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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.1


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc.


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement 
(No. 33-    ) on Form S-8 of Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc. of our reports 
dated April 15, 1993, except for Note 2 to the financial statements, which is
as of May 3, 1993, relating to the balance sheets of Carl Karcher Enterprises,
Inc. as of January 25, 1993 and January 27, 1992 and the related statements of
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows and related financial
statement schedules for each of the years in the three-year period ended
January 25, 1993, which reports appear in the January 25, 1993 Annual Report on
Form 10-K of Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc. Our report refers to a change in
the method of accounting for income taxes.



                                                KPMG PEAT MARWICK
                                                

Orange County, California
April 11, 1994