Cracker Barrel Offers Holiday Meals and Memories

LEBANON, Tenn., Oct 29, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
CBRL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- As the holidays approach, you can rely on Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store(R) 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(R) 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 | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) 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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SOURCE: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

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

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