Posted on 08/23/2025 8:34:01 AM PDT by DallasBiff
The first Cracker Barrel opened in 1969 in Lebanon, Tennessee, complete with gas pumps, a concept founder Dan W. Evins hoped would help expand his family's oil business and better serve tourists who were traveling down the interstates and highways. Eventually, all the gas pumps were phased out and the restaurant focused on what it had become known for: down-home country cooking with a southern flair. And it's been a success ever since.
Fans are very passionate about Cracker Barrel. They've won the "Best Family Dining" restaurant award time and again, and people make comments on Yelp like, "Great home environment, outstanding daily deals! [...] First and foremost, amazing customer service. They really act and treat you like family. Everyone is always friendly, always accommodating. The food is home cooking delicious!"
The restaurant serves up menu items that appeal to both adults and children, and even the pickiest eaters. It serves breakfast all day long, which is always a plus. It looks like the inside of your grandma's house if your grandma was some old-fashioned Southern lady who lived on a farm and when she wasn't making you biscuits she was out antiquing. They are famous for their hospitality. And that's not all... there are plenty of other reasons Cracker Barrel has been so successful for the last 50 years.
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Amazing how sales dropped when they went from a family style restaurant and store to a bar that served food.
Two of my local favorite restaurants (not chains) have servers often wearing MAGA attire.
Needless to say the food and service are excellent.
About 5 years ago Chick-Fil-A stopped giving to conservative Christian groups like Athletes-in-Action and the Salvation Army. Instead they gave to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Later, they backed off when the backlash came — but continued to support LGBTQ causes.
That would be so cool - I'm jealous. Thanks for sharing.
Julie needs her a$$ fired since she lacks vision.
They changed a storefront picture and that’s the end of them? Dunkin did the same and nothing happened.
Bad eggs almost killed my husband....became allergic because of it.
In other times--not guilty.
There was this, a couple of decades ago:
https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2004/May/04_crt_288.htm
In what way do you all think she “looks DEI”? What does that mean? I don’t see it. She just looks like a businesswoman to me.
I don’t like these latest changes. But I stopped buying meals at CB when it went downhill and the prices went too high. Why is everyone else losing their mind over this restaurant now?
What’s Mrs. Rib’s take on all this, having worked there during their growth years?
She'll get there on merit. Or built the business herself. Maybe inherited it herself.
That's not the case here so it's DEI.
I’ve never seen anyone that looks like her eating at a Cracker Barrel so its hard to understand the company going with someone who is visually the epitome of a DEI liberal. They must not care about their stock price.
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That’s what is coming out of colleges and those are the people chosen to manage corporations.
I understand it perfectly.
In other times—not guilty.
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She’s a dime a dozen “lay up” for any man who considers himself a player.
But there are many worse options out there, especially with too much alcohol involved.
Was successful. Soon to be dumped in the trash can of Liberal women disasters. They cant govern or run companies. Different story with conservative women.
CB isn’t Taco Bell, thats also a chicken place and a taco place.
Bring back the Bell Burger…..
And the enchirito.
“ In other times—not guilty.”
If she had a mustache with those glasses its Groucho Marx!!!
Those food choices got me through high school!!
This Is Why Cracker Barrel Is So Successful
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Because some people like eating terrible food and low prices?
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