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Meanwhile, the company is launching a new Triple Berry beverage platform, which comes as consumers are lining up for more beverages at restaurant chains. The platform features:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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Triple Berry Tea<\/span><\/span>, Hardee\u2019s sweet tea blended with blackberry, raspberry and strawberry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
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Triple Berry Sparkler<\/span><\/span>, which features fruit juice mixed with Sprite.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
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Triple Berry Hand-Scooped Ice Cream Shake<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nThere is also the <\/span>Star-Spangled Biscuit<\/span><\/span>, which features a biscuit with raspberry, strawberry and blueberry flavors and drizzled with icing. And Hardee\u2019s has introduced a <\/span>Mocha Freeze<\/span><\/span>, with vanilla ice cream blended with cold coffee and chocolate syrup and finished with whipped topping.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAll of this comes as Hardee\u2019s works to build sales weakened by a host of challenges. System sales at the brand declined 5% in the U.S. last year to just over $2 billion, while average-unit volumes declined 1.5% to $1.3 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe company operates just under 1,500 U.S. restaurants, along with about 500 international locations, according to data from NRN sibling company Technomic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nContact Jonathan Maze at <\/span>[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\nFollow him on X at @jonathanmaze<\/span><\/p>\nAnd on TikTok at @jonathandmaze<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n