Thursday, February 3, 2011

Hardee's restaurants looted, closed in Egypt

Hardee's located near the Burj Al Arab, in Dub...Image via Wikipedia
A Hardee's franchise in Cairo, Egypt, has closed its 32 locations there after some restaurants were damaged and looted in the political protests.

One of the closed restaurants is in Tahrir Square or “Freedom Square.”

"We have no insight as to whether they were targeted because of their western affiliation," said Jenna Petroff, a spokeswoman for St. Louis-based Hardee's. "There has been damage and looting in a number of locations, but at this point, the damage is believed to be associated with general looting."

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