Cracker Barrel changes its logo

“When Cracker Barrel took away the last piece of nostalgia you had left,” Rachel Love captioned a TikTok.

“It was just heartbreak,” Love told the Wall Street Journal. “My 14-year-old son was devastated.”

"This comes after the chain announced in July that it would start phasing out its iconic antique decor in favor of a more modern look."

I guess they are trying to kill what's left of the business. That old country stuff with the little store was the only thing appealing about it left.

I went to CB a few times many years ago and then went to one again a few years ago. Quality had dropped tremendously and it's not like it was that good to begin with. Plus it has all that bad history with hiring and so forth.

Anyway, the new logo looks terrible and generic. Fitting, I guess.

I cried and cried. That man and his barrel brought me hours of erotic pleasure.

There renovated one of the restaurants in my area- it looks good. Same vibe just freshened up. Can you imagine all the dust and grime on those nick knacks that have been hanging for 30’years?

Funnily, I am from a town near their corporate offices and knew a girl in HS (90s) who’s moms job was to scour the south to buy junk to hang at CB.

I think the breakfast food there is great still. That’s all I ever get.

I seriously loved going to Cracker Barrel with my mom.

Crapper Barrell

Must've hired a recent college MBA who decided to make changes to prove their doing something, like fuckin up a beloved chain. Lets hope it hits the skids.

Terrible service the last time i was in the restaurant. The manager and the company indeed heard about it, and not in an enjoyable way.

MAGA is melting down over this. And I love it.

They all seem fat.

They should just follow the example of Dunkin' Donuts which changed its name to " Dunkin'." It could just be called " Cracker."

They still have the best blueberry pancakes. Though I can live without all that Ye Olde General Store kitsch. And their other meals always looked overcooked.

The pandemic changed everything. The 'old folks' who made up the large segment of their customer base never came back (they aged out, got used to life without Cracker Barrel or the rising prices kept them home). Now they are struggling to create a new customer base.

I must say, the few times I ate there, I looked forward to the food only to feel underwhelmed afterwards.

Damn usually it has to be a company getting rid of a racist mascot to make right-wingers go into autistic meltdown mode. I guess they feel their cornpone culture is being attacked?

[quote] Must've hired a recent college MBA who decided to make changes to prove their doing something, like fuckin up a beloved chain. Lets hope it hits the skids.

They're probably in talks with Dylan Mulvaney's people right now!

I hate what the did to the 'k'. I love that huge flourish.

I waited tables at multiple restaurants during my college years. I made more money at Cracker Barrel than any other restaurant. The one I worked at was near the airport and it was easy to burn and turn tables with people rushing to make flights. I would make on average $75-150 a night in tips for an average dinner shift. That was a lot back then.

it's ugly, but so is the place

I hope it works better for you.

See, we can't even get it correct ourselves!

[quote]Damn usually it has to be a company getting rid of a racist mascot

Racist mascot?

Cracker Barrel’s Pride section. They sell so much Golden Girls merch in their stores.

They got rid of the cracker and the barrel.

R21, yes. Are you American or just dumb? Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemimina, The Land o Lakes and Leinenkugle's "Indian Maidens" Cleveland Indians, Washington Redskins, Cream of Wheat, Eskimo Pies etc. Rightwingers still cry about this.

R17 good for you. What degree did you earn and have you had a good career?

Why? Will it please the crackers who go there?

[quote]“My 14-year-old son was devastated.”

MARY!

"Tonight - it's your turn in the barrel."

[quote]Its an very old army joke. A new recruit to a remote outpost asks one of the garrison what they do for sex as all the locals are hostile. The old sweat tells him “for that we have the barrel”. The recruit is repulsed by the idea but after a few weeks he is feeling very frustrated and goes to the old soldier. He gets lead to a courtyard where there is a barrel standing in the middle the soldier tels him to put his member in the bung hole. The recruit is dubious thinking he might be being made fun of but does as he is told. He finds he is getting the most fabulous experience the best blowjob of his life. Spent he finally withdraws and asks the old soldier when he can use the barrel. “Any time you want except for every second Tuesday!” . Curious he asks why not the second Tuesdays “That’s your turn in the barrel!”.

MAGAts think the new logo is woke:

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck added his commentary on Thursday, writing in a post on X, “Good morning @CrackerBarrel! You’re about to learn that wokeness really doesn’t pay.”

My sister & her husband went to a Cracker Barrel restaurant once, they said the food was okay, but, everyone in the place was yelling at the top of their lungs, as if they had never eaten in a public place before.

R22 Cracker Barrel assimilating to gays is a paradox. Like oil and vinegar. Or tasteful home decor and Arkansas.

I have never eaten at a Cracker Barrel in my life.

Is it any good?

It's popular among seniors and people in the mood something other than pizza/burgers and fries without getting adventurous. It's ham and meatloaf and potatoes and such...

They removed the man because he’s on the Epstein list.

[quote]He gets lead to a courtyard

Oh, dear!

Rebrand or not, it's still a barrel full of crackers, no?

Never been, never going. I'm not even sure they have any locations in California. I don't recall ever seeing them here.

[quote]I'm not even sure they have any locations in California.

They do, although it took them a long time to get here.

I agree the new logo is lame, but why would people who actually like the restaurant give a shit? If you like the service and food, then how will it change that? Performative outrage.

Personally I think it's not worth going to no matter the logo.

Those inbred yokels cook up some purty good grub.

Where are these Cracker Barrel restaurants? I've never heard of it, or seen one.

Their logo removed the cracker and the barrel.

Never been - but I've seen signs for them.

First 9/11, now this. Somehow I think we'll all survive.

Any restaurant that serves chicken-fried steak can't be all bad.

I thought this company was ANTI-LGBTQ when I was was growing up. Publicly refusing to higher anyone gay. When did they suddenly become "woke".

[quote]publicly refusing to higher anyone gay.

it was the stuff of folk-lower.

Yep. Abou8t 20 years ago they did a 180 on the issue.

[quote] I have never eaten at a Cracker Barrel in my life.

[quote] Is it any good?

Don't look at the other patrons while you eat .

The name has been upgraded to Crostini Barrel.

[Quote] Performative outrage.

You’ve just taglined the internet

Oh good. What the United States needs more of is commercialism cleaved via political party.

It was the CEO's interview, in which she claimed that everyone loves the new logo and the restaurant redesign, that amped this up. The way she looks and talks and what she's doing fits the stereotype of how Middle America sees activist white women on the left. If she hadn't done the interview and kept out of the spotlight, the outrage would be simmering, but not so quickly to a boil. She probably wasn't a good fit for the brand.

But let's not forget that this is largely what the outrage is about;

Giving MAGA something--anything--to be outraged about rather than talking about the real issue at hand

[quote]The 'old folks' who made up the large segment of their customer base never came back [quote]

Sweetie, they're dead. Covid killed them. And if it didn't, Medicare cuts will.

I don't understand why the new logo is "woke" when the previous one had the gayest 'k' that ever 'k'ed.

I've never been to one. But I remember the Duck Dynasty controversy - first they pulled some of the merchandise, then they changed their minds and put it back. This was after Phil Robertson made all sorts of homophobic and racist remarks. Their white trash MAGAt customer base was more important to them. I couldn't care less if their business tanks.

Changed the logo but kept the food? That's like moving the tombstones but leaving the bodies!

I work at a Cracker Barrel.

The other day I heard an employee refer to some food as artisanal.

The manager on duty dragged him out back and shot him in the head.

He fucking shot him in the head.

[quote]MAGAts think the new logo is woke:

More proof that MAGAts are completely fucking retarded. How on earth could anyone see anything "woke" about this logo?

I think they're upset that they got rid of the old white guy in the previous logo, R57. But I don't speak MAGAt, so I'm not sure.

The MAGAts want desperately to talk about anything but Trump fucking up the world and fucking little girls. Russia bombed an American company yesterday

I've been to Cracker Barrel a few times on road trips. It's decent road food when your options are limited and you don't want fast food.

Of course, the hothouse flower prisspots here wouldn't be caught dead in a Cracker Barrel. Not even on a road trip in the middle of nowhere. They'd drive 50 miles out of their way to get to a Whole Foods.

[quote]Where are these Cracker Barrel restaurants? I've never heard of it, or seen one.

There are quite a few in the Northeast.

Byron Donalds came to Jesus in a Cracker Barrel parking lot.

"OOOHHHHH, uuuuuuh, Jesus, that was so fucking hot, man!"

Cracker Barrel is one of the better (as in ‘not terrible’ rather than good) dining options if you’re traveling on the interstate. Otherwise it’s Steak and Shake or fast food places. I don’t understand the kerfuffle about their logo.

[quote]I don’t understand the kerfuffle about their logo.

Because your IQ is above room temperature.

It’s really a stretch to call this redesign “woke.”

It’s just late stage capitalism blandification and a tightening of purse strings. It’s all business. If anything it’s the exact opposite of “woke.”

[quote] Cracker Barrel stock tanks after storm over logo change

(Reuters) – An ongoing attempt by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) to revamp its brand triggered a backlash and unleashed a selloff that wiped out most of the dining chain's year-to-date stock price gains.

The restaurant company on Tuesday unveiled a new logo that dispenses with the image of a seated, overall-clad man leaning against a barrel in favor of one that simply displays the chain's name against a barrel-shaped yellow silhouette. That prompted conservatives including Donald Trump Jr. as well as posters on Reddit and other social media sites to criticize the move.

The stock rose 0.7% in premarket trading on Friday after falling as much as 13% by midday the day prior.

Cracker Barrel's stock regained some ground later in the trading session, rising from an intraday low of $50.27 to close at $54.80, 7% lower on the day. Nearly four million Cracker Barrel shares changed hands on Thursday, compared to a daily average of about a million shares.

"It's understandable that they would want to do something to refresh their image," said Steven Sosnick, market strategist at IBKR, who noted that, like many other casual dining chains, Cracker Barrel has struggled to regain customers and revenues since the pandemic. "But in today's social media-dominated world, when nothing can occur without being commented on, it obviously bothered some people who feel a sense of nostalgia."

In June, Cracker Barrel reported a 0.5% increase in revenues for the third quarter of its fiscal year, along with a 1% increase in comparable store sales.

Those irked by Cracker Barrel's logo change included Donald Trump Jr., who posted "WTF is wrong with @CrackerBarrel??!" on X on Wednesday. Representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

"This matters because tradition matters," opined Nate Morris, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky, also on X.

"Our values haven't changed, and the heart and soul of Cracker Barrel haven't changed," the company said in a statement provided to Reuters.

Market analysts said they think the selloff says more about the role that social media plays in today's financial markets than it does about Cracker Barrel itself.

"Momentum rules, and social media can create a heck of a lot of both positive and negative momentum," said Sosnick.

Others, though, wonder just why a storm of outrage is causing such a big decline in the share price.

"To claim that Cracker Barrel is going down in price because it changed its logo leads me to believe maybe people don't really know why the stock is going down," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research.

"People go there for the food. They don't go there for the logo."

Tradition matters? LOL. It's a fucking corporate chain restaurant founded in 1969.

[quote] Tradition matters? LOL. It's a fucking corporate chain restaurant

Yes, and Coca-Cola is just a soft drink and Bud Light is just a light beer.

Their chicken and dumpling gravy tastes like school paste and water slurry. Yuck. I do love their pinto beans and chow chow relish.

But when are they going to announce that the Cracker Barrel man is starring in Cabaret?

Christopher Rufo needs to fuck himself with a rusty corroded pipe.

They literally did it so it would read better on the phone apps and save them money on ink when it's printed. That's it

[quote]yes. Are you American or just dumb? Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemimina, The Land o Lakes and Leinenkugle's "Indian Maidens" Cleveland Indians, Washington Redskins, Cream of Wheat, Eskimo Pies etc.

The guy sitting leaning on a barrel is not racist, you dumb fuck.

It’s where all the black folks go after church on Sundays.

The CEO truly is insufferable. Very in line with the woman who nearly destroyed Bud Light by hiring that fake tranny, Dylan Mulvaney. These people don’t know America beyond California and NYC.

Hands on hips R8 will state her boundaries to upper management and will not be ignored if you cross her. Be warned.

[quote]chow chow relish.

They make relish out of DOGS? This is an OUTRAGE!

Sounds like a publicity stunt. Their customers don't like change.

CEO needs a raise. When have you heard any news about this company in years? I doubt this will go into the Target category simply because drivers look for those restaurants while road tripping. Then again, Sheetz and, what do you call 'em (?), Buckees are filling that void.

"I ate everything at Cracker Barrel."

Dump is incensed.

This was a desperate attempt to salvage a sinking brand. Their sales never recovered from the covid nightmare. Quality went to shit long before covid though. I know from whence I speak as my elderly mother loves that dump. I miss the old clutter but truthfully they werent keeping it very clean and it looks much fresher and nicer in there now. I used to love their chicken fried steak but its awful now too. I havent orfered anything but breakfast from there in years now. The fat rednecks screaming about "woke" cant afford to eat there now anyway.

Husband and I stopped at one on a road trip a couple of years ago and I was surprised that they now serve alcohol and had Impossible burgers.

The piece of work CEO thinks they need to open a store in Times Square. The new interior design reminds me of a mall food court.

Cracker Barrel is a poor man's Perkins, which itself is a poor man's Denny's.

Cracker Barrel sucks. Just go to IHOP, at least their coffee is good.

Sorry Cracker Barrel is ten times better than IHOP. At least in my area.

My great aunt loved this restaurant. She was in her 90s and from the South. She raved about their turnip greens.

I have a great aunt who I like a lot. She is very special to me.

She recently turned 88 and our whole extended family— even the druggie cousins who are always on the outs— gathered to take her to Cracker Barrel.

My father’s idiot wife made a point to take a slew of photos to send to me as a “fuck you, you weren’t invited!” Mind you, she and my father never respond to texts or make any effort to stay in touch. So, her intent was clear. Plus, she’s been doing this shit for 40 years, so her game is a little stale.

But I live in California, which for this MAGAt crew was enough to earn me an unspecified hatred and ensure I wasn’t invited.

Anyway, I like Cracker Barrel well enough, but I thought “well, that’s certainly on the nose” when I saw where they had gathered.

R88, are we the same person?

R77- It's their new Somalian chefs probably.

I always thought it sounded kinda racist and they should change the name

[quote]Of course, the hothouse flower prisspots here wouldn't be caught dead in a Cracker Barrel. Not even on a road trip in the middle of nowhere. They'd drive 50 miles out of their way to get to a Whole Foods.

What's wrong with that, R60? Bet you're pissed because Mommy won't let you drive her car so you're stuck in your incel basement.

Oh, another stupid sort of non existent culture war being pushed through right wing echo chamber? I'm sure Charlie Kirk and Ted Cruz will be on it 3..2...1...

We’re here right now! They’ve updated the menu with new logo but not the huge sign or decor.

Exhibit A

The logo is the least of this chain restaurant's problems.

r93 looks like I hit a nerve! I'm also a big city professional gay but not a snob. Road trips across the US are one of my favorite things in the world. Unlike the prisspots here, I think it's very important for people to get out of their bubbles and experience new things.

When my parents were alive, I liked to take them to Cracker Barrel, since they could order things like chicken and dumplings, and vegetables cooked until soft. I didn't go there, though, until after they had changed their anti-gay hiring practices. Prior to that, LGB groups would stage "kiss-ins" as a protest.

I’m not a fan, but a Cracker Barrel was the last place where I had lunch with my dad before he died, so it has a little bit of nostalgia for me. No, the food didn’t kill him.

R15 is probably in talks with Trump

[quote] I didn't go there, though, until after they had changed their anti-gay hiring practices.

History I didn't know or didn't remember until seeing this lady...

R102, Thanks for posting that!

[quote]looks like I hit a nerve!

No, R98. This is what's known as calling you out as the idiot you are.

Best,

Guess who . . .

This is a perfect example of crazy woke feminists trying to erase/destroy traditional Americana.

White liberal women are very self-loathing about being white and American.

R104 you're a black hole of attention whoring.

r104 Love when people stick their snout in where it doesn’t belong because they don’t want to get left out, and when called on it posture like it was some kind of masterful piss take.

Poor R105. All his posts are complaining about "woke" something or other. Like a little dog yapping at a moving herd of elephants.

Their new slogan...

CRACKER BARREL... where the Waffle House crowd goes to feel upscale.

There were other similar chains that specialized in Southern cooking-- who remembers Po' Boys or Blackeyed Pea? But Cracker Barrel was the most successful.

I remember Black-Eyes Pea!

I see that Cracker Barrel invited a group of TikTok influencers to a pop-up in NYC(!), of all places, to get them to create videos saying how great the food is. Being the usual influencers who receive something of value and then praise it, they dutifully complied.

It would be better to replace the CEO with a 60-year old who would recognize that the problem has been the food quality, not the image. I saw where someone compared Cracker Barrel to Domino's. When Domino's was doing so poorly, it didn't rebrand. They worked on fixing the food and that turned things around.

R61 I live in the northeast None where I live. Maybe because I live in a metropolitan area. I looked it up, the locations I see are all at least 45 minutes away from me.

There's two near where I live but each one is at least fifteen miles from me and I never have a reason to be in those neighborhoods.

The food is the same as it’s always been. I doubt anyone birthing has actually been there recently.

[quote]There's two near where I live but each one is at least fifteen miles from me and I never have a reason to be in those neighborhoods.

"Those neighborhoods" = BLACKS

Cracker Barrel’s marketing fiasco shows investors are making woke a massive risk factor

The problem is not the food quality. It's the place is dirty. It takes labor to keep it clean, keep puzzles on the table, and so on. If they don't hvae the labor, they have to move to a less clutttered aesthetic, plus I'm sure the store wasn't selling much of anything anymore.

If they had made these changes gradually and quietly without any fanfare, most people probably wouldn't have noticed.

There's nothing "woke" about updating and modernizing restaurants. WTF is wrong with magatards? Was the restaurant some kind of white KKK hangout?

James Woods declared hell never step foot in one again as if he actually has.

I would be willing to bet a substantial sum that James Woods has never been inside Cracker Barrel.

Catchy and to the point.

[quote]The problem is not the food quality.

Yes, the problem has been the food quality. That's been widely stated for several years.

The food is fine! It’s cheap and served quickly.

[quote]There's nothing "woke" about updating and modernizing restaurants. WTF is wrong with magatards?

They're terrified of any kind of change, even some stupid restaurant logo.

The quality of the food isn't the problem...exactly. But the cooking is specifically cooked in an old-fashioned way, with the vegetables cooked until very soft. Most modern diners expect vegetables to be "tender-crisp". Their style of cooking is simply comfort food for many people, but it won't win any awards.

Two of the three largest stockholders in Cracker Barrel are BlackRock and Vanguard These two companies push DEI & ESG on companies they buy majority stock in.

It's comfort food for people who are dying off. Boomers remember their grandmas making stuff like this. Subsequent generations don't relate so much.

r117 New York Post - seriously?

Being emotionally invested in a corporation that isn’t paying one’s salary is a sign of emotional disregulation.

[Quote] “My 14-year-old son was devastated.”

Ma’am? Seek help for your son.

r130 you are not the boss of Datalounge.

Nostalgia is something people confuse with history. Hence, all this pearl clutching by MAGAts. The problem with nostalgia as a business model is that either people get tired of it or the fans start dying out. This whole segment (old fashioned, Southern style food) seems to be dying. The old cafeteria chains, more recent chains like Po'Folks (mentioned upthread), and Cracker Barrel. Bob Evans, which has more varied demographic than Cracker Barrel also has had problems. The usual complaint at all these places is that the quality has gone down, still you'd expect someone to have capitalized on other chains' problems. Most likely, the whole segment is just in decline.

I ate there once and the food was horrific. Keep in mind I am not a picky eater.

The hash browns au gratin casseroles were to die for. But everything else was to die of (greasy pork chops and so on)

Imagine the rage in evangelical land if Chik Fil-A were open on Sunday.

Cracker Barrel did a volte face on its antigay positions years ago. I guess the MAGATs missed it so this is their delayed "revvenge." Imagine being so fixated on the term Cracker as an IDENTITY that you embrace its insulting aspects of low intelligence and bigotry and demand these be displayed.

We have really entered a brand new level of stupid.

Rebranding is always way overpriced, and generally not very effective.

[quote]We have really entered a brand new level of stupid.

The board should have seen it coming when they hired her.

Just go to your local soup kitchen and you'll eat the same food.

[quote] I see that Cracker Barrel invited a group of TikTok influencers to a pop-up in NYC(!), of all places, to get them to create videos saying how great the food is.

A repeat of Dylan Mulvaney and Bud Light. The current CEO’s days are numbered.

Cracker Barrel loses almost $100M in value after divisive logo ‘refresh’

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Her interview was so elitist and tone deaf. She’s another one of those CEOs like the one who ran Bud Light into the ground and Kathleen Kennedy. Progressive female CEOs are bad for business.

Crack Her Barrel.

Damn I loved Po Folks ! They had the best fried chicken.

Will these changes affect the company’s subsidiary Biscuit Barrel in England?

The New Coke redux.

Many brands have simplified their logos so that they can also be used as smartphone app buttons. The old Cracker Barrel logo just wouldn't work as a smartphone app button; it was too complicated.

Daily Mail has an article about the CEO's interview about the change, and all the comments are trashing the woman as a woke liberal; some are trashing her for being a woman.

The older generation who loved this place is dying out, and they have to update their image to appeal to younger generations.

A few years ago (before Covid), research showed that Gen Z was all about experiences, including enjoying restaurant service. After Covid, Gen Z prefers to stay home on their phones and have DoorDash bring their food to them. So the decorations aren't going to make a big difference. The Sunday after-church crowd might miss them, but it's not like they're going to go to Pizza Hut instead.

Cracker Barrell is tasteless unseasoned "country cooking" for old folks with diet restrictions to choke down. Their coffee isn't even good. I'm so tired of this story. The right is hysterically trying to divert from real news. And the left keeps falling for it. Ffs.

Their sales were flat with declining profits in the years before COVID. I f they couldn't benefit from the decline of chains like Morrisons, they're never going to do well.

Like above posters said, they're trying to change their image because their main customer base of old people is dying off and younger people aren't interested in Cracker Barrel.

What really did them in was that disastrous interview with the CEO. This would have been a non-story had that snobbish cunt not gone on-air running her mouth treating their customer base with contempt. She will be gone by the end of September after she collects her multimillion dollar severance package.

*consumer

I’m telling you, women have proven to be a nightmare in top positions of big business. Even presidential candidate Carley Fiorina ran Hewlett-Packard into the ground. The list is endless when it comes to these women. For every bad male boss, there are 10 bad female ones.

[quote]"Those neighborhoods" = BLACKS

R116 is stupid. A special kind of stupid. A REALLY special kind of stupid.

[quote]I’m telling you, women have proven to be a nightmare in top positions of big business. Even presidential candidate Carley Fiorina ran Hewlett-Packard into the ground. The list is endless when it comes to these women. For every bad male boss, there are 10 bad female ones.

You mean like Enron, Worldcomm, Lehman Brothers, Chrysler, Sears, Adelphia Communications 🤡

R155 Mary Barra would like a word.

In a DM story linked somewhere above, only a couple lines were dedicated to a quote from a Cracker Barrel employee who, IMO, pointed out the real problem with CB these days, which is the food absolutely sucks. He also said that they are required to store and re-serve leftover food.

I had the misfortune last week of being in a large party of 23 people who had an early dinner there. The plans were made weeks ago, before the current media outrage over ... something.

The location we went to looked like the old CB in every respect. The only items with the new logo were the bags containing our flatware. The food was beyond stale. My chicken fried steak was hard and dry and chunks of the breading had peeled off and were missing from the plate. My mashed potatoes, and another's hashbrown casserole, were gray, that gray color potatoes get when they're held over a very long time. Mine were dry and crumbly.

Another friend's salad had iceberg lettuce and absolutely not a shred of anything else in the bowl, the lettuce streaked with brown. The biscuits and cornbread were so stale that they couldn't be sliced with a knife - they disintegrated. Some guy started rapping his biscuit on the table, and it was like a hammer, and it did not break. Only one member of the party returned any food because we all wanted to get out of there.

The service was good, and to my surprise, nobody wanted to discuss the current CB scandal. Because it's a big nothing anyway. But serving day-old and older food? That will kill this chain. I know I won't go back for that reason alone.

I'll say it again. The new logo is boring and generic. And the folksky cracker barrel country store inside the cracker barrels is one of the good things about it. This new approach will kill what's left of the brand. It's not being supportive of MAGA thinking to admit that. I'm calling it out because it's stupid, not because it's "woke".

And yes, the food quality has declined remarkably. That's where I would have focused first if I had wanted to save the company. But it's much more expensive to do that than to bring in a new logo and change a few menu items and say youre being new and fresh . This has the smell of the buffoons and vultures doing what they've done to so many American businesses.

That slop is horrid

I prefer Shoney’s.

HA!

Haha!

[quote] But serving day-old and older food?

[quote] But it's much more expensive to do that than to bring in a new logo and change a few menu items and say you're being new and fresh .

When are they installing their new and fresh American-style sushi bar?

When I lived in southern West Virginia, I frequently ate at the one Cracker Barrel. It wasn't half bad, although I discovered a lot of the food arrives frozen before it's served to customers.

Clearly, the new CEO is dumb as a brick if she didn't know how passionate CB's customer base is. Typically, Julie Masino couldn't have done any research to know that a "refresh" wouldn't be acceptable to her customer base, because that's what new CEOs do. They try to justify their ridiculous salaries by throwing out the old in favor of the new. It's like the whole New Coke debacle. I hope she loses her job.

When I lived in southern West Virginia, what's known locally as "The Coalfields," I ate at the local Cracker Barrel. The food wasn't half bad, although I learned much of the food arrives at the store frozen.

Typically, the new CEO, Julie Masino, tried to justify her ridiculous salary by jettisoning everything that made the typical store unique. Proving she knew nothing about what makes CB unique among the average casual dining offering.

Sure, it's old-fashioned. Ande, yes, it appeals largely to the grandma demographic. But I observed on my frequent visits, that CB also is a favorite with families. It looked to me that every seating was like a family reunion. And no one was complaining about the logo or the decor.

I hope Masino loses her job.

Why are so many posts repeated these days, not repeated verbatim, but almost. They are usually one after the other, or maybe separated by another post or 2.

Why are so many posts repeated these days, not repeated verbatim, but almost. They are usually one after the other, or maybe separated by another post or 2.

It's because this pile-of-shit website doesn't allow edits. I'm kicking around the idea of trying to get Stripe to threaten that they will suspend his merchant account if he doesn't get certain issues fixed. (They are major merchant agreement violations) Too busy right now, though.

Cracker Barrel quietly removes LGBTQ+ Pride and DEI page from website

[quote]It wasn't half bad

So it was also not even 2/3 good?