Senior Nutrition & Recipe Data Lead

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental, Vision

401k with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation

Stock purchase program

Job summary

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is seeking a Nutrition Subject Matter Expert at our Store Support Center.

You will own nutrition data, allergen management, labeling, and regulatory compliance, ensuring accurate information for menus and digital channels. You will lead recipe costing governance and supervise a Food Cost Analyst, while collaborating with Culinary Innovation and cross-functional teams to translate development data into approved product data and downstream systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, Food Science, Culinary Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in nutrition, recipe management, product costing, foodservice systems, or related functions.
• Certification: Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) required.
• Restaurant or foodservice industry experience preferred.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects and business processes preferred.
• Prior people leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Cracker Barrel’s nutrition subject matter expert, responsible for nutrition analysis, labeling, allergen management, ingredient statements, and regulatory compliance.
• Own and maintain nutrition data and related systems, ensuring accurate and timely information for core menus, tests, promotions, digital channels, and guest-facing nutrition and allergen resources.
• Own recipe data governance, establishing standards and controls to ensure recipe, nutrition, allergen, and costing data is accurate, consistent, and validated throughout product development and commercialization.
• Partner with Culinary Innovation and cross-functional teams to ensure recipes and supporting data are accurately translated from development into approved product data and downstream business systems.
• Lead recipe costing governance and oversee the Food Cost Analyst responsible for day-to-day recipe costing and food cost analysis, ensuring reliable information to support product development and business decisions.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Food Cost Analyst, establishing clear priorities, standards, processes, and expectations.
• Monitor nutrition trends, consumer needs, and regulatory developments and provide recommendations regarding potential implications and opportunities for the business.
• Identify and lead improvements to recipe, nutrition, and costing systems, processes, reporting, and workflows to increase accuracy, efficiency, and effectiveness.

Skills

Nutrition experience

Cross-functional collaboration

People leadership

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition/related

Job description

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is seeking a Nutrition Subject Matter Expert at our Store Support Center.

You will own nutrition data, allergen management, labeling, and regulatory compliance, ensuring accurate information for menus and digital channels. You will lead recipe costing governance and supervise a Food Cost Analyst, while collaborating with Culinary Innovation and cross-functional teams to translate development data into approved product data and downstream systems.