EXHIBIT 23-1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
CKE Restaurants, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Nos.
333-83666, 333-76884, 333-41266, 333-83621, 333-83601, 333-76377, 333-51103,
333-52633, 333-62421, 33-56313, 33-55337, 333-12399, 33-53089-01, 2-86142-01,
33-31190-01, 333-12401, 333-75880, 333-27921, 333-14349, 333-05305, 33-52523,
33-52519 and 33-111284) of CKE Restaurants, Inc. and subsidiaries of our report
dated March 26, 2004, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of CKE
Restaurants, Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 31, 2004 and 2003 and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2004,
which report appears in the January 31, 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K of CKE
Restaurants, Inc. and subsidiaries.

Our report refers to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets and Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or
Disposal Activities, during the first and fourth quarters of fiscal 2003,
respectively.

                                                                 /s/ KPMG LLP

Orange County, California
April 5, 2004