Melissa Wolf
Jul 11, 2017
Melissa, Wyatt, Clayton and Josh Meet Melissa Wolf! Back in 2009, the company Melissa was working for relocated to Atlanta and laid off a bunch of employees. Unfortunately for Melissa, she was one of them. She called her husband, Josh, and ironically enough, had him meet her at Carl’s Jr. to discuss the next plan. Read More »
Randy Rippetoe
Jul 11, 2017
Randy, his wife, Pauline, and grandsons, Emmett and Harrison. Meet Randy Rippetoe! You would be hard pressed to find anyone as nice as Randy Rippetoe. I had the pleasure of speaking with him for this interview and boy has he been around! Randy started with Hardee’s almost 35 years ago in Morristown, TN as an Read More »
Shannon Phipps
Jul 11, 2017
Meet Shannon Phipps…and family! Shannon is our Marketing Manager for the River Valley, Empire, and Atlantic Star Restaurants. She has a long history with the Hardee’s franchise and continues to be an invaluable source of information and intricate part of our marketing team. Shannon just celebrated 26 years with the Hardee’s brand in May of Read More »
Bobby Medlen
Jul 11, 2017
Meet Bobby!! Bobby Medlen began his career with Hardee’s in Huntsville, AL in May of 1973. Starting as an hourly employee, he worked his way through the ranks to become an assistant manager, general manger, district manager, and regional director of operations. His last position with Hardee’s corporate was as a Franchise Business Consultant. Bobby Read More »
Shannon Bohnen
Jul 11, 2017
Meet Shannon! Much like Mario-our last Spotlight, Shannon has also had a long history with the company. When she was 15 years old, she started working as a cashier in one of our Longmont, CO stores. Through her time working in the field, she helped open new stores and served as a trainer. She also Read More »
Mario Valdez
Jul 11, 2017
Meet Mario! Mario Valdez has had a long history with our company and Carl’s Jr. Back in 2001, when Mario was in high school, he started his first job working at Carl’s Jr. as a cashier. A couple of years later, he headed to college at Colorado State University and started working a couple of Read More »
Priscilla West
Jul 11, 2017
MEET PRISCILLA Wow. What a delight. When Priscilla’s story came across my desk, I knew we had to speak to her. Priscilla West works as a hostess at our Hardee’s store in Macon, Missouri. Many of you are probably thinking, “There’s a hostess there?” Even though this position is long extinct, Macon keeps it around Read More »
Claudia Sanchez
Jul 11, 2017
Meet Claudia, our 2015 DM of the Year! Claudia’s journey with Hardee’s began in 2012. At the time, Claudia was managing 12 stores for KFC and was stretched thin. She was always at work and didn’t have any time for her family, so she knew she needed a change. Claudia had met Tony Parrish, our Read More »
Megan Willis
Jul 11, 2017
MEET MEGAN WILLIS: Megan Willis started at Hardee’s in 1993 as a cashier in Appleton, Wisconsin. This was her very first job and she’s only moved up since! She became a team leader at age 17, then moved up to General Manager after high school. She then became an All-Star team project manager for CKE Read More »
Max Soria
Jul 11, 2017
Meet Max Soria!! Max has been an Operator and Partner in Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s since 1988 and has been involved in restaurant operations for over 28 years in California and Colorado. Max grew up in Northern California where he attended Los Altos High School and Cañada College. He started his career at Carl’s as Read More »