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"A Bud Lite Moment in the Making": Cracker Barrel Facing Major Backlash After Releasing New Logo
The Western Journal ^ | August 21, 2025 | Samuel Short

Posted on 08/21/2025 8:20:25 AM PDT by Fiji Hill

Has restaurant chain Cracker Barrel gone woke? The signs point to that conclusion after the company announced its latest rebranding effort.

On Tuesday, USA Today reported, Cracker Barrel plans to shed its recognizable logo — which it’s had since 1977 — featuring a man sitting in a chair leaning on a barrel next to the restaurant’s name.

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...


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To: Vermont Lt

“ It sounds like you seated yourself.”
Can’t remember. A saturday morning breakfast with the kids.


61 posted on 08/21/2025 10:11:11 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: PGR88

Well, there goes my appetite.


62 posted on 08/21/2025 10:12:04 AM PDT by Noumenon (Duty is as heavy as a mountain; death is as light as a feather. KTF)
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To: Fiji Hill

Go woke, go broke.


63 posted on 08/21/2025 10:14:52 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

It’s not just bad, it’s worse.

YouTuber WDW Pro is covering thus on its latest livestream...

https://www.youtube.com/live/qiLSqqXcTww?feature=shared

Cracker Barrel discussion start at about 49 minutes in.

Excellent analysis.


64 posted on 08/21/2025 10:19:11 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: DugwayDuke

Check our their stock.


65 posted on 08/21/2025 10:20:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Fiji Hill

I guess painting their rocking chairs in rainbow colors to celebrate “pride” month, didn’t alienate enough of their costumers. 🤦‍♀️

https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/cracker-barrel-faces-backlash-posting-celebratory-pride-month-rocking-chair-showing-true-colors


66 posted on 08/21/2025 10:21:44 AM PDT by ANKE69 (“I said once that it smells of authoritarianism in our country. Now it stinks.” Vitali Klitschko)
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To: DugwayDuke

And do a quick deep dive on the revenue restaurant versus retail.

The retail brings in a lot more money that I thought.

And I’ll bet the margins on the items sold in the store are far, far better.


67 posted on 08/21/2025 10:22:16 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: mewzilla

https://investor.crackerbarrel.com/news-releases/news-release-details/cracker-barrel-reports-second-quarter-fiscal-2025-results-and

Scroll down for the restaurant and retail breakdown...


68 posted on 08/21/2025 10:26:11 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: mewzilla

And it took me a while, but I finally recalled who that CEO with a big line in BS reminds me of...

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-washington-dc-usa-21st-july-2014-us-state-department-spokeswoman-marie-72039016.html

Marie Harf.


69 posted on 08/21/2025 10:30:53 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: mewzilla

Cracker Barrel has lost 100 Million Dollars in valuation just today. I’m not sure that benefits its institutional shareholders all that much.


70 posted on 08/21/2025 10:34:23 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Fiji Hill

“their food probably isn’t safe to eat.”

We’ve eaten there often over the years. So have family and friends. Nobody became sick or died. Well, Mom died. Probably because of CB food, and not because she was 99.


71 posted on 08/21/2025 10:38:13 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Vesuvian

Sterile and industrial decor.


72 posted on 08/21/2025 10:38:49 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: PGR88

Well played.


73 posted on 08/21/2025 10:39:00 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: z3n

They had to get rid of the Cracker because he’s a misogynist!


74 posted on 08/21/2025 10:41:04 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: bobbo666

Definitely not with my $. I never was impressed with CFA, except their coffee slushy drink. Have only been a couple times. Never “got it” re In N Out, either, which was practically a cult when we lived in CA.


75 posted on 08/21/2025 10:42:12 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Mr. Lucky

This, sadly, explains a lot...

https://investor.crackerbarrel.com/news-releases/news-release-details/cracker-barrel-names-julie-felss-masino-companys-new-president


76 posted on 08/21/2025 10:52:45 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: mewzilla

Cracker Barrel appears to have lost about $40 per share in valuation since this new company president was announced.


77 posted on 08/21/2025 10:59:48 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: pburiak

how come merit diversity is never discussed?


78 posted on 08/21/2025 11:03:17 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Mr. Lucky
Cracker Barrel is in line to become the Stuckey’s or Bonanza of the late 2020s and early 2030s, where the stores will be repurposed or demolished. The remaining ones, converted into thrift stores or discount outlets, will be recognizable by their shape, as are the remaining buildings formerly occupied by Stuckey’s or Bonanza.
79 posted on 08/21/2025 11:07:12 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: MayflowerMadam
Sterile and industrial decor.

I used to go on fishing trips to Canada. We would often stop at International Falls for the night and cross the boarder the next morning when traffic was low. We would eat dinner at a firefighter themed restaurant called the Spot. They had all sorts of firefighter memorabilia in the restaurant and even an old pumper truck in a covered court yard. The last time we stopped in, it was under new ownership. The new owner sold almost all the memorabilia to finance the purchase. The food was never that great, but at least the restaurant had a nice atmosphere to it with all the memorabilia. The new owner sterilized the place..

80 posted on 08/21/2025 11:18:55 AM PDT by EVO X ( )
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