J.A. Albertson
Headquarters: Boise, Idaho
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer: Lawrence R. Johnston

Sales, 52 weeks ended January 31, 2002: $37.9 billion
Sales, 52 weeks ended February 1, 2001: $36.8 billion
Sales, 53 weeks ended February 3, 2000: $37.5 billion
Sales, 52 weeks ended January 28, 1999: $35.9 billion

Total Stores:

They are not the same.  Hardee's blows a large goat, while Carl's Jr. rocks my world.

I am in northern California.  We have Carl's Jr.  Last year I was in Montana at this time.  They have Hardee's.  That was one of the biggest disappointments I've ever experienced. 

Carl's Jr. here.

I prefer Whataburger over any fast food place though.

Where I grew up, it was Hardees.

I can't believe anyone would favor Whateveraburger over anything, though.  That place blows!

Burger Chef rocks...wait

Hardees is good, but Sonic is the best.  I have to drive over an hour to get to one, but it is worth it.  Sonic is my fave fast food.

They just built a Sonic here.  The bacon sourdough burger is awesome. 

When Hardees was first started it was more of a hotdog place than a burger place.  Then it disappeared for about ten years.  Then it came back in its current form:  a sad attempt at competition for the better fast food places like In N Out and Sonic.

Hardee's. It's the only fast-food restaurant in the county.

However, I doubt we'll be eating there as often since they introduced the expensive burgers and don't offer anything else. 

Salt Lake City used to be Hardee's territory about five years ago or so.  Now it is Carl's Jr.  Since H was bought by C's J I suspect that this trend will spread until Hardee's is nothing more than a footnote to history.  Decent burgers, and when I have a coupon for a dollar off they are almost reasonably priced.

Whole of OR: if it's there, it's a Carl's.

MD and I believe DE, possibly VA and points further south: Hardee's all the way.

Never been to a Hardee's for food, just to stop at the one in Salisbury for restrooms on the way to Ocean City.

Oh and since someone else brought it up, I have to throw up props to Fred Meyer's, Albertson's, and Publix.

Haven't seen a Hardees since the last time I went to VA, although there may have been one in Delaware. Sonic is much more common further south, although there are a few popping up in the area. My favprite fast food, though, is Chipotle. NOt as good as the stuf I got in SF, but leaps and bounds ahead of most else around here. McDonalds are divesting themselves of it, though, so I don't know what's going to happen. It seems like a strange move, they keep building new ones by us (just saw one at Tyson's on an Apple Store run).

On a side note, since when do we have Fred Meyer's or Albertson's?

Now THAT was a rant for the ages. I'd say it was one of my best to date. Why isn't there a rant smilie, anyway?