How To Get Free Food For A Year At Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel will name five winners who enter their giveaway by proposing marriage and posting a video on Instagram, and those winners will receive free food for a year.

By Brian Scheid | Updated

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This could be your chance to be a big winner and get free food at your local Cracker Barrel restaurant for an entire year. The company has announced that they will be awarding five lucky winners who participate in its promotion between the dates of February 10 and February 16, but there is a small catch to be eligible to win the prize. You will need to make a marriage proposal to your girlfriend or boyfriend at one of their restaurants, capture it on video, and then post it to their Instagram account.

Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and if you have been thinking about popping the big question in conjunction with the annual celebration of love, this could be a win-win situation for you and your future bride or groom. Searching for the perfect scenario to ask the person you love the most important question of your life is a stressful undertaking. Especially in this day and age when social media is overrun by creative marriage proposals that you have to try to compete with. 

Back in the day, you would only have the past proposals that were made within your circle of family and friends that were relayed during gatherings and through the stories that were being told. These days, the bar is set much higher as the most creative ones are captured by video and wind up going viral for the whole world to see. This promotion is starting in a mere four days, and there is a good chance that if you already have been planning to take the leap of faith that they will say yes to your proposal, then you probably already are in possession of an engagement ring.

All that is left is the perfect atmosphere in which to make the proposal, and if they are avid fans of dining at Cracker Barrel, then this could be the perfect place to spring your surprise. After the proposal is recorded at a Cracker Barrel restaurant and you post it to their Instagram account tagging @crackerbarrel, it is also required that in the caption you explain why you chose Cracker Barrel to propose to your loved one. That is not the only requirement and according to CNN Business, “Candidates also need to hashtag their post with #ISaidYesAtCrackerBarrel and #Contest and follow the restaurant’s official Instagram account.”

The company will then select the five best submissions to be awarded free Craker Barrel for a year.  The website does not say whether these winners will be chosen at random or if it might have something to do with the performance of the post to their Instagram account but either way, five lucky couples will be selected for free food for an entire year. 

Now, if you are not ready to pop the big question, they are also running a promotion between February 10 and 14. If you purchase one of the following entrees: Build Your Own Homestyle Breakfast, Classic Sampler (two favorites or three favorites), Meatloaf, Roast Beef, Homestyle Chicken, Chicken Fried Chicken, Country Fried Steak, Smoky Southern Grilled Chicken, Tips, Tenders & Shrimp Platter, or Skillet Sirloin Streak you will receive a free dessert choice of Double Fudge Coca-Cola Cake or Biscuit Beignet. That is a win for everyone and not only future newlyweds.