Who owns Cracker Barrel? | The US Sun

Publish date: 2024-04-27

CRACKER Barrel is popular throughout the United States.

The restaurant and gift store chain's history dates back more than five decades.

Who owns Cracker Barrel?

Cracker Barrel was founded by the late Dan Evins.

The businessman was born on October 11, 1935, in Smithville, Tennessee and died on January 14, 2021, in Lebanon, Tennessee.

On September 12, 2011, Sandra B. Cochran became the president and CEO of the Southern country-themed chain.

According to the company's website, other head employees include:

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When was Cracker Barrel founded?

Cracker Barrel was founded by Evins on September 19, 1969, in Lebanon, Tennessee.

The eatery's website states: "What Evins had in mind was the kind of place he'd been to hundreds of times as a boy. It was a place called the country store, something every small community once had. Out West, they called them trading posts; up North, they were general stores.

"Where Evins grew up, in Middle Tennessee, they were old country stores, and Evins figured maybe folks traveling on the big, new interstate system might appreciate a clean, comfortable, relaxed place to stop in for a good meal and some shopping that would offer up unique gifts and self-indulgences, many reminiscent of America’s country heritage."

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The success of the first Cracker Barrel Old Country Store led to the creation of 13 more stores and the expansion from Tennessee to Georgia by 1997, according to the website.

As of May 2023, there are 661 Cracker Barrel locations across the United States, as per ScrapeHero.

What are the Cracker Barrel rocking chairs?

Customers can find rocking chairs on the front porch of all Cracker Barrel locations.

According to Country Living, they are created by the Hinkle Chair Company, "a five-generation family business that was founded in 1834 in Springfield, Tennessee."

As reported by Eat This, Not That!, each year, the company produces almost 200,000 rocking chairs for the restaurant and gift store chain.

According to Mashed, customers can buy their own Hinkle chair at any Cracker Barrel location or online for $190.

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