Hardee's Menu Prices 2026: Thickburgers, Biscuits & Combos

The Original Thickburger is priced around $6.99 at most U.S. Hardee's locations as of May 2026. It's a 1/3 lb charbroiled black-Angus patty with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onion, dill pickles and mayonnaise on a seeded bun. The Original Thickburger Combo (with Crispy Curls and a medium drink) runs around $10.49. Pricing varies by market — Northeast and metro markets typically run higher; small-town Midwest and Southern stores often hold near $6.49.

None on the food. Hardee's and Carl's Jr. are the same brand — both owned by CKE Restaurants and serving an essentially identical menu (Thickburgers, Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders, Made From Scratch Biscuits, Crispy Curls). The two brands are split geographically: Hardee's covers the East Coast, South and Midwest; Carl's Jr. covers the West Coast and Southwest (and most international markets). The split is a legacy of Hardee's acquiring Carl's Jr.'s parent company in 1997 — CKE chose to keep each region's locally-strong brand name rather than rebrand the entire chain. Menus, recipes, and even most LTOs run in parallel across both nameplates.

Yes. Hardee's Made From Scratch Biscuits are mixed and rolled out by hand in-store and baked fresh roughly every 15 minutes throughout the breakfast daypart. The process is one of the chain's signature differentiators — most competitors (McDonald's, Burger King) use either frozen biscuit dough or no biscuit at all. Hardee's started the scratch-biscuit program in the late 1970s and has retained it as a defining brand promise. A plain Made From Scratch biscuit is around $2.29; the Loaded Biscuit (eggs, bacon, sausage, cheese) is around $5.49.

The 3-piece Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders Combo is around $8.99 and includes three hand-breaded all-white-meat tenders, a medium order of Crispy Curls, a medium fountain drink and a dipping sauce. The 5-piece combo runs around $11.49 with two dipping sauces. Tenders are breaded by hand and fried to order, which makes the cook time slightly longer than most fast-food chicken — typically 3–5 minutes.

Most Hardee's locations serve breakfast from open until 10:30 AM weekdays and until 11:00 AM on weekends, though many corporate-owned and high-volume stores extend through the afternoon or run all-day breakfast. Hardee's breakfast hours are typically a touch longer than McDonald's (which cut breakfast at 10:30 across most stores in 2020 and has not fully reinstated all-day breakfast). Confirm with your local store via the Hardee's app or the official store locator.

The Frisco Thickburger is a 1/3 lb charbroiled patty with Applewood-smoked bacon, two slices of Swiss cheese, tomato and creamy mayo, served on grilled sourdough rather than a seeded bun. It's Hardee's sourdough-bun signature build and is priced around $7.99. The Frisco recipe also appears at breakfast as the Frisco Breakfast Sandwich (sourdough, egg, ham, bacon, Swiss) at ~$4.99.

Per-item, Hardee's tends to run a little more expensive than McDonald's on burgers (because Hardee's flagship is a 1/3 lb patty vs. McDonald's quarter-pounder or smaller), but is closer to even on breakfast — a Hardee's Sausage Biscuit ($3.49) lines up against a McDonald's Sausage Biscuit (~$3.49–$3.99). For value, McDonald's $5 Meal Deal undercuts Hardee's combo pricing (~$10.49 for an Original Thickburger Combo). Hardee's competes on portion and ingredient quality (Angus beef, Made From Scratch biscuits, hand-breaded tenders) rather than on the cheapest entry point.

Most Hardee's stop serving breakfast at 10:30 AM Monday–Friday and 11:00 AM on Saturday and Sunday. A subset of corporate-owned, urban or extended-hours stores serve breakfast later — some serve breakfast items all day. Because biscuits are baked fresh in-store, the breakfast cutoff is largely about when the biscuit line shuts down. Confirm via the Hardee's mobile app or by calling the store.

Hardee's is concentrated in the East Coast, South and Midwest — strongest in the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and the Plains. Carl's Jr. covers the West Coast and Southwest — California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, Washington — and most international markets (Mexico, Latin America, Asia). There is essentially no geographic overlap between the two nameplates within the U.S.; if you're in a Carl's Jr. state and order a Western Bacon Cheeseburger, you're eating the same recipe as Hardee's Western Bacon Thickburger.

Hardee's Rewards (in the Hardee's mobile app) earns 10 points per $1 spent. Points unlock rewards in tiers — typically a free side or small drink at 200 points, a free combo upgrade at 500 points, and free entrée items at higher thresholds. The app also routinely runs limited-time offers (free fries with any purchase, BOGO Thickburger weekends, Sausage Biscuit deals on weekday mornings). If you visit Hardee's more than once a month, the app pricing and offers usually beat the in-store board.