As you know, I don’t particularly care for Cracker Barrel (click here) primarily because they bill themselves as an Old Country Store. When you own and operate a REAL country store like I do, it grates that a slicked up chain store tries to call themselves one too by pretending they are something they are not. (Fact – 20% of Cracker Barrel’s sales come from their country store side of the house as they suck even more money out of people bored enough to shop there while they wait to eat there click here.)
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| Pisses Me Off Every Time I See It |
So I got a kick out of the following:
Daughter Reagan took Granddaughter Lily to Cracker Barrel for breakfast the other day. As they pulled into the parking lot and Lily saw their sign, she protested “Look Aunt Rea, Old Country Store, they stole our idea!” Lily got it!
Lily turns 8 today and hopefully a visit to Cracker Barrel is not on her schedule.
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| Reagan, Lily, Peanut and Ellie in a True Country Store – One That Sells MD 20-20 Which Could Lead to Seeing a Pink Elephant |
Note – I included this photo of Lily and Reagan despite the fact that Ellie and Peanut were purchased at the Cracker Barrel. The good Aunt Reagan gave in to Lily’s request.