Talk:Cracker Barrel/Archive 1

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Request for external link addition

 * I would like to make a formal request to add http://www.celtickane.com/programming/code/cracker.php to the external links section of this page. It is my own website, so I wouldn't like to add it myself, but I would prefer that someone else review the website, and make the decision to add it.  The link is to a program that shows the reader how to win at the cracker barrel game -- the peg game that is at each table at the Cracker Barrel. --Sugarskane 03:50, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

For future checks on need for update:
 * Google search for states without locations

Too many pictures
There seems to be too many pictures, and some of them are not pertinent such as the fireplace and pillow one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.209.64.54 (talk) 23:42, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

No Reference
As Much as I don't like bush and his cronies, the passage about contributing illegal campaign funds has no source, and therefore is just blatant Bush-bashing, and I am going  to delete it. Stevo D 18:37, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Maybe try finding a source first?72.78.8.81 (talk) 19:57, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm a veteran Bush-basher; but WP:BLP says we yank something like that if it isn't sourced. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  20:30, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Name Origin
The section on name origin is copied word-for-word from the link given (to http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0204/dictionary_men.asp). This section needs to be rewritten. Edgr 12:35, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I've removed the section, it's a copyright infringement. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 17:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Bias
This article is full of folksy talk obviously added by the company to try to invoke some sort of nostalgia in potential customers. While it may be factual, the ways in which it's been worded are equivalent to advertising and it should be re-written.

Can someone post more information about the stores themselves?
i understand the racial discrimination content is very important but more information about the stores and the company itself would be useful

I agree. This article is obviously biased against the restaurant, as no mention was made to the good things this place does. I could care less about some gay person getting hurt. Big deal.

This article is Exhibit "A" as to why Wikipedia is a joke. It's not an encyclopedia; it's a sounding board for anyone with an ax to grind. I have many fond memories of Cracker Barrel and love it to this day. I first ate at one back in 1984 as a kid with my family in Nashville when there were only a few of them around. I came to this article looking to read about the history of the chain but nothing there, just a political agenda. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.216.160.225 (talk) 16:09, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Employees per store
''Employees 	Approx. 150 per store'' 150??? There can't possibly be more than 20-25 people working any given shift. -76.4.49.201 06:21, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * There can easily be 150 employees per store. I used to work at a restaurant that wasn't even half the size of Cracker Barrel and we had about 50-75 employees. Think of it this way. On any given evening during dinner hours, you'll have about 10-15 servers, at least, since they can only handle a handful of tables at a time without dragging too much. Let's say you have seven cooks and three dishwashers. There's ten more. Three managers (they'll never go below two during busy hours). Five hostesses. Four people at the cash registers. Two people restocking the store. Four bussers/people to keep the restaurant clean. We've got 38-43 people. In one shift. They have at least two shifts. Most employees are part time and/or don't work every day so they have to have extra people to account for that. Just because you can only see a handful of employees at a time, it doesn't mean that's all the restaurant has. --pIrish 14:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Source
Here is source for the second paragraph in the controversy section. http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=14783&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm

Vegetarian Options
The article implies there are not vegetarian options, but my wife is a vegetarian and when she goes to cracker barrel she gets the vegetable plate. She does have to be slightly careful because some of the vegetables are cooked in meat juices, but I think it is worth mentioning. Source: http://www.crackerbarrel.com/menu-vegsides.cfm?doc_id=901 Marsman57


 * There are many breakfasts there that are vegetarian. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 16:36, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Anti-Gay Policies
Anti-gay policy actually was issued in 1991 after a customer complaint. Does not mention that 11 were fired and as many as 20 were believed to have been fired under the policy. All is quite amazing for a large modern day American company that is other than a church From the Advicate: Cheryl Summerville worked as a backup cook at a Douglasville, Ga., Cracker Barrel restaurant for nearly three years. And though she says she never made a point of coming out to her coworkers, she didn't hide her sexual orientation either. In fact, she says, she often spoke of her life partner, Sandra Riley, at work, and nobody seemed to mind. Actually, she says, her colleagues regularly asked how Sandra was doing. So Summerville says she was stunned when she learned that Cracker Barrel had issued a memo stating that people who did not demonstrate "normal heterosexual values" could not work for the company. Though she says her immediate manager did not want to fire her, a district manager did. The reason for termination on her separation papers read, "Employee is gay."

WP:FOOD Tagging
This article talk page was automatically added with WikiProject Food and drink banner as it falls under Category:Restaurants or one of its subcategories. If you find this addition an error, Kindly undo the changes and update the inappropriate categories if needed. You can find the related request for tagging here -- TinucherianBot (talk) 08:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Reduction and Expansion of Stores
I know that in the late nineties, the company closed a lot of stores, especially in the midwest. Now, according to this article, they are adding some again. Can anyone find some more info about the reduction in stores that occured?

Revenue
The revenue figure here can't be right. $2.3 million in revenue and 65,000 employees? That's $36 in revenue per employee. Elchip (talk) 01:52, 24 March 2009 (UTC) The revenue figure mentioned in the article says $2.3 billion not million. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.43.15.90 (talk) 23:16, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Haha. Nice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.75.149 (talk) 22:48, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

States
I just saw an article on Yahoo News seen here which announces Cracker Barrel opening it's first store in Maine. Now I don't know how many stores have been opened since the September 2009 mention in the article, but this brings it up to at least 42 states as of December 2010. -annonymous 12/23/2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.64.8.201 (talk) 08:59, 23 December 2010 (UTC)