Hardee's Free Breakfast Deal: Fuel Gauge Offer

Hardee's is running a limited-time promotion: a free Sausage Egg & Cheese Biscuit or Bacon Egg & Cheese Biscuit with any fuel purchase. The offer, tied to submitting a fuel gauge reading at participating locations, runs through a date not yet specified.

The chain's breakfast biscuit sandwiches are a core menu item, and the promotion ties a fuel-station staple – the gas pump – to a fast-food breakfast. Hardee's parent company, CKE Restaurants, has used similar cross-promotions with fuel retailers before.

For customers, the deal works at participating Hardee's outlets. You buy fuel, submit the gauge reading, and get the biscuit. The chain has not disclosed the exact fuel volume threshold or whether the offer applies to any pump or only specific stations.

The promotion follows a pattern of quick-service restaurants using fuel purchases as a traffic driver. Hardee's has not said how long the offer will last.