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In an aerial view, a Cracker Barrel sign featuring the old logo hangs on a sign outside of a restaurant on Aug. 27, 2025 in Florida City, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Cracker Barrel Old Country Store said Wednesday the restaurant chain is focusing on enhancing its experiences for guests after it faced intense backlash over an attempted rebrand …

Cracker Barrel said Tuesday it’s suspending remodels of its restaurants after criticism from many longtime fans. The announcement came two weeks after Cracker Barrel backtracked on a separate plan to modernize and simplify its logo. Fans of the chain had also loudly criticized that move. Lebanon, Tennessee-based Cracker Barrel said Tuesday that just four of its 660 restaurants had been …

Facebook Tweet Email Link New York  —  Cracker Barrel announced that it’s suspending the renovations of its restaurants following a disastrous logo rollout that sent shares lower. “You’ve shared your voices in recent weeks not just on our logo, but also on our restaurants,” the chain said on X. “If your restaurant hasn’t been remodeled, you don’t need to worry, …

The Cracker Barrel logo is seen on a billboard outside of one of its restaurants. Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Old Country Store look is back. Cracker Barrel announced Tuesday that it was suspending all restaurant remodels, the latest chapter in the controversy over its rebranding that reached as far as the Oval Office. The restaurant chain …

Cracker Barrel said on Tuesday it would not remodel its restaurants after conservative backlash to changes at the country-themed restaurant chain. The company said in a news release that it was not going forward with plans to expand its “modern remodel design” it had implemented at a handful of its 660 locations. The announcement came on the heels of Cracker …

The Haunting of Cracker Barrel | Online Only | n+1 | A. S. Hamrah, Will Tavlin, Lisa Borst  nplusonemag.com Cracker Barrel hits back at ‘self interested’ Steak ‘n Shake CEO’s ‘poor leadership’ after online attacks  Fox Business Cracker Barrel co-founder, 93, blasts $7M/year CEO’s ‘pitiful’ rebrand fail, work with Taco Bell. Is that unfair?  Yahoo Finance Cracker Barrel makes new addition amid fallout …

From Cracker Barrel to Sydney Sweeney, Trump Has an Opinion to Share  The New York Times Cracker Barrel’s new logo was ‘pitiful,’ one of chain’s original executives says  USA Today Cracker Barrel or Waffle House? The South’s most heated food debate returns amid logo saga  Fox News Cracker Barrel quietly removes DEI and Pride pages from its website after logo upheaval  CNN What the …

It was supposed to be a simple rebrand – or so Cracker Barrel thought. Earlier this month, the 56-year-old southern restaurant chain known for its country-store charm and nostalgic Americana aesthetic unveiled a new look: a minimalist logo, more modern interiors and a handful of new menu items. Gone was the familiar image of “Uncle Herschel”, the old man in …

Cracker Barrel didn’t stop at just bringing back its old logo after MAGA raged over its “woke” new redesign. The Pride and DEI sections of the Tennessee-based restaurant chain’s website have also quietly disappeared after it backed down from an effort to modernize its logo with a minimalist design as part of a $700 million rebrand. The new logo had …

First they came for the Smithsonian. Then they came for Cracker Barrel. Whether it’s the museums or the corporations – or the universities, law firms, federal departments and agencies – the attack lines of the Trump culture war and its culture warriors are the same. The vicious full-scale assault on the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain after the company naively wandered …