PAR says CKE has picked the system for immediate installation at its 900 corporate-owned Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants. The systems are used to process customer orders at the restaurants. It added that EverServ 7700 has been approved and certified for possible deployment at all 3,263 Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s fast-food restaurants globally, most of which are franchised locations.
“We have done extensive lab testing and certification of the new EverServ 7700 terminal including deployments at four pilot sites and the performance has been outstanding,” Jeff Chasney, executive vice president, strategic planning, and chief information officer at CKE Restaurants, said in a news release. CKE said it has been a PAR customer for 10 years.
The EverServ 7700 rollout at CKE corporate locations started in mid-December with 409 restaurants completed by Jan. 31, PAR said. The remaining locations are being installed with rollout completion expected by the end of this June.
PAR added that it’s staging, delivering, installing, and disposing existing terminals for the CKE project and will continue to provide maintenance services for the CKE restaurants.
CKE Restaurants is a privately held company headquartered in Carpinteria, Calif. The company and its franchises operate 1,322 Carl’s Jr. restaurants and 1,932 Hardee’s restaurants in 42 states and in 25 countries.
PAR Technology is a New Hartford–based provider of hardware and software to the hospitality industry.
On Feb. 14, PAR reported a net loss from continuing operations of $3.6 million, or 24 cents a share, in the fourth quarter as the company took charges to restructure its software products and pay some legal costs. Excluding special charges totaling $7.6 million in the quarter, PAR earned $1.2 million, or 8 cents a share. In the fourth quarter of 2011, the firm reported net income from continuing operations of $1.8 million, or 12 cents per share.
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