Buy American Mention of the Week, 5-26-13

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An Old Country Store with old-fashioned values
Our Buy American Mention of the Week!
by Roger Simmermaker
May 24, 2013

Whenever you walk into a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant, the first thing you'll run into is their "Made in USA" display of all American-made products. And when I say it's the first thing you'll "run into" I mean that literally, because once you pass through the entrance doors, if you keep going straight, you will actually run right into this display of all American-made products.

Part of the motivation behind Cracker Barrel's decision to have a made-in-USA-only section in its Old Country Store was because consumers and patrons kept "running into" souvenirs, gifts, trinkets, keepsakes, and knick-knacks made in other countries, and they made sure that the management knew that they were unhappy about it. Among the store managers I talked to, the consensus was that the company simply felt it just wasn't right to offer so many products with the American flag or other American symbols on them that weren't made in America. And I'm pretty sure that most conscientious and concerned Americans would agree. I know that I do!

Browsing through the patriotic-theme products of Cracker Barrel's Old Country Store, patriotic Americans can't help but get the feeling that they've walked into the right place. And if they're Americans who express their patriotism through their consumer purchases, Americans who like to vote with their wallets, checkbooks, and credit cards every day and not just on Election Day, then Cracker Barrel's Old Country Store really is a dream come true.

Among the terrific variety of patriotic-theme products Cracker Barrel carries in their "Made in USA" section, you'll find:

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