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There's no shame in Cracker Barrel's game apparently.

No matter what their logo is.

The logo and decor change got all the attention, but their food has been bad for years now. They obviously have a terrible corporate culture if they are willing to treat vendors like this and willing to serve bad food. Its obvious they don't care about their customers.
There are many better places to eat. Fannin Mart Restaurant is quite good.

Them folks at Cracker Barrel are some backstabbing, blood sucking, hen house robbing, dog stealing, rusty kneed, goat smelling, knuckle dragging, varmints. Oh, I really aught to let them have it.

I used to love the chicken and dumplings. Now it’s canned chicken and some nasty gooey dumplings from a jar

ate at Pearl Cracker Barrell last weekend - enjoyed the food (breakfast, tasted as it always has) and appreciated the friendly service. While there, discussed with those at my table the crowd; seemed to be normal, probably 80% full at 10 on a Saturday morning.

Didn't go there because they changed the logo, or because they changed it back. Was looking for breakfast for a family group. Don't fit the 'woke' allegations of those folks that find everything they disagree with as being woke - certainly ain't me. Frankly, don't fit into most any of the political boxes people want to put everything into these days and find it hard to understand how some folks can try to make a merchandising decision (whether good or bad) into a political fight.

As to the peg game, and the poor girl's misfortunate story - hate it for her, but it is one of the problems with being in a business who's customer base is primarily one buyer. This is labeled as "the other side" of the story, but wonder what CB has to say as the buyer of the product. I imagine as in most every business 'fight' there are two sides to this story. Frankly though I don't really care enough to dig for the other side (assuming there is one). Instead think I will try out Flowood's IHOP for Saturday breakfast tomorrow instead of dwelling on this pissing contest.

I'll never go back there (unless someone else is paying of course). So many valuable lessons in this really sad story in so many ways. My takeaway is the same lesson Doug Llewelyn taught me as a kid: "get it in writing."

So, you put yourself in a situation where you rely on one primary buyer, and you have decades to change that situation, but you don’t. And knowing that you put yourself in that situation, you’re still not willing to just change the wording on the you to save that business relationship? Sounds a bit prideful to me.

Cracker Barrel bacon is so thin it’s only got one side. Waffle House too. American restaurants don’t have a product to sell so much as they do a price point. If this be the greatest country in the world then I’d hate like hell to eat at a restaurant anywhere else. They may not even sell food but just let you pay to sit at one of their tables.

Don't put all your pegs in one basket!

Companies will learn, go woke and you will be broken in half. MAGA dollars giveth and MAGA dollars taketh away! MAGA!

Cracker Barrel is a victim of the “Server Revolt of Covid “. Their horrible serve killed it for me. If the food and service are good they can be as redneck or liberal as they want, my palate does care.
Cracker’s service and food quality is what killed them not the rebrand .

Blah, blah, blah, blah.

When the corporate whiz kids get put in charge the more changes they make at the same time the bigger the disruptions and their bonus checks...

Who wouldn't want to experience long waits and pay restaurant prices for day old frozen microwave biscuits and meatloaf?

Before logo fiasco, Cracker Barrel had quietly started serving day-old biscuits, microwaved meatloaf: employees https://nypost.com/2025/09/08/business/cracker-barrel-cost-cutters-ordered-chain-to-serve-day-old-biscuits-meatloaf-before-logo-fiasco-employees/

Blackrock controls Cracker Barrell...and is anti-Americana.

This only adds to my list of reasons to never eat there again (even if they fire the CEO)

This whole Cracker Barrel calamity will make for a classic business school study.

Ignoramouses

Just goes to show you that people will eat the below average food but go woke, get broke. Part of me hopes they go out of business because of it. I'll never go back.

Jax Metro has Trace Grill. Best kitchen around.

50 years of one buyer and never thought to expand your market, not smart. They got done dirty but they could have taken steps to avoid this, in all that time they never thought "oh man I wonder what would happen if they started sourcing this extremely difficult to produce game of a wooden triangle and golf tees in from someone else" also not sure if they could but if they invented it wouldn't they have a patent?