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The Southern Breakfast Chain That Cracker Barrel Is Running Into The Ground By Laura Christine Allan Nov. 5, 2025 8:20 pm EST

Cracker Barrel has become not only a household name since it opened in 1969, but something of a restaurant empire. In 2019, Cracker Barrel purchased Maple Street Biscuit Company to add to its brand acquisitions. Beloved for its spicy chicken breakfast sandwiches as well as flaky, sweet biscuits, this chain had 28 locations at the time it was bought (not including the five franchise locations). Over the next five years, the company more than doubled that number to 69 location of this Southern-inspired breakfast chain.

Unfortunately, there have been signs that Cracker Barrel isn't doing so well , and one such sign is the nume

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