Cracker Barrel Offers Holiday Meals and Memories

LEBANON, Tenn.--(Business Wire)--
As the holidays approach, you can rely on Cracker Barrel Old Country Store to
make things easier and more comfortable for you and your family. Cracker
Barrel`s Holiday Seasonal offerings will provide you with the opportunity to
enjoy a break from all the bustle and activity by sitting down to one of its
delicious and satisfying meals. And you can also bring some of this comfort home
to family and friends with Cracker Barrel`s traditional country hams,
sugar-cured hams, and fresh-baked whole pies in four appealing flavors.

Breakfast Feature - Served All Day!

So you can feel ready for a busy day as the holidays approach, Cracker Barrel is
offering its pleasing Holiday Breakfast Sampler. Celebrate all the season has to
offer by enjoying two eggs, cooked to order, hickory-smoked bacon, a sausage
patty and your choice of country ham or sugar-cured ham with Cracker Barrel
guest-favorite hashbrown casserole, and delicious fried apples. This comes with
sawmill gravy, grits, and, just for the holidays, your plate includes a sweet
cinnamon biscuit - one of Cracker Barrel`s signature made-from-scratch biscuits,
cut in half, and baked with a cinnamon sugar glaze. The sweet cinnamon biscuit
is a Cracker Barrel tradition that dates back many a year.

If you want something lighter as you prepare to navigate the day, try the Fresh
Fruit n` Yogurt Breakfast, a fresh new favorite. It features low-fat yogurt
topped with honey oat granola mix with pecans and almonds and is served with a
cranberry orange muffin, fresh pineapple chunks hand cut in the Cracker Barrel
kitchen, orange slices, a whole Gala apple, two farm fresh eggs cooked any way
you like them, and thick-sliced hickory smoked bacon or turkey sausage patties.
The full breakfast is $6.99 or for those looking for something lighter, try the
fresh fruit n` yogurt platter by itself for $5.99.

Lunch/Dinner Features - Served Daily Starting at 11 a.m.

In keeping with the spirit of holidays and memories, Cracker Barrel is featuring
one of its traditional dishes - the popular Roast Beef Dinner. Traditions make
this time of year so memorable, and that`s why Cracker Barrel has prepared their
thick-cut USDA Choice chuck roast the same way for years. It`s slow roasted in
the "pot roast" tradition with care and attention until you can cut it with a
fork, and it`s served covered with delicious beef gravy and your choice of three
country vegetables, plus biscuits or corn muffins.

Or try the Applefest Grilled Chicken Salad, which is a fresh and festive salad
that starts with marinated grilled chicken tenderloin on a bed of hand-torn
iceberg and romaine lettuce. Then Cracker Barrel adds hickory smoked bacon,
honey-glazed pecans, dried cranberries, and chunks of Gala apples. It`s topped
with blue cheese crumbles and served with a side of apple cider vinaigrette, all
for $7.99.

After your meal, make the holidays a little sweeter with a slice of a fresh
baked Cracker Barrel pie topped with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream. Four delicious
flavors are available: Pecan, Chocolate Pecan, Apple Pecan Streusel, and No
Sugar Added Apple (with No Sugar Added Ice Cream). You can also take home a
whole pie or give one as a gift to help celebrate the holidays. Pies are
available through December 24th.

You can carve out more time for family and friends by bringing home a Cracker
Barrel Ham, Traditional Country Ham, or Sugar-Cured Ham; just heat and serve so
you spend less time in the kitchen and more time with your family and friends.

While you`re at Cracker Barrel for a satisfying meal, think about getting some
of your holiday shopping done. You can select hams, whole pies, and gift baskets
for family and friends. There are three different gift baskets of Cracker Barrel
food products that start at $14.99, and you can also select whatever items you`d
like from the Cracker Barrel retail store to make your own custom basket.
Cracker Barrel offers free gift wrapping and will take care of shipping your
gifts anywhere you want them sent so you don`t have to do all that packing and
carrying yourself. All of this is to make the holidays a little easier for you!

Cracker Barrel will be offering these special meals at all locations from
November 2 through January 3.

About Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® restaurants provide a friendly
home-away-from-home in their old country stores and restaurants. Guests are
cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and
shopping that`s surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America`s
country heritage…all at a fair price. The restaurant serves up delicious,
home-style country food such as meatloaf and homemade chicken n` dumplins as
well as its signature biscuits using an old family recipe. The authentic old
country retail store is fun to shop and offers unique gifts and
self-indulgences.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in 1969 in
Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 591 company-owned locations in 41 states. Every
Cracker Barrel unit is open seven days a week with hours Sunday through
Thursday, 6 a.m. - 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. - 11 p.m. For more
information, visit: crackerbarrel.com.

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Julie Davis, 615-443-9266
jdavis@crackerbarrel.com

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