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Wilbur Hardee's first venture into the fast food business was Hardee's, which he later sold to Jim Gardner. Hardee launched his second venture named Little Mint in 1963, and Bledsoe discusses these and Hardee's other fast food ventures.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 1, June 2011, p40-42, 44, 46, 48, 50, il Periodical Website
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7778
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The Do Drop In was established in 1947 in Winterville, North Carolina, by Wilbur Hardee. A year later he opened another restaurant at Port Terminal, near Greenville, and in 1954, Hardee purchased a building in Greenville known as the Three Steers. At a McDonald's Fast Food restaurant in Greensboro, North Carolina, Hardee noticed that their hamburgers were grilled and thought charcoaled hamburgers would be better. To prepare hamburgers this way, he opened the original Wilbur Hardee Restaurant in Greenville in 1960. Hardee sold out to Jim Gardner the same year and by 1986 there were more than 1,500 Hardees in the southeast.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 5, Oct 1986, p25, 39, il
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5945
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Wilbur Hardee's first venture into the fast food business was Hardees, which he later sold to Jim Gardner. The Greenville resident's second venture was launched in 1963 and named Little Mint. Quinn discusses Hardee's newest restaurant chain, which now has grown to thirty-five in North and South Carolina.
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New East (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 3 Issue 2, May/June 1975, p42, il