Hardee's was in AZ for a time back in the 1970s, well before they were bought by CJ's corporate parent. Hardee's had bought a small regional chain there, "Cindy's" IIRC. Back then Jack in the Box was owned by Ralston Purina, so eating at J in the B back then was eating
Purina People Chow,
.
I wish Libs and Progs would be honest enough to realize and admit that no business really pays a tax. Businesses pass taxes on to their customers in the prices they charge and their product and service quality. IOW, when taxes go up (or when government increases minimum wage), businesses increase their prices, compromise their quality, or employ fewer people. Or they go out of business or bankrupt if government-imposed overhead makes the business insufficiently- or un-profitable.
Libs and Progs either don't understand business economics or do but are dishonest. Since things like taxes, regulatory costs, and minimum wages tend to hit small businesses harder, the trend is that government drives small businesses out (or into mergers), leaving a few large businesses in each marketplace. Large businesses -
"Big ______" - are easy to demonize and easier to unionize. Ultimately, big businesses are easier targets for fascist government control or Marxist government confiscation (different flavors of socialism, but the same end result, a government-run economy).