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                                   FORM 8 - A

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                         CARL KARCHER ENTERPRISES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                                             
               California                                     95-2415578
(State of incorporation or organization)        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



                          1200 North Harbor Boulevard
                           Anaheim, California  92801
         (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:




  Title of each class to be so                     Name of each exchange on which
           registered                              each class is to be registered
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  Common Stock                                          New York Stock Exchange


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


                                      None
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                                (Title of Class)
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Item 1.          Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered

                 Common Stock

                 The class of securities of Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc. (the 
"Company") to be registered on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the   
"Exchange"), is the Company's common stock (the "Common Stock").  The holders
of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted
upon by the stockholders.  Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any
outstanding Preferred Stock, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to
receive ratably such dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by
the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor.  In the event
of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of Common
Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of
liabilities, subject to prior distribution rights or other subscription rights. 
There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the Common
Stock.

Item 2.          Exhibits

                 I.       Not applicable.

                 II.      The securities to be registered are to be listed on
the New York Stock Exchange, on which no other securities of the registrant are
currently registered.  The following exhibits will be filed with each copy of
the registration statement filed with the New York Stock Exchange, and, in
accordance with Instruction II for Form 8-A, are not filed with, or
incorporated by reference in, copies of the registration statement filed with
the Securities Exchange Commission:

                          1.      Annual Report on Form 10-K of Carl Karcher
Enterprises, Inc., a California corporation (the "Company"), for fiscal year
ended January 25, 1993.

                          2.      The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
for the quarters ended May 17, August 9 and November 1, 1993.

                          3.      The Company's Proxy Statement for its Annual
Meeting of Shareholders held on June 16, 1993.

                          4.      Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of
the Company.

                          5.      Specimen certificate of the Common Stock.

                          6.      Certain selected portions of the Company's
Fiscal 1993 Annual Report to its Shareholders.





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                                   SIGNATURES

                 Pursuant to the requirements of Section l2 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this registration statement 
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                          CARL KARCHER ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                          
                                          /s/ Donald E. Doyle
                                          
                                          Donald E. Doyle, President and Chief
                                                Executive Officer

Dated:  April 15, 1994





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