Cracker Barrel was a restaurant for Boomer empty-nesters who spent their leisure time doing road trips.
As they depart this earthly plane in great numbers, so goes Cracker Barrel.
I think of my now-departed parents.
When they drove cross-country to visit family, they stopped at every Cracker Barrel on the way whenever they were hungry.
We’re headed to the great cracker barrel in the sky.
The problem is not as simple as you make it (aging boomers). Bidenomics is a huge factor. Covid was a factor. Boston Market - bankrupt. Red Lobster - bankrupt. Ruby Tuesdays - bankrupt. California Pizza Kitchen - Bankrupt. More likely coming - watch Applebees, Denny’s, and Friday’s continue to pare back their footprints. Shoney’s and Fuddruckers have about disappeared.
The regional cafeteria chains are also collapsing, although that may cone closer to being because of the aging boomer factor, and started much earlier - Furrs, Luby’s, Piccadilly/Morrisons.