Doug Hisel, Senior Vice President, Store Operations, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | Real Leadership

Podcast: Real Leadership · real-leadership

Opublikowano: 2026-10-05

What happens when a leader running nearly 660 stores decides the answer is less strategy, not more? Doug Hisel is Senior Vice President of Store Operations at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. He oversees field operations for the restaurant and retail sides of nearly 660 stores across 43 states. His path started far from the executive suite. He was a college bartender at Ruby Tuesday who spent eight years running independently owned restaurants, and he joined Cracker Barrel in 2007 as an associate manager in Indianapolis after his wife submitted his application for him. Nearly two decades later, he has held...