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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.2

                                                                   NEWS RELEASE


CONTACTS:      Loren Pannier
               Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
               714.778.7109

             CKE RESTAURANTS, INC. AMENDS SENIOR CREDIT FACILITY TO
              PROVIDE FOR A $500.0 MILLION REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT

        ANAHEIM, Calif. - March 4, 1999 - CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:CKR) today
announced that it has completed the amendment and restatement of its senior
credit facility, led by Paribas, to provide for a $500.0 million revolving
credit facility, which includes a $75.0 million letter of credit sub-facility.
The facility will be reduced after two years by at least $50.0 million each
year, and will mature in February 2004. As a result of the amendment and the
closing today of the previously announced $200.0 million senior subordinated
note offering, available borrowing capacity under the senior credit facility is
approximately $300.0 million.

        "We are very pleased to have successfully completed both the $200.0
million note offering and the amendment of our senior credit facility," said
William P. Foley II, chairman and chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants,
Inc. "The addition of this layer of long-term debt to our balance sheet, along
with the increased borrowing availability on our senior credit facility will,
ensure funding of the conversion of existing Hardee's restaurants to our `Star
Hardee's' format."

        CKE previously announced it was moving forward with remodeling of its
Hardee's restaurants at a rate of five to seven restaurants per week. The Star
Hardee's format includes charbroiling, limited table service and the addition of
some popular Carl's Jr. menu items. "We are excited by the roll-out because in
restaurants that have been remodeled, we are seeing sales increases of at least
10 percent above pre-conversion levels," said Tom Thompson, president and chief
operating officer of CKE Restaurants, Inc.

        CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, franchisees and
licensees, operates 852 Carl's Jr. quick-service restaurants, primarily located
in California, Oklahoma, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado and Mexico; 2,813
Hardee's quick-service restaurants in 34 states and 10 foreign countries and 111
Taco Bueno quick-service restaurants in Texas and Oklahoma.