i once met sting at a cracker barrel cracker barrel is known for its southern inspired
country cooking gift shop and down home atmosphere but there are a few things that might make you
second guess your next visit these are 10 secrets cracker barrel doesn't want you to know
it's a secret the george jones lawsuit folks we got a lawsuit george jones is a country music
legend he's the sort of artist that you might expect to hear playing over the cracker barrels
pa system so it should have come as no surprise when a george jones record went up for sale in
cracker barrel gift shops unfortunately there were a few interested parties who didn't take
to cracker barrel's lasse fair attitude regarding the deceased singer the dispute would come from
earl peanut montgomery who had co-written songs with jones over the years allegedly the artist
had gifted all past and present proceeds of the album to montgomery as a pseudo-retirement package
it's all yours this was to thank him for all of his hard work over the years montgomery would
own all the rights well concord music group and cracker barrel apparently didn't get the memo
and released the album in breach of this agreement montgomery had supposedly declared that no
record should be issued but that didn't prevent customers from spying it in cracker barrel stores
the bloody french fry incident there's blood all over the place if the fries aren't worth
their salt it might be an indicator that you're dining at a lackluster establishment well at
cracker barrel it wasn't exactly the standard of the fries that came under fire it was more about
what came with the fries a woman was dining at a cracker barrel store in texas when she noticed
some strange residue on her fries after she began eating at first she thought that the fries might
have come with unwanted ketchup but curiosity quickly turned to horror when the diner realized
that her french fries were covered in bloody fingerprints sounds gross looks gross smells gross
apparently a chef had completely skipped protocol and continued to cook plate and serve food even
though he had an open cut on his hand this case is the only reported incident regarding the cut hand
but one can imagine how much food might have been tainted by the event although this is a
gross violation when it comes to food service cracker barrel didn't seem too phased by it
opting only to offer an apology free meal and gift cards the homeless meal debacle
no homeless in here unfortunately the hits keep coming for cracker barrel it seems like the
company is just prone to bad press you'd expect a chain with rural roots in a down-home country
attitude to actually care about its community this story disputes these common values it came to the
attention of cracker barrel managers that one of their employees had given away a corn muffin to
an alleged homeless man this might seem like an opportunity to ride this wave of press and lean
into a caring narrative but cracker barrel didn't seem interested in making themselves look good in
the public's eye nah we're good instead they fired the employee and reaped the rewards of
their terrible publicity once again this dashed any notions that cracker barrel could maintain
a morally superior stance regarding the incident to make matters worse it eventually came to light
that the employee who was terminated was a vietnam veteran public sentiment quickly soured against
cracker barrel and it was largely agreed that the rule of no free food should have been overlooked
in this case if you ever find yourself in need you might want to overlook cracker barrel the razor
blade burger she swallowed it apparently quality control is not very rigorous at cracker barrel
country stores one customer found something in her burger that was not on the menu in 2007 cracker
barrels were forced to recall their frozen burger patties due to the fact that one woman found a
razor blade in her meal irene graham was a regular of the chain and had eaten at this particular
cracker barrel many times before the incident on this day however irene bit into her burger and
immediately began to bleed profusely from her mouth she was rushed to the hospital after a
manager identified a jagged piece of broken metal protruding from her burger patty horrifying it was
later discovered that not only had irene bitten into a razor blade but had actually managed to
ingest a piece of metal as well supposedly even after the razer blade fiasco irene was eager and
determined to revisit the restaurant she claimed that cracker barrel was still one of her favorite
places to eat most people would be running for the hills under these precarious circumstances but we
applaud irene's live and let live attitude can we please just get poor irene a burger just make
sure to leave out the metal debris this time that shouldn't be too hard right a glass full of what
do you know you're breaking the law by giving everybody water it seems like cracker barrel has
a bit of a hard time distinguishing the edible from the non-edible in this particular instance
a man was dining at cracker barrel in marion county tennessee he had ordered ice water but
when he took his first sip he quickly realized that what he had been given was not good old h2o
it turns out that someone had mistakenly served the man ecosan if you've ever worked in the food
service industry you might recognize this liquid as a way of sanitizing the tables i remember it's
often found in red buckets underneath service stands and is a perfectly safe way of cleaning
up after guests however it's quite obviously not meant to be ingested no one knows how or
why mr william cronin was served this dangerous mix of chemicals but in early january of 2022
tennessee state courts decided that cracker barrel country stores was in violation of proper conduct
and awarded mr cronin 9.4 million dollars in reparations now that's an expensive glass of water
sued by craft hello lawsuit in the food industry it's hard to get much bigger than kraft which is
an umbrella company for many of our favorite food brands it's the third largest food and beverage
company in north america they make all sorts of products some of the most notable of these items
include their dairy line which carries everything from craft cheese slices to coffee creamer in 2012
cracker barrel decided that they were going to offer in-store varieties of their menu favorites
this would allow their customers to buy all of their country favorites right in the grocery store
naturally this led to the restaurant chain marketing their own brand of cracker barrel
cheese kraft took issue with this as they already had their own variety of cheese that was also
branded you guessed it cracker barrel cheese what a coincidence initially kraft had no need
to be worried about the restaurant using the name of their cheese they assumed that because
the two business models were so different they would never come in opposition with one another
this was a slight oversight by them however they were proven wrong and cracker barrel released
their line of cheeses a move that kraft didn't take too kindly in 2013 the two parties reached
an agreement and cracker barrel country stores were forced to re-brand their products under a
new logo that would clear up the confusion between the brands to this day you'll be able to find
both varieties in the grocery store refusing to interview a deaf applicant no lawsuit you're hired
we know what you're thinking can cracker barrel sink any lower in the consumer's eyes
well rest assured they're going to give it their all in 2016 an applicant was supposed to
be reviewed by cracker barrel for the position of dishwasher there was some confusion and the
proceedings as managers told this person that the normal conductor of the interview would
not see them due to conflicting reasons this person never moved forward in the application
process and the chain would go on to hire three more dishwashers what was the distinction between
this candidate and the three that had been hired let me guess well it turns out that the person in
question was deaf the litigation asserted that this was the sole reason that the chain had not
hired the applicant and as a result would be served a lawsuit on behalf of the job seeker
in a slew of bad headlines which followed allegations were thrown at cracker barrel claiming
that its conduct was cruel and against federal law after some investigation it was eventually
found that the company had violated some major laws firing a woman asking for maternity leave
here's another lawsuit in a very long line of cracker barrel litigation this one comes
to us from georgia where an employee that had been working at a specific location
for over 10 years was terminated this comes after the person in question raquel bird asked to take
14 weeks off in order to carry her child and give birth it came to public attention that eight days
after bird had asked for leave she was fired it is well known and established in federal law that an
employee cannot be terminated for taking maternity leave and attorneys in this case call cracker
barrel's behavior gross misconduct it was really bad the plot thickens when we find out that miss
bird had a stellar reputation at the store and had never received a bad evaluation or complaint
or even been reprimanded by upper management well how could this be what is the reason that a major
chain could justify firing this employee well that's just it what was cracker barrel's claim
well simply put it's that raquel bird wanted to quit and in the court records documents show that
the reason for her termination is that she had given her two weeks notice it does seem a bit
suspicious but weigh this against cracker barrels past track record and things start to become a bit
clearer underpaying their servers now we want our money whoa bro easy servers hosts and bartenders
make up a considerable part of the workforce some people say that the tipping culture is old and
outdated while others will claim that tips are the only way this job can support such a large
portion of the working class this lawsuit against cracker barrel comes as a result of the chain's
demands that service staff would spend more than 20 percent of their time doing non-service work
such as cleaning dishes and table prep however this delicate balance of workflow was offset when
kovid became more prevalent around the world i can't take it anymore the service staff was asked
to do many things outside of their normal job description such as sanitizing and observing new
regulations all without being tipped the issue was truly exacerbated when tipped work began to suffer
as a result of these new duties being handed down the suit goes on to describe the displeasure of
staff who were discovering differences in their pay a rude awakening which many claimed was not
disclosed to them this lawsuit is taking into account the fair labor standards act
and thinks that this is the greatest ally when it comes to workplace misconduct
cracker barrel's wrongful death lawsuit hank we can't afford another lawsuit
the allen family were dining at a cracker barrel country store when kevin and katharina the parents
of the household had a dispute in the store kevin said that he intended to do harm to
their family and threatened their lives before storming from the premises katharina phoned
the police and expressed her fear that her husband would do something terrible
during the time that the police were enroute to the location katharina asked an employee if she
and her two daughters could take refuge in the store's walk-in freezer the woman and her two
children were refused due to the company's policy of staying out of domestic affairs
kevin would later return and kill his wife and one of their daughters while fatally
wounding the other he was later killed in a standoff with the police a truly
horrible event that brought the company into national headlines once again the public
outcry called on cracker barrel to assume responsibility stating that they were fully
aware of the intent of mr allen and should have provided safety to mrs allen and her daughters
cracker barrel claims that they should assume no responsibility for the actions of mr allen
one way or the other people largely agree that this is a tragedy that could have been completely
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