CB currently owns cookstoves! When the store closes, a staff comes in to clean and dust everything. Cracker Barrel restaurants also serve million eggs, million slice of bacon, 56 million pancakes, 37 million portion of grits, 13 million pounds of chicken tenders, and over 4 million Moon Pies annually.
American country stores in the late 19th century stocked barrels of soda crackers, which customers would often gather around to chat and socialize think of them as the water coolers of their day. The term "cracker-barrel" eventually came to refer to the simple, rustic informality and straightforwardness that was characteristic of these conversations and the country stores they took place in. Have you ever wondered if the Cracker Barrel cheese you see at your local grocery store is affiliated with Cracker Barrel restaurants?
It's not. In fact, Kraft Foods—which has sold cheese under the Cracker Barrel label since — filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the restaurant chain in when it licensed its name to a division of Smithfield Foods for a line of meat products to be sold in grocery stores.
While the line did not sell any cheeses, Kraft was concerned that customers would get confused by the two similarly named brands. Cracker Barrel often partners with some of the biggest names in country music to release exclusive albums that can be purchased at its Old Country Stores and on its website. In addition to working with singers like Alabama and Alan Jackson, the chain teamed up with the one-and-only Dolly Parton to release a two-disc album titled An Evening with Dolly Live in , which went on to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Over 10 million peg games have been made exclusively for Cracker Barrel stores. And everyone who has ever been to a Cracker Barrel knows that playing the peg game found on every table is the best way to pass the time while waiting for your food to show up. Thanks to this genius tutorial, now you can impress your friends and family by solving the game in three simple moves. The rocking chairs that populate the front porches of every Cracker Barrel are made by the Hinkle Chair Company , a five-generation family business that was founded in in Springfield, Tennessee.
Andrew Hinkle, the company's founder, was a farmer who made ladder back chairs in the off-season to supplement his income. In , the family gave up farming in order to produce chairs full-time. The chairs are the chain's top seller. Country Life. Design Ideas. Home Maintenance. Country Living Shop. Shopping Guides. United States. The Internet really delivered because from that moment on, anything the restaurant posted on its social media was lambasted with comments about Brad's wife's firing.
It even birthed the hashtag JusticeforBradsWife. Within a week, there were tons of memes inspired by the event, and offers of employment for Brad's wife, Nanette. So if you see it referenced on any of the restaurant's social media, now you know — Brad's wife was a real person and her firing inspired a whole generation of meme makers.
Let it be known: Cracker Barrel isn't in the business of doling out gratis grub. In fact, one of their employees was fired for giving a homeless man a muffin and some condiments at a Cracker Barrel location in Venice, Florida. The worker, Joe Koblenzer, a year-old military veteran, claimed the man came in asking for tartar sauce and mayo to consume with the fish he was cooking lot of questions there but we're rolling with it , so Koblenzer obliged with some free condiments along with a corn muffin for good measure.
Then the general manager of the Cracker Barrel canned Koblenzer for violating a policy that prohibits giving away free food.
To be fair to Cracker Barrel and Koblenzer acknowledges this, too , he had already broken some rules prior to the tartar sauce incident. So legally, if someone's had a couple of slaps on the wrist already, they are within their right to fire him. Still, Cracker Barrel does sort of come off like the bad guy for telling a worker to deny someone in need of a very minute amount of free sustenance. But them's the rules, and CB's got a business to run. It seems as though Southern hospitality only goes so far.
The octogenarian couple have made it their mission to go to every Cracker Barrel in America. In August , they met their goal when they hit an Oregon Cracker Barrel that was, at that time, the location that marked a grand total of restaurants for the chain.
Of course, the Yoders' goal is never really complete as Cracker Barrel continues to add more locations every year. The couple's th stop was in January , at a new Cracker Barrel in Victorville, California, one of several California locations that had opened since they hit their unofficial last location. In May , they were at "first breakfast" a treat prior to the actual restaurant opening solely for mega fans for a location opening in Rialto.
Ray Yoder started hitting the restaurants over 40 years ago when he was working for a company that delivered recreational vehicles all over the country. He says the visits alleviated the tediousness of his trips. His wife Wilma started accompanying him and after three decades of the duo's treks, the chain started to acknowledge their loyalty. The company even celebrated the couple's arrival at the th restaurant in Oregon, giving them free aprons and a hearty welcome from the staff.
Let the Yoders be a lesson — there are definitely perks to staying loyal to a brand. Health-wise, it's easily one of the worst items on the menu. It weighs in at a whopping 1, calories you better save those Weight Watchers points up for this , and has grams of fat 23 of which are from saturated fat , and an astounding 4, milligrams of sodium — and none of those numbers even include the two sides and endless biscuits.
And if you're dining on Sunday, watch out for the featured special — the Homestyle Chicken. The Lord's day is definitely not the heart's day in the case of Cracker Barrel. In fact, Eat This, Not That! It weighs in at 1, calories and 92 grams of fat. Of course, you can order these chicken dishes if you're just dying to give them a try, but we certainly wouldn't recommend making it a weekly event. If you're going to take the plunge, maybe split the meal with your fellow Cracker Barrel patrons?
If you're thinking, "To heck with cooking an elaborate Thanksgiving meal this year, let's take the whole fam to Cracker Barrel instead," you'd better get in line. Cracker Barrel confirmed in a press release that Thanksgiving Day is, in fact, their most jam-packed day on the year.
Across the country on this feasting holiday, CB estimates that it serves , pounds of turkey and 1. The other Thanksgiving staples it slings out in massive quantities include 8 million ounces of gravy and 1. This includes carry-out turkey day meals, and dine-in grub. Bottom line: If you plan to eat Cracker Barrel this Thanksgiving, plan accordingly. You won't be the only one.
Cracker Barrel is very deliberate with its decorations. All of the locations are full of authentic antiques and the team at CB plan the layout of each new restaurant with a lot of care. In fact, there is even a mock restaurant in the headquarters in Lebanon to lay out the decor of new locations. General stores used to be the name of the game in the late 19th and early 20th century, when they started to exist as a solution for peddlers sick of being on the road.
General stores in the countryside were nothing fancy but they did serve as a one-stop shop of a lot of your basic needs, which explains why the items for sale in the Cracker Barrel store range from Cheerwine to gospel music CDs.
While the historical vibe might not be exactly what the store vibe was a century ago they varied depending on what region of the country you were in, and today's Cracker Barrels have both Northern and Southern general store attributes , the restaurant's commitment to preserving the American country general store, with both its retail items and its decor, really serves as a living museum of American history.
And that museum also happens to have some pretty legit country fried steak. Beware the pineapples at Cracker Barrel, and we're not talking about a side of fresh, tropical fruit that might be available to go with your eggs.
Apparently, the decorative Driftwood Pineapples that Cracker Barrel sells in its country store are armed and dangerous. The U. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall of the fruit-themed knick-knacks in because the metal "leaves" of the product were slicing people's fingers. One consumer even had to get stitches as a result of the home decor injury. Cracker Barrel offered refunds to any customers who had bought the pineapples, either online or on-site at the restaurant, between June and August While this incident was more strange than it is alarming or gross, it's never good news when the restaurant has to deal with the ramifications of a product getting The Scarlet Letter of the word "recall" branded onto it.
Oh, you know Cracker Barrel was going to get in on the fast-casual movement. The "biscuit house" serves up breakfast, brunch, and lunch, with a titillating array of savory and sweet options.
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