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Without even Looking I know that their management has Private Equity all over and probably recently gained ownership.
I'd guess (from the charts and brief 10-Q look) they got control in 2008ish and pumped it into the 2020 frame. A couple sale/leasebacks in 2021 area signaled they are ready for the dump.
I'd guess (from the charts and brief 10-Q look) they got control in 2008ish and pumped it into the 2020 frame. A couple sale/leasebacks in 2021 area signaled they are ready for the dump.
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Reason for targeting here from Wikipedia.
The company was criticized for anti-LGBT policies in the 1990s, which it reversed in response to backlash from the public and shareholders. In the early 2000s, Cracker Barrel was the subject of several civil rights lawsuits and a U.S. Justice Department investigation, all of which were settled.
Can't have that.
My initial suspect for controlled Demolition.
In September 2011, Sandra B. Cochran became the company's CEO and president. Cochran was the second woman in Tennessee to hold that office in a publicly traded company.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel#cite_note-Tennesssean_Allyn-56"><span>[</span>56<span>]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel#cite_note-57"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a> She held the position until August 2023
Not much info out there on here but they finally fired her in 2023 after a Pride mishap. And I did find the release where they hired her.
BOOKS-A-MILLION hahah hadn't heard that name in ages.
fishy background but hard to tell if its incompetence or mallice.
The company was criticized for anti-LGBT policies in the 1990s, which it reversed in response to backlash from the public and shareholders. In the early 2000s, Cracker Barrel was the subject of several civil rights lawsuits and a U.S. Justice Department investigation, all of which were settled.
Can't have that.
My initial suspect for controlled Demolition.
In September 2011, Sandra B. Cochran became the company's CEO and president. Cochran was the second woman in Tennessee to hold that office in a publicly traded company.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel#cite_note-Tennesssean_Allyn-56"><span>[</span>56<span>]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel#cite_note-57"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a> She held the position until August 2023
Not much info out there on here but they finally fired her in 2023 after a Pride mishap. And I did find the release where they hired her.
BOOKS-A-MILLION hahah hadn't heard that name in ages.
fishy background but hard to tell if its incompetence or mallice.
Seems like the BIG money standing for deliveries shifted in Aug from Pt and Silver to the big dawg... Gold.
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When the U.S. government added silver to its Draft List of Critical Minerals for 2025, most missed the significance of this. But for investors, this is no bureaucratic decision.It is Washington signalling that without silver, the machinery of modern life falters: energy systems, medical technologies, defence, and the digital economy all depend on it.
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