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‘Old Country Store’ To Bring Back Old Logo After Blowback

‘Old Country Store’ To Bring Back Old Logo After Blowback

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"position&colon;relative">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Cracker Barrel will bring back its old logo after days of ruthless criticism and a plummeting stock price following its botched rebranding&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The company’s board&comma; led by CEO Julie Felss Masino&comma; ignored warning signs and criticism for months ahead of the announcement last week that the restaurant chain would ditch its old logo and give its stores a modern look&period; The company appears to have walked back part of that decision on Tuesday&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel&period; We said we would listen&comma; and we have&period; Our new logo is going away and our &OpenCurlyQuote;Old Timer’ will remain&comma;” the company said in a statement&comma; according to Fox News host Bret Baier&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At Cracker Barrel&comma; it’s always been – and always will be – about serving up delicious food&comma; warm welcomes&comma; and the kind of country hospitality that feels like family&period; As a proud American institution&comma; our 70&comma;000 hardworking employees look forward to welcoming you to our table soon&comma;” the statement concluded&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" lang&equals;"en">Cracker Barrel is going back to the old logo&period; Company statement&colon;<br &sol;>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel&period; We said we would listen&comma; and we have&period; Our new logo is going away and our &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Old Timer” will remain&period; At Cracker Barrel&comma; it’s always been – and…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— Bret Baier &lpar;&commat;BretBaier&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;BretBaier&sol;status&sol;1960470715116699729&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">August 26&comma; 2025<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Cracker Barrel’s reversal on its rebranding comes after the decision to replace the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;old timer” with brown text on a sterile&comma; yellow emblem drew the attention of President Donald Trump&period; Trump <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;news&sol;make-cracker-barrel-great-again-trump-dishes-branding-advice-as-customers-revolt" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">advised<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400"> the brand on Tuesday morning to reverse course&period; The company apparently heeded the advice hours later&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cracker Barrel should go back to the old logo&comma; admit a mistake based on customer response &lpar;the ultimate Poll&rpar;&comma; and manage the company better than ever before&comma;” said Trump on Truth Social&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;get&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;subscribe&sol;plus&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;summer&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;editorialsummersale&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;website&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;editorial" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">End of Summer Sale – Get 40&percnt; off New DailyWire&plus; Annual Memberships<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They got a Billion Dollars worth of free publicity if they play their cards right&period; Very tricky to do&comma; but a great opportunity&period; Have a major News Conference today&period; Make Cracker Barrel a WINNER again&period; Remember&comma; in just a short period of time I made the United States of America the &OpenCurlyQuote;HOTTEST’ Country anywhere in the World&period; One year ago&comma; it was &OpenCurlyQuote;DEAD&period;’ Good luck&excl;” the president said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following the announcement that Cracker Barrel was returning to their former logo&comma; Trump responded on Truth Social&comma; congratulating the brand on their decision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe class&equals;"truthsocial-embed" style&equals;"max-width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;border&colon;0" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;truthsocial&period;com&sol;&commat;realDonaldTrump&sol;115097715754727825&sol;embed" width&equals;"600" allowfullscreen&equals;""><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">In the months leading up to the rebranding&comma; Sardar Biglari&comma; a top investor in the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Old Country Store&comma;” struck out at the board in letters to shareholders in a failed bid to replace two board members&period; Biglari’s warning calls were repeatedly ignored&comma; according to <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;foxbusiness&period;com&sol;money&sol;cracker-barrels-ceo-board-dismissed-warnings-last-year-from-top-investor-who-called-rebranding-strategic-transformation-plan-obvious-folly&quest;&percnt;3Fintcmp&equals;tw&lowbar;fbn&amp&semi;taid&equals;68adb6e557bcfa0001eba590&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;trueanthem&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Fox Business<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">In an October 2024 letter&comma; Biglari called Cracker Barrel’s moves to rebrand &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;obvious folly” and said the company was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is in perilous times&period;” A month later&comma; Biglari issued another warning letter&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you had &dollar;100 in Cracker Barrel stock in January 2019&comma; five years later it is worth about &dollar;30&period; Therefore&comma; there is just &dollar;30 to go before the entire investment is lost&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">He struck out at the board&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They value collegiality over accountability&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;news&sol;cracker-barrel-caves-old-country-store-to-bring-back-old-logo-after-blowback">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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