Cracker Barrel

Consumer Trends

Millennial parents name the most kid-friendly chains

By Patricia Cobe on May 23, 2018

Consumers with young children reveal their favorite restaurants for their families.

Marketing

6 LTOs that grabbed attention in April

By Patricia Cobe on May 01, 2018

Several of the month's top limited-time offers draw attention to cooking technique

Operations

This week’s restaurant nightmares: Tempests and teacups

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 29, 2017

Routine situations festered into high-profile controversies for restaurants this month because of pile-ons in social media.

Financing

Fast casual has angst to overcome

By Scott Hume on May 25, 2017

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote that “maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists,” and so it has been with the coming-of-age fast-casual restaurant segment.

Top 500 Chains

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Jun. 12, 2017

Much industry buzz has been directed toward the company’s fast-casual spinoff, Holler & Dash

Food

Is pumpkin spice on the skids?

By Patricia Cobe on Sep. 05, 2017

The reigning fall flavor may be losing favor

Police smell a rat in extortion bid

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 02, 2004

Police have arrested a Virginia woman for allegedly planting a dead mouse in her soup and then trying to extort money out of Cracker Barrel, the restaurant chain said.

Consumer Trends