Monday, May 22, 2023

Another One Bites the Dust

 The Jackson Cracker Barrel is now closed.  





49 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lemme get a rockin chair for free

Anonymous said...

I remember when they opened. A representative from corporate walked into our office in Ridgeland and gave everyone a good voucher for a free meal.

Anonymous said...

KF you should really have a post listing all of all the stores and restaurants that has fled Jackson over the past 5 years

Anonymous said...

Im surprised they stayed in that hell hole as long as they did.

Anonymous said...

Another decline in City revenues. Too bad the Administration doesn’t get it

Anonymous said...

9:28 How about the list of employers as well. And residents and the spending power they took with them.

Excellent Judge of Character said...

Good gosh!! This is devastating. It’s not like these decisions are made overnight. God bless that entire corridor of business.

Anonymous said...

they couldn't wait on HB 1020

Anonymous said...

Just around the corner from that part of the Frontage Road you've got Ridgewood Road north of Atkins to County Line that is completely lawless. Some bad ju-ju there.

Anonymous said...

Damn that place was covered up on Sunday.

Anonymous said...

That brand new gas station next door will be a gathering place for the local gangbangers!

Anonymous said...

"Damn that place was covered up on Sunday."

Yep, but locals on Sunday don't meet the business model of a nationwide business whose mission is to attract the traveling public.

Outback, Twin Peaks, Cracker Barrel. The boot store will be next if it's not already shuttered.

Anonymous said...

@10:31
Actually QT quick trip is super clean and has full security. Did our moron mayor address Cracker Barrel leaving during his weekly presser? I live in NE Jackson but I have a medical practice in Madison county. Other mayors don’t hold weekly press conferences bc they’re actually working and not talking. Let’s be fair though to Lumumba bc talking oops I mean lying is all he can do. It’s funny bc anyone can tell he’s lying. He thinks he’s so smart yet it’s nearly comical to other leaders in metro Jackson as they call him a laughing stock

Anonymous said...

Next!

Anonymous said...

Now the "Breakfast Club" may have to meet around the new gas pumps next door eating crackers and drinking bottled water while relieving themselves in the creek.

Anonymous said...

That gas station really overshadows it. I was just there a week ago. The food really declined.

Anonymous said...

The Chokwe Lumumba’s of this country, and those supporting them, ruin everything - for everybody else.

And it looks like corporate America, while still mostly unwilling to take a vocal public stand against leftism including “trained Marxists” (Black Lives matter Patrisse Cullors words), may be saying times up for these cities that use lawlessness - as a means of control.

P. S. 4;26 AM, sorry, but there are those that actually believe this fool Lumumba.

Anonymous said...

Who cares

Anonymous said...

Choker has been nominated man of the year for Madison county for facilitating exponential growth in Madison County

Anonymous said...

Did y’all react this way when backyard burgers closed in Madison? No, because y’all are political partisan hacks and you know it.

Geez, it’s just a chain restaurant. Those come and go.

Anonymous said...

Do you think Cracker Barrel closing has anything to do with the unrelenting crime, lack of reliable potable water, lack of reliable garbage service, or higher local sales tax they have to charge than neighboring communities?

Anonymous said...

Flee!! Flee for your lives!!

Anonymous said...

When those businesses were open, Cracker Barrell, Twin Peaks, & Outback, there were more Ford trucks broken into or stolen in those parking lots than anywhere else in the state. People can say this isn't about the mayor, but tell me how many other cities are experiencing a mass exodus of residents and businesses? Yes, Backyard Burger close, but that Franchise went belly up. Cracker Barrel closed the location. There is a big difference.

Anonymous said...

Atlas Shrugged. Cracker Barrel style. Marxists will eventually run out of productive citizenry.

Anonymous said...

JACKISTAN is in a death spiral. Keep electing the same idiots and you get what you deserve.

Anonymous said...

Will be amusing to read minor leaguer Franklin's take on this closing. You're watching the next Highway 80 transformation in real time.

Anonymous said...

I was in the Madison Sally's Beauty Supply and mentioned that the one in Ridgewood Court had closed and the manager told me that the theft was so bad, they couldn't keep any stores open in Jackson.

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, theives and murderers got to keep on stealing and murdering to stay in business. Oh, where will they go?

Anonymous said...

We really are in a spiral as a society.

There are too many lazy people and too many criminals for the few, rare decent people to support.

I don't know how this ever gets better in my lifetime.

Anonymous said...

Please tell me more about a gas station having security. There's a famous restaurant on 80 in Jacktown that has an old guy in a blue uniform sitting on a stool out front. Now THAT is 'security', jacktown style.

Anonymous said...

@ 7:42 your attitude is EXACTLY what is killing Jackson MS

Anonymous said...

I hope the media and the "pseudo media online" credits you because they're ALL posting these same pics. Don't take from the man if you won't acknowledge him. IJS

Anonymous said...

A company spokesman stated that the closure is because of not recovering from the pandemic.

But wait, their Pearl location is doing fine. Wasn't there also a pandemic in Pearl?

Bovine scatology.

Spokesman is being PC. It's because of the crime! Duh!

MBrookes said...

According to the US Census Bueau, Jackson has surpassed San Francisco to become the city losing the most population in the country. Wonder why?

Anonymous said...

@7:42, right because a poorly-run fast food joint struggling to compete with the goldmine Chick-fil-a next door is the same situation as this.

Anonymous said...

@7:42 If you do not know the difference between a drive in fast food business and a sit down restaurant you need to wake up. Cracker Barrel restaurants in Pearl and Brookhaven are booming. No one wants to have their car broken in while eating or mugged on the way out, The I 55 corridor has become a thugs haven and the idiot running Jackson into the ground along with the racist that keep him in office are at fault. I sold my businesses and home in Jackson and got out before this last decline.

Anonymous said...

It never had easy access. I’m sure that and not having a reliable source of clean water didn’t help.

Anonymous said...

@ "According to the US Census Bueau, (sic) Jackson has surpassed San Francisco to become the city losing the most population in the country. Wonder why?"

Because Jackson is worse.

Anonymous said...

So, I've read all the previous posts, and I'm always perplexed at the comments on stories like these: why are there posters who want to obfuscate the reason everyone knows is true on why they closed this single location? What do you stand to gain by that? The reason for its closure is undeniable ("settled science," to use a phrase you prefer), so why say otherwise? To deny it seems to be counterproductive to helping solve the underlying problem. It's like an idiot I saw on Nextdoor last week who believes he has the solution to Jackson's continued decay. He said he stays frustrated with it every day, and his solution was to repeat the following 5 times, at 3 different times of the day (paraphrased): "Every day, in every way, Jackson is getting better." So, lying to yourself 15 times a day is somehow going to make this city better? I can't see how lying to yourself 15 times a day will even make YOURSELF better!

Anonymous said...

Amen 1:59.

Until the drunk admits he has a problem and wants help, its pointless.

Jackson is full of alcoholics that don't see themselves as sick.

They would rather lie about the plight of Jackson than do the hard work to fix it. Wasting anyone's time, until they really admit the REAL source of the problems. And I don't expect that to happen in my lifetime.

Anonymous said...

I-55 North is looking more and more like Hwy. 80! There is no longer a "nice" part of town. No more crackers, no barrel needed!

Anonymous said...

Heard there’s a pawn shop coming to old CB location.

Anonymous said...

It's just a perception of closing businesses. Right?

Anonymous said...

"No more crackers, no barrel needed!"

Gotta admit, that's dang funny!

Valinda said...

Why does Madison County always get pulled into Jackson’s mess? We are a separate entity. Jackson is all of our capital city, but surrounding counties want nothing to do with Antar period!!! Is it really shocking Cracker Barrel “pulled up stakes”? Other restaurants are going to follow suit too!! There is no sound tax base because Jacksonian’s would rather patronize our businesses, or other municipalities as I previously stated!!! Hinds county tags are all over Madison County. In our shops/stores, etc. I live in Gluckstadt. I can speak on what I know are facts. Failed leadership plus crime have driven away good companies and citizens!!!!

Anonymous said...

It failed due to poor marketing. All they had to do was change their name to "Crack Barrel".

Anonymous said...

Embarrassed while traveling in Colorado talking to a stranger when he mentioned stopping in Jax at this Cracker Barrel. Said it was like no one wanted him to be there. He finished and got out quick. Mississippi can no longer claim to be the Hospitality State.

Anonymous said...

Meh. That place served trash food anyway. Hopefully a locally owned restaurant will take over the space. Little Tokyo and Amerigo are already moving back into the city from the suburbs. Won't take long for another business to capitalize on the high traffic along frontage road.

Anonymous said...

I hate this. I really liked going there. And I always had fun going through the store. This sucks.



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