lots of " ISOLATED INCIDENCES " so you want to Slam the entire Chain....how cheap of you...This isnt even thought provoking Since i work for the company and Ive visit the other stores abroad.... Kraft food is par of PFC Dist which Ships to CBOCS and O'Charley's I have to say...This is one of the many crazies CBOCS Canned possibly because she was fired or she quit because shes a smoker and they recently banned employees smoking in and around the barrel in 2012..Cracker Barrel is just like any other place to go and eat..We also had bad Bosses whom were caught and let go and our barrel is a much better place without them... So MASHED you are load of BULLSHIT...And was your Next job McDonalds? Ive been with the company for over 10 years..And Im going to take care of OUR Guests..Because thats what we do
I ate at this place with a friend and we both didn’t like the food. It tasted like the food was from a frozen dinner at a supermarket. It was bland tasting. We’ll never go back and eat here again. I almost felt like throwing up.
I was fired back in late 2018 as a dishwasher for 'insubordination'. Here's the scenario: Had a 24 y.o. assistant manager that thought he was the reincarnation of R. Lee Ermey's Gunnery Sergeant Hartman...I doubt if he had ever been in the Cub/Boy Scouts, I know by his own previous admission he had NEVER served in the military. He got in my face one day over a couple of dishes I dropped and broke, giving me holy h3ll about it. He basically ended his tirade with how worthless I was and how I was nothing compared to his accomplishments as a CBOS manager. He then made the mistake of asking me what I ever accomplished in my life, to which I replied in a loud (was told later by a waitress friend I was heard loud and clear in the dining room), but respectful tone: "Unlike you, sir, I served 22 years in the US Army and have actually worn a military uniform for other than show and tell. I retired with E7 (Sergeant First Class) stripes, 2 purple hearts and a Bronze Star with 'V'' device. Now if you'll excuse me, dishes are backing up and I need to get back to work." I was called into the office about 30 minutes later to be 'let go'. Gotta say, was the only time in my life I actually thanked a place for firing me.
CoyoteSevenFL yeah I won’t be eating at Cracker Barrel anymore. Some people believe that one shouldn’t make the whole chain suffer because, now get this, a few bad instances. Well I believe they should straighten up as a whole. If you are a getaway driver at a bank robbery should be be let go although you didn’t actually go in the bank, hold guns and yelling and scaring the ever living crap out of people? No you get convicted for being an accomplice. Boom 💥
No, that's not true, they sould have been protected under good samaritan laws unless the "donations" were clearly meant to harm someone (meaning deliberately poisoning the food or donations of visibly moldy food)
A few years ago my wife and I were eating at the Cracker Barrel in Birmingham, Alabama where I found a little blue piece of hard plastic in my biscuit. The waitress just shrugged it off like it was no big deal…
@@drelocs2878 seriously!? That’s crazy! Good thing he found it before he swallowed it… God only knows what kind of damage that would’ve caused inside his stomach!
In the East the lots were big enough to park your RV , but noticed there new places , parking is small there is no parking . So I don’t stop at any anymore . Years ago they catered to the RVers not anymore .
What is extremely ironic is that because the dishwashing environment in terms of hearing damage threat is prevalent, a deaf person would be ideal and turnover be very low!
Cracker Barrel is a private company, and may hire or fire whom they will. End of story. They have a couple of irritating practices, such as requiring their cashiers to try and hustle more sales at the register (Candy bar of the day.. or some other item.. it's low class, and most cashiers hate doing it.. as well, most customers resent it, feeling that it cheapens the whole 'down home' experience they're trying to promote). But the food is good.. and for the most part, the service is outstanding. Like all businesses, they understand that it simply costs too much to keep running off employees - they must 'compete', in a sense, to retain the good ones - and they offer a number of programs to help employees grow in their positions and pay. If I were working in a place as busy as a Cracker Barrel dish room.. I would not be happy about working with someone I could not communicate with. That's a lot of glass and china flying around on a wet floor.. sometimes you need to be able to give direction and have it followed instantly. And it has NOTHING to do with 'not liking' deaf people.. it's simply a matter of "Not every person is suited to Every job". If you can't communicate with your co-workers - game over.
I have found the Cracker Barrel a wonderful place to eat & to visit the country store for various items. In fact, the Cracker Barrel is my favorite restaurant--and, I just love eating at any of their chain stores. The football is absolutely heavenly; of course, I must admit that I love Southern food. It is my belief that the Cracker Barrel management will fix any problems which have arisen. On my bucket list, I am praying that a Cracker Barrel comes to Sioux City, Iowa before my time comes! The church bells will ring forth in celebration for the coming of the Cracker Barrel as it is loved by so many people.
My daughter was let go because supposedly another employee said "I heard her say a swear under her breath." My daughter was never asked if it was true or false. At the time she was the only African American female working with several Caucasian employees. We believe this was just something they said to get rid of her when we asked for prove or documents supporting their claim we were never given it. They merely said my daughter could now email her side of the made up story. I guess the employee who heard her "say a swear under her breath" never really existed. After watching this I feel as though we too should get a lawyer. I would not even trust my daughter to email such people anything, those people can not be trusted at all.
My Wife and I went to our local Cracker Barrel numerous times but the last couple of times we called our order in so that we could pick it up and then one time my Chicken and Dumplings didn’t have any Chicken and 2 more times they didn’t have enough Chicken and Dumplings to complete our order so we wouldn’t be back any time soon!
Cracker barrel was my entire childhood, but hearing all of this makes me sick! I love there food and I will eat there again but they need to be nicer to there workers and costumers.
I worked there for a month. They were so rude to the employees. I worked in the retail area and they were super pushy on sales I was not expecting it and was told to follow people around the stores. I hated it. I use that word lightly as Its a strong word. I am glad I quit.
I LOVE CRACKER BARREL. They have always had great service and great food. You just can’t please some people no matter what you do. The best are in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Some companies can’t get everything right. You can tell your workers who to do things by the rules, and it’s up to management to check and see if everything done right.
Unfortunately, it is not unusual for a company to layoff a worker right before a raise is due. I put in 5 years as an assistant manager at a grocery store chain in my area and when it came time for my yearly review and raise (which would have been substantial as it was a 5% yearly raise) they called us to the office and told us were laying off myself and a few other managers that were also due for a raise... when we pressed them for an explanation because all of us were upstanding employees with no issues, they said it was “financial reasons.”
Wow I’m so sorry to hear that. I pray an hope that better opportunities come your way. You wanna know why you should look at it as their loss? Because God has a way of doing certain things to better us, God knew your worth before you were born, So he has better opportunities and plans for you. Keep the faith and Push through!!!
yea you need more expensive "Engineered" Foods to support your lifestyle And your Work outs possibly...their Parfay and oatmeal would be more you style there...people eat there for the "Comfort Foods"...And dont live in a bubble
A lot of businesses have problems. Some problems can be stirred up by competitors. As long as they have a clean place with good food at a fair price and good service that's all I need, unless they have bad health department reviews consistently. Cracker Barrel has always had outstanding prices and food. I've never had a bad meal there. In my opinion one of their best values is the sirloin steak meal. Steak, drink(all you can drink), 3 sides and corn muffin and/or biscuits. Most places at or slightly above 15 bucks. Been eating at them in different states for 10 years and I have no complaints about any of them.
One of our local Cracker Barrels has some of the WORST breakfast food available. Inedible biscuits (they literally made me gag), "country" ham that was anything but, pork sausage biscuits that came from a turkey, bacon that was just passed over the range, eggs that weren't and the worst coffee ever among other things. On top of the horrendous food, the service was not there. Be a very long time before I EVER go back to them and they used to be the place to go for good food.
I personally know several people who's employment was terminated by Crack your Barrel. One manager had been with them just short of 20 years. Most folks don't give a second thought of how dirty they do their employees. Really sad!
randy wyrick not true my mom works there and with everything going on with the covid-19 so they don’t have to file for unemployment they are giving them 60% so they don’t have to go through the filing process on top of that they also gave each employee a free meal a day and they also gave them 50-70% off everything in the gift shop so I’m sorry but your wrong
@@cristawilson8132, I could care less if you believe it or not. And yes, it's very true. After this pandemic is over you'll see just how little they appreciate their employees.
randy wyrick then why reply back? If you don’t care? I was just stating a fake something your not stating in your opinion...you don’t have to feel how I feel my reason for making on comment because I have fakes that your wrong but you can feel how you feel I work moes and they have done us wrong we closed within 2 days and got shit from them so it’s not the company it’s the person who runs the business who that should fall on the the company it’s self ...my mom has worked there for years and they have never done her wrong my little sister also worked there has seizures and they did everything to help her so she could have a job so I’m sorry but this I verse has happened so fast that everyone is just trying to figure it out
@@cristawilson8132, I replyed back because you obviously didn't thourougly read my post. I stated that I personally know SEVERAL people that Cracker Barrel axed. Including the head manager over the entire store. The store I'm speaking of is supposedly one of the busiest stores they have. I won't argue with you back and forth on this. One manager had been with them just shy of his 20 year tenior. Had been a "yes" man for them and had traveled and help open various stores in the East region. That's why I said you can believe what you want. But you don't know what you're talking about saying I'm not stating facts. Good luck to your family. Hope all goes well for them.
CBOCS Cracker Barrel Old Country Store started out as a Texaco Gas Station in Tennessee Which started serving Coffee and danishes...And the man who owned allowed his friends to sell their goods there as well...He inturned incorporated all of this into an Idea and had others come around with ideas of their own and wanted to sell more than Good and Services...He wanted to feed people with their ideas of Country Style Cooking many of these folks donated stuff you find tide up overhead in their stores the nostagia is the relic signs of business came and gone ....But the spooky part is the pictures in the the Dining rooms....old south tradition of picture taking of the dead with the living before their burial is found there but you wont know unless you see a picture hard enought to see how a body might be propped...thats as reall as it gets in the south for me...and its actually laughable and for the sake of nonsense the only things Canned are Greenbeans Fried apples and Mushrooms and a soup mixture thats actually the flavor of the house Called the Hashbrown Casserole Sause Soup mix ( the only thing thats Campbells chicken puree soup...the other flavor is a little bit of bacon fat ..which does wonders for boiled cabbage and lima beans and its also added to Cornbread muffins so they fall out of the pan when they are finished cooking The bimbo here making her statements of SECRETS CBOCS doesnt want you do know is Actually Brads wife......Go eat ..its Real American
This describes almost all restaurants in America, they just hide it in a different way , and could care less of its employees. More work and less pay is the way of business. More money in there pocket.
I've been to CB three times and was never impressed. The mashed potatoes were definitely from a box; the fried chicken was pink; the green beans tasted like they were from a low quality can; service was bad. I just honestly don't know why people line up to eat there, and keep going back for more.
Add that Cracker Barrel cooks will take food that gets dropped onto a filthy floor, cook & then serve it to customers. I’ve seen this myself a few times. The cooks’ explanations were “nothing will live in the oil once it goes into the oil”. That & the rats & roaches running around the kitchens back in New England. So if you really don’t like a person, get that person a Cracker Barrel gift card for their birthday.
Cracker Barrel is too damn high for what you get! It's ridiculously high for a traveling family. Hell with em? We pass by from the trap! Once they ended the sorgum for the greens it was it for this ole boy here.
Also hate to say Cracker Barrel has gone downhill for a very long time. Once it became big business then business usually suffers oh, and the point of the customer stuffers now we're seeing it ramp it because nobody seems to care
I got fired from there 25 yrs ago when I was 19 for returning a 1.00 tip. After I gave that nasty couple superior customer service they left me 1.00 and And I told them they cud keep it. But I can never be rehired in life because I did that.
Maybe that dollar was all they could really afford. Certain situations can happen. I would've fired your ungrateful ass too. Superior service,yea right
@@johnsellers2999 they ordered over 65$ worth of food. I'm sure they could afford more than 1.00 tip. Im glad they fired me, they didn't deserve me. I lost no sleep from it. You don't know what my situation was at that time. I was in school with my own place and working my ass off. To give a server 1.00 after I gave them great service is disrespectful.
Listen my wife has stories worse than that from years ago. But in my opinion since most people give a decent tip ,you just take the buck,put it with your other tips and move on. Why get cocky and lose your job. Not worth it. Continue to give good service and do the best you can. It will pay off in the end. There are bullshit things that happen in every job. Just the way it is. You are smart enough and good enough to not let it get to you. If the cheap ones that left the buck to you are regulars then you can have fun with your coworkers and hopefully those people will see nobody wants to wait on them. That's worth a buck any day. But I get what your saying. Peace
@@johnsellers2999 I got cocky because like I said I was a kid this was 25 years ago. But even still servers get 2.13 hour, they rely on those tips. The customers run you for extra bread, refills more salad, A-1 sauce, to go plates then sit at that table an hour after they done eating when you only get 3 tables just to leave 1$ I would just eat home. Not a server anymore but I'm a good tipper due to the exp.
I was a night maintenance for cracker barrel . The general manager was known for being odd and touchy with the young girl employee's . The managers were all pieces of shit to . One would steal food and stole food once from my night maintenance co worker . One manager would call me big nuts because I would tell at the general manager for giving me shit and my maintenance co worker . They would grab brooms out his hand and bully him . Not to mention the main cook was nuts he cut himself the pour guy . And he would make your food with open wounds, and did drugs . And the managers let him because he was to good .
At 1:03, I work at that Cracker Barrel and in fact transferred to that store that exact month during that apparent issue AS a dishwasher. And there's two deaf dishwashers there already so like???
Just realized it said two years earlier and in fact that manager at that time was known to be a piece of crap (so I've been told by coworkers) so I believe it. The new one is really good.
It's wild how many corn bread muffins an biscuits we throw away in rootstown Ohio they should be free I think they are so I take them all the time right out the thing fried chicken too we throw away alot of food when closing so everyone has too hide chicken unless the manager is cool
because when food is cooked and sits on your back up table and NSF walks in and Writes you up youll understand...CBOCS has a fantastic way of Recycling the dollar when they count and report their losses opposed to wastes You are clearly committing the Asset Protection Policy....If you are hungry you know your manager will feed you..You only have to ask But in your case that counts as "Garbage Mouthing" food in the Dish room.
Cracker Barrel is great because if I pass through a city where I'm not familiar with its restaurants, I know I can always get a good meal at a Cracker Barrel. Judges should throw out these frivolous lawsuits.
You're mind made the right decision there food Is completely soulless and very tasteless..Zero in the flavor department..fresh ingredients but completely tasteless 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
Jay the people who came in were assholes and had a god complex. my manager was the WORST. i was part time between there and school i was working about 36 hours (16 hours over part time). i was paid just below min wage.
very true. all of it's very true and other stuff is you can tell corporate all you want about the disgusting things you see there but they won't do anything about it. they don't care. My store got shut down by the health department. and then it opened back up without a license illegally. then the fire marshal came along and noticed it was open and they shut it down but for different reason. fire code violations that they wouldn't fix. serious ones blocked fire exits stuck closed doors that were locked shut. non-working emergency lighting systems and fire suppression systems to stop the grease fire from exploding and taking bunches of lives at once. I quit before the store started going through opening and shut down opening and shut down wars between the government officials and corporate. corporate would keep opening it. government would keep shutting it down for safety concerns. All they care about is money, money, money. never seen a company this corrupt yet.
I know the service is ok... But let's talk about the food!!! The last time I was in one of these poor excuse for a restaurant, was for breakfast...scamble eggs is what I ordered with a slice of ham. What I got....plain omelet that was shopped up and a bone with fat and a thin piece of meat. Will I go back again??? NO!!! When I said something about the eggs to server,I was informed that's what "corporate" wants scramble eggs done....
I read your article, and the facts you state about the Brooklyn, OH Cracker Barrel. I live nearby, And in the article that Mashed wrote there are so many errors on this case it’s embarrassing. For one thing Kate Allen was already separated from her husband at the time of the shooting. She took her two girls and they were living where he couldn’t find them. Kate invited him to the birthday dinner. She knew he had guns and was unstable. I hate to victim shame here but if you feel threatened enough to take your girls and leave your husband and live in hiding (knowing he has guns etc and is unstable) it’s probably not the best idea to let him know and invite him to the dinner. When the shooting happened, he brought in a shotgun. As far as being asked to hide in the freezer, this didn’t happen. He walked into the restaurant with a gun and there wasn’t any time to ask to hide in the freezer. He shot one of his daughters and his wife at the table and chased down another into the bathroom and shot her. The restaurant had little they could’ve done with an unstable person with a shotgun coming into the restaurant shooting up the place. Besides call the police.
So if the shooters wife would have broken the news of the divorce to him a Burger King, then it would be their fault? Why didn't she make up a reason o meet him at the police dept.? Not CBs problem.
8 Discontinued Cracker Barrel Dishes We Wish They'd Bring Back to the Menu: That snake 🐍 head breakfast with pickled chicken feet was delicious 🤤. Seriously 😳 my hillbilly mama loved 🥰 that dish.
The writer obviously has a bias against Cracker Barrel and wants to bad mouth them. There are bad stories about all food, retail, clothing, etc establishments and if you want to put them all together in an 11 minute video they would all sound bad. Cracker Barrel isn't my favorite place to eat but its also not my least favorite. I enjoy going there and will continue to even after watching this video.
Leadership ALWAYS starts at the top w/o exception!!! These are perfect examples of the operating philosophy of CB's top management and the Board of Directors! If they "really" wanted to change it they could. It all starts at the top.
I know cracker barrel have bad reputations . Im black and went to the one in new jersey and my mom aunts and realtives summer of 2011 and again flash forward 2016 with my mom &my aunt in summer 2016. All caussain black and hispanic employees . We had very nice waitress who was caussian nice diverse environment
I was 17 years old working until 11-12 o’clock at night. EVERYTHING fell on the servers. I confided in my managers about personal things that were happening in my life and told them I was having a rough time so mentally ill it was making me physically ill. My managers didn’t want to hear anything about it and told me to suck it up and get back on the floor while throwing the whole shift. They don’t care about their employees. They care about making money and they don’t care who’s feelings they hurt or dreams they have to crush to get their money. Worst place I have ever worked.
Oh that's stupid. You know, if blacks don't like going there....then GO SOMEPLACE ELSE....like a Bar-B-Q joint! Or, do they just go there to start shit??? They shouldn't have paid those ones that sued either!! They made that shit up to get money! Blacks been doing alot of that lately.
The shooting has nothing to do with cracker barrel. Our cracker barrel is awesome, all kind of staff. Everyone is welcome and treated with kindness. Food is delicious and people like working there. I know I do.
This is sad, but true. Cracker Barrel is known to discriminate. I truly got a bad experience, enough to send a message that i'm not wanted. Pay attention people, the writing is clearly on the wall.
I've always loved Cracker Barrel home cook meals. Are very awesome now I see Cracker Barrel of taking advantage of their staff, and at this point will never eat at Cracker Barrel again shame on you guys you don't deserve to be in business when you rip off your employees
How do you feel about Cracker Barrel?
I have had good food and good service.
I love them.
Fat is camouflaged as FOOD.
You know what it is before you enter
lots of " ISOLATED INCIDENCES " so you want to Slam the entire Chain....how cheap of you...This isnt even thought provoking Since i work for the company and Ive visit the other stores abroad....
Kraft food is par of PFC Dist which Ships to CBOCS and O'Charley's
I have to say...This is one of the many crazies CBOCS Canned possibly because she was fired or she quit because shes a smoker and they recently banned employees smoking in and around the barrel in 2012..Cracker Barrel is just like any other place to go and eat..We also had bad Bosses whom were caught and let go and our barrel is a much better place without them...
So MASHED you are load of BULLSHIT...And was your Next job McDonalds?
Ive been with the company for over 10 years..And Im going to take care of OUR Guests..Because thats what we do
I ate at this place with a friend and we both didn’t like the food. It tasted like the food was from a frozen dinner at a supermarket. It was bland tasting. We’ll never go back and eat here again. I almost felt like throwing up.
I was fired back in late 2018 as a dishwasher for 'insubordination'.
Here's the scenario:
Had a 24 y.o. assistant manager that thought he was the reincarnation of R. Lee Ermey's Gunnery Sergeant Hartman...I doubt if he had ever been in the Cub/Boy Scouts, I know by his own previous admission he had NEVER served in the military.
He got in my face one day over a couple of dishes I dropped and broke, giving me holy h3ll about it. He basically ended his tirade with how worthless I was and how I was nothing compared to his accomplishments as a CBOS manager. He then made the mistake of asking me what I ever accomplished in my life, to which I replied in a loud (was told later by a waitress friend I was heard loud and clear in the dining room), but respectful tone:
"Unlike you, sir, I served 22 years in the US Army and have actually worn a military uniform for other than show and tell. I retired with E7 (Sergeant First Class) stripes, 2 purple hearts and a Bronze Star with 'V'' device. Now if you'll excuse me, dishes are backing up and I need to get back to work."
I was called into the office about 30 minutes later to be 'let go'. Gotta say, was the only time in my life I actually thanked a place for firing me.
CoyoteSevenFL yeah I won’t be eating at Cracker Barrel anymore. Some people believe that one shouldn’t make the whole chain suffer because, now get this, a few bad instances. Well I believe they should straighten up as a whole. If you are a getaway driver at a bank robbery should be be let go although you didn’t actually go in the bank, hold guns and yelling and scaring the ever living crap out of people? No you get convicted for being an accomplice. Boom 💥
CoyoteSevenFL hey man sorry you had to go through that.
Glad you put the lil skunk in his place.
Assholes!😪
Thank you for your service. Sorry you had to go through that.
Brad's wife is the most important secret
That "don't give away food" policy is not exclusive to Cracker Barrel and a few restaurants were sued after giving food away. Its just a liability.
No, that's not true, they sould have been protected under good samaritan laws unless the "donations" were clearly meant to harm someone (meaning deliberately poisoning the food or donations of visibly moldy food)
Even so they could have merely taken it out of their paycheck instead.
The real secret is the 11 years of service they ignored, brad’s wife deserved better...
the meat loaf plate is super good.
A few years ago my wife and I were eating at the Cracker Barrel in Birmingham, Alabama where I found a little blue piece of hard plastic in my biscuit. The waitress just shrugged it off like it was no big deal…
The rapper “Kodak black” just found a staple inside his eggs today. 🤦🏾♂️
@@drelocs2878 seriously!? That’s crazy! Good thing he found it before he swallowed it… God only knows what kind of damage that would’ve caused inside his stomach!
In the East the lots were big enough to park your RV , but noticed there new places , parking is small there is no parking . So I don’t stop at any anymore . Years ago they catered to the RVers not anymore .
What is extremely ironic is that because the dishwashing environment in terms of hearing damage threat is prevalent, a deaf person would be ideal and turnover be very low!
They fired Brad's wife.
Cracker Barrel is a private company, and may hire or fire whom they will. End of story. They have a couple of irritating practices, such as requiring their cashiers to try and hustle more sales at the register (Candy bar of the day.. or some other item.. it's low class, and most cashiers hate doing it.. as well, most customers resent it, feeling that it cheapens the whole 'down home' experience they're trying to promote). But the food is good.. and for the most part, the service is outstanding.
Like all businesses, they understand that it simply costs too much to keep running off employees - they must 'compete', in a sense, to retain the good ones - and they offer a number of programs to help employees grow in their positions and pay. If I were working in a place as busy as a Cracker Barrel dish room.. I would not be happy about working with someone I could not communicate with. That's a lot of glass and china flying around on a wet floor.. sometimes you need to be able to give direction and have it followed instantly. And it has NOTHING to do with 'not liking' deaf people.. it's simply a matter of "Not every person is suited to Every job". If you can't communicate with your co-workers - game over.
The first but about the cashiers and making sales you’re correct I hated it people would turn around and be so rude after so best believe I quit.
I have found the Cracker Barrel a wonderful place to eat & to visit the country store for various items. In fact, the Cracker Barrel is my favorite restaurant--and, I just love eating at any of their chain stores. The football is absolutely heavenly; of course, I must admit that I love Southern food. It is my belief that the Cracker Barrel management will fix any problems which have arisen. On my bucket list, I am praying that a Cracker Barrel comes to Sioux City, Iowa before my time comes! The church bells will ring forth in celebration for the coming of the Cracker Barrel as it is loved by so many people.
What do church bells have to do with Cracker Barrel?
My daughter was let go because supposedly another employee said "I heard her say a swear under her breath." My daughter was never asked if it was true or false. At the time she was the only African American female working with several Caucasian employees. We believe this was just something they said to get rid of her when we asked for prove or documents supporting their claim we were never given it. They merely said my daughter could now email her side of the made up story. I guess the employee who heard her "say a swear under her breath" never really existed. After watching this I feel as though we too should get a lawyer. I would not even trust my daughter to email such people anything, those people can not be trusted at all.
Management gets in trouble for calling the cops
My Wife and I went to our local Cracker Barrel numerous times but the last couple of times we called our order in so that we could pick it up and then one time my Chicken and Dumplings didn’t have any Chicken and 2 more times they didn’t have enough Chicken and Dumplings to complete our order so we wouldn’t be back any time soon!
Cracker barrel was my entire childhood, but hearing all of this makes me sick! I love there food and I will eat there again but they need to be nicer to there workers and costumers.
I worked there for a month. They were so rude to the employees. I worked in the retail area and they were super pushy on sales I was not expecting it and was told to follow people around the stores. I hated it. I use that word lightly as Its a strong word. I am glad I quit.
Firing after long years of faithful service, thought you were talking about a casino.
They were talking about Brad's wife
Wes, I realize that but casinos have a history of getting rid of people before they are ready to retire,
I LOVE CRACKER BARREL. They have always had great service and great food. You just can’t please some people no matter what you do. The best are in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Some companies can’t get everything right. You can tell your workers who to do things by the rules, and it’s up to management to check and see if everything done right.
Unfortunately, it is not unusual for a company to layoff a worker right before a raise is due. I put in 5 years as an assistant manager at a grocery store chain in my area and when it came time for my yearly review and raise (which would have been substantial as it was a 5% yearly raise) they called us to the office and told us were laying off myself and a few other managers that were also due for a raise... when we pressed them for an explanation because all of us were upstanding employees with no issues, they said it was “financial reasons.”
Wow I’m so sorry to hear that. I pray an hope that better opportunities come your way. You wanna know why you should look at it as their loss? Because God has a way of doing certain things to better us, God knew your worth before you were born, So he has better opportunities and plans for you. Keep the faith and Push through!!!
I stopped eating at restaurants that consider fat as a form of food many years ago.
yea you need more expensive "Engineered" Foods to support your lifestyle
And your Work outs possibly...their Parfay and oatmeal would be more you style there...people eat there for the "Comfort Foods"...And dont live in a bubble
@@charlie8234...Fat shouldn't be an item on the menu.
A lot of businesses have problems. Some problems can be stirred up by competitors. As long as they have a clean place with good food at a fair price and good service that's all I need, unless they have bad health department reviews consistently. Cracker Barrel has always had outstanding prices and food. I've never had a bad meal there. In my opinion one of their best values is the sirloin steak meal. Steak, drink(all you can drink), 3 sides and corn muffin and/or biscuits. Most places at or slightly above 15 bucks. Been eating at them in different states for 10 years and I have no complaints about any of them.
None of this is going to make me stop eating at Cracker Barrel that food is delicious!
Delicious? Their food is barely edible
@@ConstantChaos1 and I love it! I guess I hope they keep feeding me that barely edible as you say.
@@logicalmind5093 please try cooking the food at home I assure you it will be leagues better and far cheaper
@@Sierrahtl I'm a idiot for speaking my truth not everyone is going to agree you insult me because I don't follow your path
One of our local Cracker Barrels has some of the WORST breakfast food available. Inedible biscuits (they literally made me gag), "country" ham that was anything but, pork sausage biscuits that came from a turkey, bacon that was just passed over the range, eggs that weren't and the worst coffee ever among other things. On top of the horrendous food, the service was not there. Be a very long time before I EVER go back to them and they used to be the place to go for good food.
it sounds like you never ate there yet you want attention here
I personally know several people who's employment was terminated by Crack your Barrel. One manager had been with them just short of 20 years.
Most folks don't give a second thought of how dirty they do their employees. Really sad!
@Steve Silvas , I wouldn't doubt it! 👍
randy wyrick not true my mom works there and with everything going on with the covid-19 so they don’t have to file for unemployment they are giving them 60% so they don’t have to go through the filing process on top of that they also gave each employee a free meal a day and they also gave them 50-70% off everything in the gift shop so I’m sorry but your wrong
@@cristawilson8132, I could care less if you believe it or not. And yes, it's very true.
After this pandemic is over you'll see just how little they appreciate their employees.
randy wyrick then why reply back? If you don’t care? I was just stating a fake something your not stating in your opinion...you don’t have to feel how I feel my reason for making on comment because I have fakes that your wrong but you can feel how you feel I work moes and they have done us wrong we closed within 2 days and got shit from them so it’s not the company it’s the person who runs the business who that should fall on the the company it’s self ...my mom has worked there for years and they have never done her wrong my little sister also worked there has seizures and they did everything to help her so she could have a job so I’m sorry but this I verse has happened so fast that everyone is just trying to figure it out
@@cristawilson8132, I replyed back because you obviously didn't thourougly read my post. I stated that I personally know SEVERAL people that Cracker Barrel axed. Including the head manager over the entire store.
The store I'm speaking of is supposedly one of the busiest stores they have.
I won't argue with you back and forth on this. One manager had been with them just shy of his 20 year tenior. Had been a "yes" man for them and had traveled and help open various stores in the East region.
That's why I said you can believe what you want. But you don't know what you're talking about saying I'm not stating facts.
Good luck to your family. Hope all goes well for them.
I ordered take out recently and then was sick for 3 days!
They hate ur guts
Brad’s Wife would’ve kept these secrets buried
CBOCS Cracker Barrel Old Country Store started out as a Texaco Gas Station in Tennessee
Which started serving Coffee and danishes...And the man who owned allowed his friends to sell their goods there as well...He inturned incorporated all of this into an Idea and had others come around with ideas of their own and wanted to sell more than Good and Services...He wanted to feed people with their ideas of Country Style Cooking many of these folks donated stuff you find tide up overhead in their stores the nostagia is the relic signs of business came and gone ....But the spooky part is the pictures in the the Dining rooms....old south tradition of picture taking of the dead with the living before their burial is found there but you wont know unless you see a picture hard enought to see how a body might be propped...thats as reall as it gets in the south for me...and its actually laughable
and for the sake of nonsense the only things Canned are Greenbeans Fried apples and Mushrooms and a soup mixture thats actually the flavor of the house Called the Hashbrown Casserole Sause Soup mix ( the only thing thats Campbells chicken puree soup...the other flavor is a little bit of bacon fat ..which does wonders for boiled cabbage and lima beans and its also added to Cornbread muffins so they fall out of the pan when they are finished cooking
The bimbo here making her statements of SECRETS CBOCS doesnt want you do know is Actually Brads wife......Go eat ..its Real American
This describes almost all restaurants in America, they just hide it in a different way , and could care less of its employees. More work and less pay is the way of business. More money in there pocket.
I've been to CB three times and was never impressed. The mashed potatoes were definitely from a box; the fried chicken was pink; the green beans tasted like they were from a low quality can; service was bad. I just honestly don't know why people line up to eat there, and keep going back for more.
I have never eaten at a Cracker Barrel, now I know why.
you really havent a mind of your own....a few isolated incidents and it clear for you huh liberal?
awesome video
Add that Cracker Barrel cooks will take food that gets dropped onto a filthy floor, cook & then serve it to customers. I’ve seen this myself a few times. The cooks’ explanations were “nothing will live in the oil once it goes into the oil”. That & the rats & roaches running around the kitchens back in New England.
So if you really don’t like a person, get that person a Cracker Barrel gift card for their birthday.
Cracker Barrel is too damn high for what you get! It's ridiculously high for a traveling family. Hell with em? We pass by from the trap! Once they ended the sorgum for the greens it was it for this ole boy here.
Time to put these folks out of business the old fashioned way.
Everyone watch this! Businesses do business things. That is all...
Like not taking the customer's word? Something tells me you have a vested interest in the co doing well
11 YEARS
Mediocre food and poor service.
To you maybe. Unbiased opinions aside, I like our food and we bust our ass at our store.
Also hate to say Cracker Barrel has gone downhill for a very long time. Once it became big business then business usually suffers oh, and the point of the customer stuffers now we're seeing it ramp it because nobody seems to care
I got fired from there 25 yrs ago when I was 19 for returning a 1.00 tip. After I gave that nasty couple superior customer service they left me 1.00 and And I told them they cud keep it. But I can never be rehired in life because I did that.
Maybe that dollar was all they could really afford. Certain situations can happen. I would've fired your ungrateful ass too. Superior service,yea right
If that's all they can "afford" then they need to stay home.
@@johnsellers2999 they ordered over 65$ worth of food. I'm sure they could afford more than 1.00 tip. Im glad they fired me, they didn't deserve me. I lost no sleep from it. You don't know what my situation was at that time. I was in school with my own place and working my ass off. To give a server 1.00 after I gave them great service is disrespectful.
Listen my wife has stories worse than that from years ago. But in my opinion since most people give a decent tip ,you just take the buck,put it with your other tips and move on. Why get cocky and lose your job. Not worth it. Continue to give good service and do the best you can. It will pay off in the end. There are bullshit things that happen in every job. Just the way it is. You are smart enough and good enough to not let it get to you. If the cheap ones that left the buck to you are regulars then you can have fun with your coworkers and hopefully those people will see nobody wants to wait on them. That's worth a buck any day. But I get what your saying. Peace
@@johnsellers2999 I got cocky because like I said I was a kid this was 25 years ago. But even still servers get 2.13 hour, they rely on those tips. The customers run you for extra bread, refills more salad, A-1 sauce, to go plates then sit at that table an hour after they done eating when you only get 3 tables just to leave 1$ I would just eat home. Not a server anymore but I'm a good tipper due to the exp.
Big waste of 11 minutes...
@Les Grossman true lol
The store has really gone downhill since they fired Brad's wife
This is sad;
Don’t patronize.
There are many great chains to be employed by.
I worked for Cracker Barrel for 8 1/2 years. I never saw any of this!
Let me guess you are a hetero white dude/chick
Constant Chaos, let me guess, you like bullying people on assumptions.
@@PortCanon no? I'm not bullying anyone
How is what I said bullying?
We ate at Cracker Barrel one time, and the food was horrible. Never again.
I was a night maintenance for cracker barrel . The general manager was known for being odd and touchy with the young girl employee's . The managers were all pieces of shit to . One would steal food and stole food once from my night maintenance co worker . One manager would call me big nuts because I would tell at the general manager for giving me shit and my maintenance co worker . They would grab brooms out his hand and bully him . Not to mention the main cook was nuts he cut himself the pour guy . And he would make your food with open wounds, and did drugs . And the managers let him because he was to good .
This is the only type of cracker i like yee haw
Wow my old store is in this lmao
At 1:03, I work at that Cracker Barrel and in fact transferred to that store that exact month during that apparent issue AS a dishwasher. And there's two deaf dishwashers there already so like???
Just realized it said two years earlier and in fact that manager at that time was known to be a piece of crap (so I've been told by coworkers) so I believe it. The new one is really good.
They do not need a reason to fire anybody. It is their business . Not subsidized buy the government. They are not there to give people jobs.
I just want their syrup
So many ads in this video
because its Free streaming..now if you paid into TH-cams monthly for how much ? to avoid those ads? that story would be more ridiculous than this one
Their sausage gravy lacks one thing.
Sausage.
Their turnip greens come from a can.
Pillsbury has better biscuits.
It's sawmill gravy, not sausage
@@lesliestrader2847
LOL!
Last time I went the food wasn't very hot.
i Blame location..if you called home office (in Lebanon, Tenn.)the Team there will fix that store quickly.
It's wild how many corn bread muffins an biscuits we throw away in rootstown Ohio they should be free I think they are so I take them all the time right out the thing fried chicken too we throw away alot of food when closing so everyone has too hide chicken unless the manager is cool
because when food is cooked and sits on your back up table and NSF walks in and Writes you up youll understand...CBOCS has a fantastic way of Recycling the dollar when they count and report their losses opposed to wastes
You are clearly committing the Asset Protection Policy....If you are hungry you know your manager will feed you..You only have to ask
But in your case that counts as "Garbage Mouthing" food in the Dish room.
My ex-wife loved eating at Cracker Barrel and lived in a trailer park.
Why would she leave a CLASSY person like YOU!?.
so most of Your alimony went to Eating out and not so much her rent....Good one here.
Why would anyone want to live in a trailer park.....scary places
Never had a problem with crackerbarrel no discrimination today
Cracker Barrel is great because if I pass through a city where I'm not familiar with its restaurants, I know I can always get a good meal at a Cracker Barrel. Judges should throw out these frivolous lawsuits.
Never been in one....dont think ever will.
The menu doesn't get my attention.
You're mind made the right decision there food Is completely soulless and very tasteless..Zero in the flavor department..fresh ingredients but completely tasteless 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
Cracker Barrel as a corporate entity is basically Orange Plump.
god i HATED working here
What was it like??
Jay the people who came in were assholes and had a god complex. my manager was the WORST. i was part time between there and school i was working about 36 hours (16 hours over part time). i was paid just below min wage.
very true. all of it's very true and other stuff is you can tell corporate all you want about the disgusting things you see there but they won't do anything about it. they don't care. My store got shut down by the health department.
and then it opened back up without a license illegally. then the fire marshal came along and noticed it was open and they shut it down but for different reason. fire code violations that they wouldn't fix. serious ones blocked fire exits stuck closed doors that were locked shut. non-working emergency lighting systems and fire suppression systems to stop the grease fire from exploding and taking bunches of lives at once. I quit before the store started going through opening and shut down opening and shut down wars between the government officials and corporate. corporate would keep opening it. government would keep shutting it down for safety concerns.
All they care about is money, money, money. never seen a company this corrupt yet.
I know the service is ok... But let's talk about the food!!! The last time I was in one of these poor excuse for a restaurant, was for breakfast...scamble eggs is what I ordered with a slice of ham. What I got....plain omelet that was shopped up and a bone with fat and a thin piece of meat.
Will I go back again???
NO!!!
When I said something about the eggs to server,I was informed that's what "corporate" wants scramble eggs done....
that was an Uncle Hershel...okay you were unhappy you could hve had the meal Comped if you talked to the manager....YOU IDIOT
I agree service isn't the problem but the food totally fcking sucked🤢🥺🥺
I still love the food
I don't think I will patronize cracker barrel
I read your article, and the facts you state about the Brooklyn, OH Cracker Barrel. I live nearby, And in the article that Mashed wrote there are so many errors on this case it’s embarrassing. For one thing Kate Allen was already separated from her husband at the time of the shooting. She took her two girls and they were living where he couldn’t find them. Kate invited him to the birthday dinner. She knew he had guns and was unstable. I hate to victim shame here but if you feel threatened enough to take your girls and leave your husband and live in hiding (knowing he has guns etc and is unstable) it’s probably not the best idea to let him know and invite him to the dinner. When the shooting happened, he brought in a shotgun. As far as being asked to hide in the freezer, this didn’t happen. He walked into the restaurant with a gun and there wasn’t any time to ask to hide in the freezer. He shot one of his daughters and his wife at the table and chased down another into the bathroom and shot her. The restaurant had little they could’ve done with an unstable person with a shotgun coming into the restaurant shooting up the place. Besides call the police.
So if the shooters wife would have broken the news of the divorce to him a Burger King, then it would be their fault?
Why didn't she make up a reason o meet him at the police dept.? Not CBs problem.
She asked for permission to hide with her two daughters in their walk in cooler. The manager said no. They would most likely still be alive.
8 Discontinued Cracker Barrel Dishes We Wish They'd Bring Back to the Menu: That snake 🐍 head breakfast with pickled chicken feet was delicious 🤤. Seriously 😳 my hillbilly mama loved 🥰 that dish.
The writer obviously has a bias against Cracker Barrel and wants to bad mouth them. There are bad stories about all food, retail, clothing, etc establishments and if you want to put them all together in an 11 minute video they would all sound bad. Cracker Barrel isn't my favorite place to eat but its also not my least favorite. I enjoy going there and will continue to even after watching this video.
Leadership ALWAYS starts at the top w/o exception!!!
These are perfect examples of the operating philosophy of CB's top management and the Board of Directors! If they "really" wanted to change it they could. It all starts at the top.
He didn't need to give away food!
I'm Not surprised by any this
Thanks! I will be going to Cracker Barrel even more so now.
That’s what I was thinking
Elkhart, Indiana
Heres a secret. They fire dedicated employees for no reason. WHY DID YOU FIRE ME CRACKER BARREL?!?!?!
they just fired my favorite manager. i wanna quit on them
I'll never eat here we have a couple... however I knew this place gave me bad vibes
Roi Taylor I ate there once and had the same vibe. I won’t say it’s a greasy spoon-there are some great greasy spoons-but it’s a tourist trap.
probably just ignorance on your part...but youll settle for cold fries at mickey Dees
@@charlie8234 lol please
I know cracker barrel have bad reputations . Im black and went to the one in new jersey and my mom aunts and realtives summer of 2011 and again flash forward 2016 with my mom &my aunt in summer 2016. All caussain black and hispanic employees . We had very nice waitress who was caussian nice diverse environment
Yes, I work at a Cracker Barrel and can confirm these are secrets we do not want you to know.
After hearing this, goodbye, Cracker Barrel. The way they treat their employees sickens me.
I totally agree.
I really hope they didn’t get a government bailout due to COVID-19....they are not a small business...just discriminatory.
And they wonder why I quit 😂
I was 17 years old working until 11-12 o’clock at night. EVERYTHING fell on the servers. I confided in my managers about personal things that were happening in my life and told them I was having a rough time so mentally ill it was making me physically ill. My managers didn’t want to hear anything about it and told me to suck it up and get back on the floor while throwing the whole shift. They don’t care about their employees. They care about making money and they don’t care who’s feelings they hurt or dreams they have to crush to get their money. Worst place I have ever worked.
Cracker is in the name. What did y'all really expect?
Oh that's stupid. You know, if blacks don't like going there....then GO SOMEPLACE ELSE....like a
Bar-B-Q joint! Or, do they just go there to start shit??? They shouldn't have paid those ones that sued either!! They made that shit up to get money! Blacks been doing alot of that lately.
@@Melinda8162 triggered much? How about you shut up and swallow. That's all you're good for anyway.
Corporate culture begins at the top. Enough said.
Home Office Lebanon Tenn.
That cheeseburger made my stomach feel really bad and a women luckily had a pink pill which helped me go to the bathroom.
Love cracker barrel,only regret is that they stopped the lumberjack breakfast. Otherwise food is usually consistently good!!!
Well how’s 2020 going ? Who are the owners ?
The shooting has nothing to do with cracker barrel. Our cracker barrel is awesome, all kind of staff. Everyone is welcome and treated with kindness. Food is delicious and people like working there. I know I do.
Cracker Barrel is a great job easy to get raises and move up! I enjoy the job
It’s no secret, but cracker offends me
Their food sucks anyway and great now they're discriminating against people? Not cool close shop already in my opinion
This is sad, but true. Cracker Barrel is known to discriminate. I truly got a bad experience, enough to send a message that i'm not wanted. Pay attention people, the writing is clearly on the wall.
True, and the pictures are on the wall also
stay triggered snowflakes
Who is Brad and his wife?
brad looked like a wreck
Complete CRAP!!! Ordered 3X food was cold and gross!!
Wha t above brads wife
I was at some of this restaurant during travel and I am was not impressed with food. Never want to come back
I knew a man who was over a food company he would not eat at any restaurant period
Must be a slow week
I've always loved Cracker Barrel home cook meals. Are very awesome now I see Cracker Barrel of taking advantage of their staff, and at this point will never eat at Cracker Barrel again shame on you guys you don't deserve to be in business when you rip off your employees
All restaurants discriminate against me ....
I have a southern accent and the seat Yankees first