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Cracker Barrel

Food

Bread rises to new status on menus

 By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 28, 2022

Innovation comes to the breadbasket, as restaurants upgrade service, variety and quality.

Financing

Cracker Barrel ordered to pay guest $6.5M after he was served chemicals

 By Joe Guszkowski on Jan. 13, 2022

William Cronnon was injured after he drank a cleaning product called Eco-San, thinking it was ice water, at one of the chain's restaurants in 2014.

Financing

The FTC fines Biglari Holdings $1.4M over ‘grossly negligent’ Cracker Barrel stock purchase

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 04, 2022

It was the investor’s second such fine for violating antitrust laws related to the reporting of stock purchases by large existing shareholders.

Financing

Sardar Biglari doesn’t want Cracker Barrel to build restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 14, 2021

The Bottom Line: The controlling shareholder of the company that owns Steak n Shake wants the family dining chain to stop spending on restaurants.

Operations

Cracker Barrel has high hopes for its delivery business

By Joe Guszkowski on Nov. 23, 2021

The chain expects its virtual brands and ghost kitchens to generate incremental sales, though it’s still too early to tell just how well they’ll do.

Financing

Cracker Barrel gets back to pre-COVID form—sort of

By Joe Guszkowski on Nov. 23, 2021

The chain’s same-store sales are back to status quo thanks to better staffing. But the underlying business looks a bit different.

Operations

Ghost kitchens unlock big-city real estate for casual dining

By Joe Guszkowski on Nov. 11, 2021

Chains like Cracker Barrel and Chili’s are using small-format kitchens to go places they couldn’t before.

Leadership

Cracker Barrel names Craig Pommells as CFO

By Joe Guszkowski on Nov. 08, 2021

Pommells was formerly CFO of Red Lobster and also spent more than a decade at Darden. He is the permanent replacement for retired CFO Jill Golder.

Financing

Sardar Biglari, after five proxy vote losses, is still pushing changes at Cracker Barrel

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 05, 2021

The Bottom Line: The investor, who has been rebuffed repeatedly in his efforts to join the company’s board, is now tackling executive bonuses and wants more dividends.

Technology

Cracker Barrel opens 1st urban location: A ghost kitchen in Hollywood

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 25, 2021

The casual-dining chain will make its LA debut this week with the delivery-only Cracker Barrel Kitchen.

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