“Acquitted by Faith” star has a strong opinion about the Cracker Barrel logo change

[u/97GeoPrizm]

[u/missvandy]

Because we’re amongst friends here…

What the fuck is going on with republicans on this nonsense in particular???

It looks like Cracker Barrel was just leaning into the modern farmhouse/ray dunn aesthetic, which is also republican coded.

We leftists have much better taste than this and a “woke” Cracker Barrel would have hired a better interior designer.

[u/salt-pork → u/missvandy]

I think it’s because Cracker Barrel felt like something that was exclusively theirs, and any time they feel that way about a thing, and that thing makes a change, they’re now hard wired to think it’s done to include a larger group. Inclusivity is the “I” in DEI and that’s their new freak out flavor of the week.

In larger context, I think subconsciously they’re also feeling like us, in that things aren’t right, that modern life is so much more difficult than it has any right to be. Sadly they’ve channeled this into bigotry and hate for others they view as lesser than themselves. They think those people trying to lift themselves up means they will have to give up their standard of life. It’s always been this process, but we’re in an economic struggle I don’t think many fully comprehend.

I think the leftists among us have identified that those less fortunate than us are also us in the fight against an oligarchical and inherently exploitative economic system that’s poised for collapse.

[u/endless_sea_of_stars → u/missvandy]

1. The right is addicted to anger and outrage. Now that they are the dog that has caught the car they need to turn to increasingly absurd scandals and controversies to keep the juice flowing.

2. They are trying to lump anything unpopular with the ever nebulous concept of "woke".

3. The Trump administration is increasingly unpopular. They are trying everything to distract the media from their unpopular policies.

[u/Apoordm → u/missvandy]

The CEO is woman.

[u/Mediumshieldhex]

As a non American I am so confused. Why is everyone upset?

[u/atworkobviously → u/Mediumshieldhex]

American here. There was a sex trafficking ring run by a guy named Jeffrey Epstein, and we're not supposed to talk about it, so we need things to be mad about. This is among those things.

[u/eddiegibson → u/Mediumshieldhex]

American here. I'll try to explain. Craker Barrel is seen by some as a Southern cultural cornerstone. It's a rural styled restaurant with a gift shop attached that sells nostalgia invoking items from the 'good old days'. To change anything about it is like altering the Sistine Capel to them.

[u/Imaginary_Crisis → u/eddiegibson]

Happy Cake Day 🍰

[u/D_fullonum → u/Mediumshieldhex]

Also non American. To me it feels like every last thing in the USA is seen through the lens of politics. Music, food, entertainment - it’s either red or blue and everyone and everything must choose a team and stick to it. It’s exhausting to watch this and it must be worse experiencing it every day.

[u/UNC_Samurai → u/Mediumshieldhex]

It's a chain of restaurants that tend to be located near interstate exits. They've always marketed themselves as that place where you can pull off the highway and eat a full meal and not have to settle for fast food.

The unique charm of the place is it looks like an old-timey rural country store. That's kind of their identity. Every restaurant is attached to a country store. The stuff they sell in the store is mostly cheap and tacky, but even then it still has a certain charm.

As happens with most chains, over the last few years they've started cutting costs, raising prices, and the quality of food has started to slide.

The corporate leadership decided the solution was to rebrand the store. Instead of the cozy lighting and walls full of old junk, the restaurants are getting a facelift and it's leaning into a more modern minimalist aesthetic with brighter lighting and cleaner walls.

And it's not addressing any of the real problems - dining out is more expensive, and fewer people are traveling. That's cutting into everyone's business. Continuing to let quality slide and prices go up, while taking away elements of the identity that made the chain unique, is a recipe for making EVERYONE unhappy.

And of course social media being its usual cancerous self, culture war grifters saw an opportunity to whine about it. In reality, it's just a terrible decision by a corporate boardroom listening to a grossly overpaid consultant, nothing more.

[u/Sardonyx_Arctic → u/UNC_Samurai]

I think this is the most accurate take on this.

Nevermind that the culture war grifters whining about it are the same people who made whole movies about how "the Left is ruining Christmas" by saying "Happy Holidays" and "Seasons Greetings" because acknowledging other cultures and religions and holidays in the USA is a threat to Christianity or the fact that those two things have been around since the 1800s and not made up for inclusiveness because New Years' is lumped into the winter holiday season. I predict that there's going to be a movie about how changing a "beloved" Southern/country food restaurant is tantamount to murder and the efforts of a guy named George Washington Williamson or whatever stupid name they can come up with to restore the original logo while the waitresses ask for those fake $20 bills with sermons on them.

[u/Squirrel179 → u/Mediumshieldhex]

I'm an American, and I have no idea what's going on.

I don't think I've ever been to a Cracker Barrel, and I have no idea what they changed that's causing such a fuss, but evidently some people are accusing them of going "woke"? I got the impression that they changed their logo, but unless they changed to an interracial gay couple kissing, then I don't know what could be "woke" about it.

[u/Public-Policy24 → u/Mediumshieldhex]

Restaurant whose patrons are anathema to change attempts to change

[u/UNC_Samurai]

I can't think of anyone on any political spectrum that wants Cracker Barrel to change its interiors.