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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.3
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors
CKE Restaurants, Inc.:
 
     We consent to the use of our report included herein on the balance sheet of
CKE Restaurants, Inc.
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK
 
Orange County, California
May 2, 1994