LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the
undersigned's hereby constitutes and appoints Hilary Burkemper, signing
singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


(1)	Execute for an 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, a Form 4,
Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities, or a Form 5,
Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership, in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

(2)	Do and perform any and all acts for and 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
pursuant 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 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 such attorney-in-fact.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 5th day of April, 2004.






									   /s/ Janet E. Kerr
						Signature




									   Janet E. Kerr
						Print Name



STATE OF
CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES



	On April 5,
2004, before me, Sheryl A. Quay, the undersigned Notary Public, personally
appeared Janet E. Kerr, before me, 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 authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the
instrument the person, or the entity on behalf of which the person acted,
executed the instrument.

	WITNESS my hand and official seal.




									   /s/ Sheryl A. Quay
						Notary Public




									   April 14, 2005
						My Commission Expires: