Boycott Cracker Barrel!

[thegeneral 3,340]

29 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Way to ignore my post.

They're the same!   

Yes they are the same. You justify thinking they aren’t however you like.

[TimHauck 3,038]

7 hours ago, jerryskids said:

 

Progressives:  "We want to change [xyz] and we are going to protest until we get our way!

Conservatives:  "We'd rather not change it."

Progressives:  "Conservatives whine endlessly." 

Were people protesting Cracker Barrel?

[jerryskids 6,938]

7 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Were people protesting Cracker Barrel?

Protest is a form of complaining. HTH

[TimHauck 3,038]

12 hours ago, TBayXXXVII said:

The arguments they're making, aren't wrong.  Pointing out what's happening isn't "complaining" or calling for a boycott.

Yes they are.  Taking a cartoon man off of a logo and painting the walls white isn’t woke, lol.

And those people are saying things like “Cracker Barrel has decades of brand loyalty!” ignoring the fact that sales had been down for years. I’d be curious to know how many times they’ve actually eaten at one in the past 5 years.

Also, Beck in particular said this:

“You go to Cracker Barrel for the rocking chairs outside, the meals that taste like grandma’s home cooking, and the simple game of Chinese checkers on the table. “

I’m pretty sure none of that is changing…

[TimHauck 3,038]

5 hours ago, jerryskids said:

Protest is a form of complaining. HTH

Were progressives doing the below in regards to Cracker Barrel?

12 hours ago, jerryskids said:

 

Progressives:  "We want to change [xyz] and we are going to protest until we get our way!

 

[TimHauck 3,038]

14 hours ago, Strike said:

Do you even fathom how many people read this forum but don't post, or post but avoid the political threads?  IOW, even here you're getting a subset that feeds your confirmation bias.  Here's a tip - Read multiple actual news sites and form your own opinions, and don't worry about what others say online.  And avoid gaming chat rooms.

 

13 hours ago, TimHauck said:

I’m not sure how people that read but don’t post are relevant to this discussion…clearly I’m only referring to actual posts.

Hopefully the people saying that no one actually cares about this thought that a significant number of libs cared about the Sydney Sweeney jeans ad though…

Strike, I gotta give you credit, in the Sweeney thread I see you did actually say it was a “small minority of people b*tching,” so thank you for actually being consistent here.

[TimHauck 3,038]

And yes, I know I just made 3 (now 4) posts about Cracker Barrel at 5 AM on a Saturday.   At an Airbnb and the bed is super uncomfortable, can’t fall back asleep.

[Ron_Artest 1,753]

17 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Actually you can blame women for two income homes. It was the feminist movement that caused it 

Seriously, why couldn't women just learn their place and stay in the kitchen?  Damn feminists wanting human rights.

[Ron_Artest 1,753]

1 hour ago, TimHauck said:

And yes, I know I just made 3 (now 4) posts about Cracker Barrel at 5 AM on a Saturday.   At an Airbnb and the bed is super uncomfortable, can’t fall back asleep.

I'm always up early when I'm home.  When I'm traveling I'm up even earlier, when I go west coast even earlier.  I feel you.

[TBayXXXVII 2,593]

4 hours ago, TimHauck said:

Yes they are.  Taking a cartoon man off of a logo and painting the walls white isn’t woke, lol.

And those people are saying things like “Cracker Barrel has decades of brand loyalty!” ignoring the fact that sales had been down for years. I’d be curious to know how many times they’ve actually eaten at one in the past 5 years.

Also, Beck in particular said this:

“You go to Cracker Barrel for the rocking chairs outside, the meals that taste like grandma’s home cooking, and the simple game of Chinese checkers on the table. “

I’m pretty sure none of that is changing…

If you say so.

[TimHauck 3,038]

7 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

If you say so.

What’s woke about it?

[TBayXXXVII 2,593]

1 minute ago, TimHauck said:

What’s woke about it?

Any decision that a DEI hire makes, is woke.  It's the reason that person was put in that place.

[TimHauck 3,038]

1 minute ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Any decision that a DEI hire makes, is woke.  It's the reason that person was put in that place.

Wait aren’t you the guy who got told by your girlfriend when you were getting engaged?  You might want to take it easy on the attacks on women.  

[TBayXXXVII 2,593]

1 minute ago, TimHauck said:

Wait aren’t you the guy who got told by your girlfriend when you were getting engaged?  You might want to take it easy on the attacks on women.  

I'll take your deflection as saying I'm right.

[TimHauck 3,038]

Just now, TBayXXXVII said:

I'll take your deflection as saying I'm right.

Your post was retarded for multiple reasons, didn’t deserve a serious response

[TBayXXXVII 2,593]

Just now, TimHauck said:

Your post was retarded for multiple reasons, didn’t deserve a serious response

But you responded anyway.  So again, I'll take that as saying I'm right.

[Meglamaniac 645]

10 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

What’s woke about it?

Change for the sake of change is as woke as woke can be

HTH

[TimHauck 3,038]

3 minutes ago, Meglamaniac said:

Change for the sake of change is as woke as woke can be

HTH

But it wasn’t really “for the sake of change,” they had already been declining.

[TimHauck 3,038]

6 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

But you responded anyway.  So again, I'll take that as saying I'm right.

No, you’re not right that any decision a woman makes is woke.  HFS.

[Meglamaniac 645]

4 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

But it wasn’t really “for the sake of change,” they had already been declining.

the sign and the decor was not why it was declining, they were the reason they were popular to start with so yes, it was change for sake of change.

Food quality and price is where the changes needed to be and the proof is in the pudding with their stock plummeting after the changes were announced

 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,393]

3 hours ago, Ron_Artest said:

Seriously, why couldn't women just learn their place and stay in the kitchen?  Damn feminists wanting human rights.

I didn’t say that either. I just pointed out an economical fact 

[TimHauck 3,038]

6 minutes ago, Meglamaniac said:

the sign and the decor was not why it was declining, they were the reason they were popular to start with so yes, it was change for sake of change.

Food quality and price is where the changes needed to be and the proof is in the pudding with their stock plummeting after the changes were announced

 

Their stock plummeted because of the conservative outrage mob (edit: and it was declining before the changes were announced)

Their sign and decor isn’t why they were popular lolololol 

[Meglamaniac 645]

4 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Their stock plummeted because of the conservative outrage mob (edit: and it was declining before the changes were announced)

Their sign and decor isn’t why they were popular lolololol 

OK

[TimHauck 3,038]

5 minutes ago, Meglamaniac said:

OK

Your post contradicted itself.  You said they should have focused on food and prices (I agree), but think the sign and decor were why it was popular?  Not to mention I can’t think of any place that is popular because of their sign except for maybe a strip club or something, that’s ridiculous.

[Meglamaniac 645]

4 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Your post contradicted itself.  You said they should have focused on food and prices (I agree), but think the sign and decor were why it was popular?  Not to mention I can’t think of any place that is popular because of their sign except for maybe a strip club or something, that’s ridiculous.

OK

[jerryskids 6,938]

5 hours ago, TimHauck said:

Were progressives doing the below in regards to Cracker Barrel?

 

No.  I didn't say they were.  Perhaps you should get some coffee before you try your first failed gotcha attempt.   

[TimHauck 3,038]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

No.  I didn't say they were.  Perhaps you should get some coffee before you try your first failed gotcha attempt.   

Oh ok so you were just adding commentary that is irrelevant to the thread, got it. 

[jerryskids 6,938]

1 hour ago, TimHauck said:

Oh ok so you were just adding commentary that is irrelevant to the thread, got it. 

The discussion was about conservatives in general whining all the time, so it was completely relevant.  Take the L, and go enjoy your family.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,592]

Blackrock and Vanguard are behind this.  

[Voltaire 5,363]

Nice to see that the Cracker Barrell around here didn't get the corporate memo, as they are still using the traditional old guy and barrel logo. 

[TimHauck 3,038]

11 hours ago, Meglamaniac said:

the sign and the decor was not why it was declining, they were the reason they were popular to start with so yes, it was change for sake of change.

Food quality and price is where the changes needed to be and the proof is in the pudding with their stock plummeting after the changes were announced

 

Probably worth noting that the rebrand does include new menu items, including apparently bringing back items that had previously been removed.  People seem to think they’re completely changing their strategy but they’re really not.

 https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/cracker-barrel-just-dropped-fall-180000924.html

[seafoam1 3,213]

On 8/21/2025 at 11:48 PM, TimHauck said:

lol, conservatives will complain about anything 

When did you stop complaining? 

Just kidding, we all know better. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,553]

On 8/22/2025 at 6:30 AM, TimHauck said:

Just because it’s the last one left.  Next you’ll tell me Blockbuster Video shouldn’t have closed down because people drive hours to go to the last remaining one.

Pizza Hut is still going but people are flocking to the retro one, Blockbuster went under due to technology and not the same thing.

[BeenHereBefore 1,553]

On 8/22/2025 at 5:53 AM, Alias Detective said:

You live in PA now?

Yea but not close to that Pizza Hut.

[TimHauck 3,038]

17 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Pizza Hut is still going but people are flocking to the retro one, Blockbuster went under due to technology and not the same thing.

But people “flock to it” because there aren’t many left.  Doesn’t mean they’re sales would be any better if they all still looked like that 

[BeenHereBefore 1,553]

28 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

But people “flock to it” because there aren’t many left.  Doesn’t mean they’re sales would be any better if they all still looked like that 

Pizza Hut sales been down over the last couple years and lots are closing and probably cause they changed the retro look in all the others.

[TimHauck 3,038]

2 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Pizza Hut sales been down over the last couple years and lots are closing and probably cause they changed the retro look in all the others.

Lol they haven’t had that look in probably like 15 years.

[BeenHereBefore 1,553]

21 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Lol they haven’t had that look in probably like 15 years.

Yep and change their recipe and why sales have been down for years.

[TimHauck 3,038]

2 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Yep and change their recipe and why sales have been down for years.

So a redesign 15 years ago is why their sales are down over the last 2 years (assuming that’s true)?  Interesting theory 

[BeenHereBefore 1,553]

52 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

So a redesign 15 years ago is why their sales are down over the last 2 years (assuming that’s true)?  Interesting theory 

Their recipe more so but yea that is a part. People want the retro look when the food tasted better.