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: