Boddie-Noell Enterprises (BNE) is a third-generation, family-owned company and the largest Hardee's franchise operator in the United States, running more than 330 Hardee's restaurants across North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky. Founded in 1962 when Carleton Noell and his nephews Mayo and Nick Boddie opened one of the first Hardee's in Fayetteville, N.C., it is headquartered in Rocky Mount, N.C. and also runs real-estate development (BNE Land & Development) and the Rose Hill event venue.