Why? Because of this? The man was warned repeatedly and reminded repeatedly about the policy. If they gave free food to everyone that was homeless or had a hard luck story, paying customers wouldn’t be able to get in the door.
IMO Cracker Barrel did nothing wrong and the article pulling in this guy’s vet status is nothing more than a sympathy ploy. Vet or no vet, 73 or 18, he disobeyed the policy.
So it wasn’t his first time? That explains it
If he had been told repeatedly not to do it...and continued...CB has every reason to fire him
Not only its loss of inventory and money...in some areas it could be considered a health code violation
There is another factor behind the policy -- potential lawsuits from homeless people who claim they choked on a muffin or contracted food poisoning from a muffin or were illegally discriminated against because their free muffin was smaller than someone else's muffin.