Cracker Barrel becomes latest company to flee Portland amid rising crime, retail theft

[seafoam1 1,878]

Portland is just one of many shltholes that businesses no longer want to be in.

Biden's America.

 

 

Cracker Barrel this week became the latest company to announce it is leaving the Portland, Oregon, area shortly after Walmart announced its departure following comments from the CEO that crime and theft were taking their toll.

Cracker Barrel, which has over 600 locations nationwide, blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for its decision to close its final eateries in the Portland metro area.

"As a standard course of business, we continually evaluate the performance of our stores, using various criteria to ensure we are meeting the needs of our guests and our business," the company said in a statement.

"With that, we are saddened that we have been unable to overcome the impact the pandemic had on our business and have made the difficult decision to close the Beaverton, Tualatin, and Bend locations on March 20. The decision to close a store is never one we take lightly, and our focus right now is in assisting our impacted employees during this transition."

In a statement to Fox Business asking for specifics on what aspects of the pandemic led to the closures, a Cracker Barrel spokesperson said, "Like so many other companies, the pandemic impacted our business, and we have struggled to staff and profitably run these stores. Despite the extra efforts made, we couldn’t viably continue to keep our doors open."

Just a few months earlier, Walmart’s CEO had warned that stores will close if retail crime, a significant issue across the country and specifically in Portland, did not subside.

"Theft is an issue. It’s higher than what it has historically been," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in December on CNBC. He added that "prices will be higher and/or stores will close" if authorities don’t crack down on prosecuting shoplifting crimes.

Crime and homelessness have been a growing issue in Portland over the last couple of years, and the Daily Mail reported that over 2,600 downtown businesses have filed a change of address with the U.S. Postal Service.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/cracker-barrel-becomes-latest-company-flee-portland-amid-rising-crime-retail-theft

[Voltaire 4,550]

Don't worry Portland, there's still plenty of other places to rob for the time being.

[Voltaire 4,550]

Unwanted leftoid turds fleeing the sh*tholes they create are turning places like Arizona blue.

[seafoam1 1,878]

2 minutes ago, Voltaire said:

Unwanted leftoid turds fleeing the sh*tholes they create are turning places like Arizona blue.

 

[Engorgeous George 1,138]

8 hours ago, Voltaire said:

Unwanted leftoid turds fleeing the sh*tholes they create are turning places like Arizona blue.

Colorado suffered this fate 20 years ago.  Californians fleeing their state brought their politics with them.  Instead of the state being red with Denver, Boulder, and Aspen being blue now they are leaking into the suburbs and even rural areas.  Pretty solid blue state now, though maybe some push back has started.

[squistion 875]

19 hours ago, seafoam1 said:

Portland is just one of many shltholes that businesses no longer want to be in.

Biden's America.

 

 

Cracker Barrel this week became the latest company to announce it is leaving the Portland, Oregon, area shortly after Walmart announced its departure following comments from the CEO that crime and theft were taking their toll.

Cracker Barrel, which has over 600 locations nationwide, blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for its decision to close its final eateries in the Portland metro area.

"As a standard course of business, we continually evaluate the performance of our stores, using various criteria to ensure we are meeting the needs of our guests and our business," the company said in a statement.

"With that, we are saddened that we have been unable to overcome the impact the pandemic had on our business and have made the difficult decision to close the Beaverton, Tualatin, and Bend locations on March 20. The decision to close a store is never one we take lightly, and our focus right now is in assisting our impacted employees during this transition."

In a statement to Fox Business asking for specifics on what aspects of the pandemic led to the closures, a Cracker Barrel spokesperson said, "Like so many other companies, the pandemic impacted our business, and we have struggled to staff and profitably run these stores. Despite the extra efforts made, we couldn’t viably continue to keep our doors open."

According to the company it was the pandemic and its aftermath that was responsible for the stores closing, not rising crime or theft.

[seafoam1 1,878]

2 minutes ago, squistion said:

According to the company it was the pandemic and its aftermath that was responsible for the stores closing, not rising crime or theft.

Crime and homelessness have been a growing issue in Portland over the last couple of years, and the Daily Mail reported that over 2,600 downtown businesses have filed a change of address with the U.S. Postal Service.

The Biden mishandling of covid also contributed. I won't deny that. No one can deny that and be correct. Add it to the liberal crime and that's a combination of complete failure.

[RLLD 3,455]

For those inclined to it, there is opportunity here.  These metro areas tend to have a somewhat cyclical gyration  between being sh!tty and being better.

Not unlike the stock market, buy in as liberals ruin the locality, and later when the polticial winds change and conservatives take hold, enjoy the increase in value of your investment as good people return. 

[seafoam1 1,878]

16 minutes ago, RLLD said:

For those inclined to it, there is opportunity here.  These metro areas tend to have a somewhat cyclical gyration  between being sh!tty and being better.

Not unlike the stock market, buy in as liberals ruin the locality, and later when the polticial winds change and conservatives take hold, enjoy the increase in value of your investment as good people return. 

That's what that guy who is buying out all of downtown Detroit has been doing. But he has to sit on that money spent for quite a while though.

[Voltaire 4,550]

44 minutes ago, RLLD said:

For those inclined to it, there is opportunity here.  These metro areas tend to have a somewhat cyclical gyration  between being sh!tty and being better.

Not unlike the stock market, buy in as liberals ruin the locality, and later when the polticial winds change and conservatives take hold, enjoy the increase in value of your investment as good people return. 

Conservatives never take hold. You either get a corporate insider Democrat or an insane leftoid freak.

[RLLD 3,455]

50 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

That's what that guy who is buying out all of downtown Detroit has been doing. But he has to sit on that money spent for quite a while though.

Sure, Patience is required. 

[Alias Detective 1,177]

20 hours ago, seafoam1 said:

Cracker Barrel blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for its decision to close its final eateries in the Portland metro area

Huh?

[RLLD 3,455]

21 minutes ago, Voltaire said:

Conservatives never take hold. You either get a corporate insider Democrat or an insane leftoid freak.

That is not what I have seen.  Perhaps the most well-known example would be Giuliani coming to prominence in NYC and unfocking that situation the Democrats created.

[seafoam1 1,878]

5 minutes ago, Alias Detective said:

Huh?

Beats me. 

But I imagine the shutdowns are both related to city violence and Biden's closing down of the economy for reasons he blamed on the chinese flu. 

[Hardcore troubadour 12,556]

Portland will soon be joining the list of dead American cities.  I wonder who they will blame? 

[MDC 5,875]

1 hour ago, RLLD said:

That is not what I have seen.  Perhaps the most well-known example would be Giuliani coming to prominence in NYC and unfocking that situation the Democrats created.

There have been fewer murders in NYC in every year since Giuliani left than in his best year as mayor.  

[seafoam1 1,878]

9 minutes ago, MDC said:

There have been fewer murders in NYC in every year since Giuliani left than in his best year as mayor.  

Being factually wrong is a strong suit of yours.

Being a complete buffoon in life is a hobby you perfected. 

[WhiteWonder 2,170]

Nice misleading thread title, semenfoam (fox)

so Cracker Barrel is closing due to continued covid-19 strains on its business and because Walmart recently said that it MAY exit the area because of increased theft you determined that Cracker Barrel is closing its locations because of retail theft?

[seafoam1 1,878]

24 minutes ago, WhiteWonder said:

Nice misleading thread title, semenfoam (fox)

so Cracker Barrel is closing due to continued covid-19 strains on its business and because Walmart recently said that it MAY exit the area because of increased theft you determined that Cracker Barrel is closing its locations because of retail theft?

It's funny how things like this bring the stupid people out like yourself. 

Another liberal crime denier. Companies are fleeing Portland and staying in other areas of the country. Last I checked, the whole country had the chinese flu.

Brilliant liberal logic from whitishbrownwonderousskidmarks yet again. 

[WhiteWonder 2,170]

7 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

It's funny how things like this bring the stupid people out like yourself. 

Another liberal crime denier. Companies are fleeing Portland and staying in other areas of the country. Last I checked, the whole country had the chinese flu.

Brilliant liberal logic from whitishbrownwonderousskidmarks yet again. 

And yet I am far more conservative than liberal. 
 

moronic topics like this by unintelligent people and bad headlines by fox make me glad I’m not a blind sheep, though. 

[Voltaire 4,550]

I'm sure Portland and their retarded voters will figure a path out of this situation and it'll probably be pretty funny.

[paulinstl 295]

23 hours ago, seafoam1 said:

Portland is just one of many shltholes that businesses no longer want to be in.

Biden's America.

 

 

Cracker Barrel this week became the latest company to announce it is leaving the Portland, Oregon, area shortly after Walmart announced its departure following comments from the CEO that crime and theft were taking their toll.

Cracker Barrel, which has over 600 locations nationwide, blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for its decision to close its final eateries in the Portland metro area.

"As a standard course of business, we continually evaluate the performance of our stores, using various criteria to ensure we are meeting the needs of our guests and our business," the company said in a statement.

"With that, we are saddened that we have been unable to overcome the impact the pandemic had on our business and have made the difficult decision to close the Beaverton, Tualatin, and Bend locations on March 20. The decision to close a store is never one we take lightly, and our focus right now is in assisting our impacted employees during this transition."

In a statement to Fox Business asking for specifics on what aspects of the pandemic led to the closures, a Cracker Barrel spokesperson said, "Like so many other companies, the pandemic impacted our business, and we have struggled to staff and profitably run these stores. Despite the extra efforts made, we couldn’t viably continue to keep our doors open."

 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/cracker-barrel-becomes-latest-company-flee-portland-amid-rising-crime-retail-theft

Ignore this part, why? 

 

Trolling I guess, Waste of time you are.

[squistion 875]

1 hour ago, WhiteWonder said:

Nice misleading thread title, semenfoam (fox)

so Cracker Barrel is closing due to continued covid-19 strains on its business and because Walmart recently said that it MAY exit the area because of increased theft you determined that Cracker Barrel is closing its locations because of retail theft?

Yes. A logic disconnect. 

[seafoam1 1,878]

1 hour ago, WhiteWonder said:

And yet I am far more conservative than liberal. 
 

Sure you are. 

[seafoam1 1,878]

56 minutes ago, paulinstl said:

Ignore this part, why? 

 

Trolling I guess, Waste of time you are.

Raging woke liberal denies liberal violence? Shocking I tell you.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 2,484]

1 hour ago, Voltaire said:

I'm sure Portland and their retarded voters will figure a path out of this situation and it'll probably be pretty funny.

It's a new movement - DPA.  "Defund the Police Again"