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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.2
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors
Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc.:
 
   
     We consent to the use of our reports on the financial statements and
financial statement schedules of Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc., incorporated by
reference herein. Our reports refer to a change in the method used to discount
the workers' compensation reserve in fiscal 1994 and the adoption of the
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting
for Income Taxes" in fiscal 1993.
    
 
   
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK
    
 
   
Orange County, California
    
   
May 2, 1994