LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

    KNOWN ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Hilary Burkemper, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company"), a Form
3, Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities, a Form 4, Statement of
Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities, or a Form 5, Annual Statement of
Changes in Beneficial Ownership, in accoradance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) Do and perform any and all acts for an on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute such Form 3 or Form 4 or
Form 5 report(s) and to timely file such Form(s) with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and

(3) Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pusuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibility to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed this 21st day of November 2003.


                                                /s/ Theodore Abajian
						Signature


[Acknowledged in the presence of a notary public]



STATE OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA



	On November 21, 2003, before me, D Sorich, the undersigned Notary Public,
personally appeared Theodore Abajian, personally known to me, or proved to me on
the basis of satisfactory evidence, to be the person whose name is subscribed to
the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his
authority capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person, or
the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

WITNESS my hand and offical seal.



                                               /s/ D Sorich
						Notary Public



                                                September 16, 2005
						My Commission Expires: