p_xavier
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Yeah, only the cheese company.
Cracker Barrel is going through fundamental changes.
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TDiddyLive
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You claimed nothing bad happened when you visited but you "know" people who who had a bad experience. When asked what those experiences were? Total silence. Multiple other posts in this topic not addressing the question. Then someone else posts about an issue from over 20 years ago that was immediately addressed and now you finally reply. Hmmm.
Kacho
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I can fix you
Nydius
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With or without clothes?
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
I need to confess something...
I've never been to an IHOP. And I literally have one right up the fucking street from me.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Go for breakfast tomorrow! Posthaste!!!
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Its a pretty good eating experience, though there are plenty of better pancake choices in a decent city.
Waffle House, on the other hand, is peak diner dining regardless of fancier alternatives. Those griddles that see 24/7/365 use for DECADES.....wonder if I can buy one for my house just to get all that wok hei flavor. Same with a griddle used in a taco house that has chorizo spice embedded into it at a molecular level, just divine!
dsp
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Butter pecan syrup. It's the only way forward.
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Have a Blessed Day
Tha fuck is a taco house? Is it like a crack house?
Sounds like you have the DISTINCT MISFORTUNE to live someplace where you can't get good tacos, especially breakfast tacos with chorizo, chilaquiles, chicharron, and nopalitos and all the other wonderful delights available to you served by a delicious latina but you should get to fixing that
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Ok those look good but what the fuck is a taco house? What podunk ypipo town calls a taqueria a taco house? My city's taquerias are probably the best in the country outside of CaliforniaSounds like you have the DISTINCT MISFORTUNE to live someplace where you can't get good tacos, especially breakfast tacos with chorizo, chilaquiles, chicharron, and nopalitos and all the other wonderful delights available to you served by a delicious latina but you should get to fixing that
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Eh, we were discussing waffle house so I just said taco house to be clear. Taqueria may not be clear to folks cursed to live away from latinx people
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
Taquerias are Mexican. What the fuck is a latinx?Eh, we were discussing waffle house so I just said taco house to be clear. Taqueria may not be clear to folks cursed to live away from latinx people
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Same thing as a taco house....white people talk
Zephyranthes
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I'm not going to bother with the underlying politics of this whole thing. What stands out to me is how completely inferior the new logo is from a graphic design standpoint. It feels almost engineered to be as bland and soulless as possible. There are a lot of stylistic touches that give the current logo its personality: the image of the old-timer leaning on the barrel, the shadow being cast on him, the K trailing off to become part of the logo's border, the border itself kind of bending around the words.....it evokes the image of an "old country store" in a way that the new logo simply doesn't. Unfortunately this is a trend I see a lot in modern businesses that change their iconography: they're going for a "clean and modern" look, but in practice it often ends up being more "plain and boring".
Sinozen
Member
They've completely given up their identity. The food IMO was never what made Cracker Barrel special, it was the atmosphere. Now it's just any other mediocre restaurant. How is the stock worth anything at this point? Who is invested in this?
I don't understand the politics, but they could have found a way to update it without killing the identity. The design of the logo and interior are sad asf.
I don't understand the politics, but they could have found a way to update it without killing the identity. The design of the logo and interior are sad asf.
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Halo is Back
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Another galaxy brain IQ 4D chess move by a braindead liberal white woman.
Dude I loved Ponderosa and Sizzlers as a kid. We moved out to the west and they didn't have either of these near me BUT they did have Black Angus. How is miss these places. I went into a Chipotle the other day and it felt like i was in an unfinished restaurant.
If 85.5% in bonuses is stock compensation then ouch...
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Watching this thread brings me back to all those episodes of Community where the gang would have the most heated debates you can imagine about the most trivial stuff, lol.
As a non-American, I gotta admit, it's very interesting to see how culturally relevant a damn food chain can be that a (lame) redesign can bring up such debates. I wouldn't know, because here pretty much every big food chain comes from abroad, and the few domestic ones were born lame and uninspiring in design anyway, and nobody would consider them a staple of the national - or even local - food service industry.
As a non-American, I gotta admit, it's very interesting to see how culturally relevant a damn food chain can be that a (lame) redesign can bring up such debates. I wouldn't know, because here pretty much every big food chain comes from abroad, and the few domestic ones were born lame and uninspiring in design anyway, and nobody would consider them a staple of the national - or even local - food service industry.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I thought something similar.
From the outside, as a non American, the original restaurant is basically like something from a theme park - a simulation of something or other. But underneath the theme it could be just about any restaurant. The restaurant is the same no matter which of the 600* branches you visit, they likely have the same "vintage" chairs (made in 2019, all supplied by the same factory in Indonesia), probably the same photographs on the wall, the same menu, the same factory produced food, delivered by a network of 18 wheel trucks, all using the same factories and suppliers.
And now, all those things are the same but they took some of the photographs down and got different seats. And the logo is a bit different.
The weird thing - and I don't think this is a uniquely American thing at all - is that a lot of chains that aim to simulate something like an authentic experience of one kind or another are often beloved by people who don't actually want the authentic experience. They want the corporate version of it and would run from non factory produced food and waiters who aren't working from a script.
It's a pretty weird situation.
Hopefully CrackerBarrel listens to the feedback and puts in a fresh order for 18000 low wattage bulbs and what look like "old timey oil lamps" and get things back on track. Hopefully they'll be delivered from China by the end of the week.
*Edit: 665 apparently - quite pleased with my guess
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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I have a Cracker Barrel in my town and I always wanted to go. Also I love Community and them having the most heated debated about the most trivial stuff was one of my favorite parts of that show. I hope we get a movie someday to complete the six seasons and a movie meme
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I've been to the one that is about 5000 miles from where I am at home right now.
I'm honestly not sure it'll be worth your effort.
Methos#1975
Member
The interior of every Cracker Barrel was actually different and featured many local and regional decorations. I think that's the biggest issue now, they are all the same.I thought something similar.
From the outside, as a non American, the original restaurant is basically like something from a theme park - a simulation of something or other. But underneath the theme it could be just about any restaurant. The restaurant is the same no matter which of the 600* branches you visit, they likely have the same "vintage" chairs (made in 2019, all supplied by the same factory in Indonesia), probably the same photographs on the wall, the same menu, the same factory produced food, delivered by a network of 18 wheel trucks, all using the same factories and suppliers.
And now, all those things are the same but they took some of the photographs down and got different seats. And the logo is a bit different.
The weird thing - and I don't think this is a uniquely American thing at all - is that a lot of chains that aim to simulate something like an authentic experience of one kind or another are often beloved by people who don't actually want the authentic experience. They want the corporate version of it and would run from non factory produced food and waiters who aren't working from a script.
It's a pretty weird situation.
Hopefully CrackerBarrel listens to the feedback and puts in a fresh order for 18000 low wattage bulbs and what look like "old timey oil lamps" and get things back on track. Hopefully they'll be delivered from China by the end of the week.
*Edit: 665 apparently - quite pleased with my guess
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Well, consider me told! Oops
.I still think there's something to be said for the lack of genuine personality in these vast chain restaurants who are cosplaying as something else. That there's some sort of outcry over a massive corporate business redecorating is perhaps indicative of how much people would value the genuinely personal touch.
Methos#1975
Member
My Brother in law loves cracker barrel so we go all the time, that said lately they have always been pretty empty so lots of people are upset but these same people probably haven't been to one in years.Well, consider me told! Oops
I still think there's something to be said for the lack of genuine personality in these vast chain restaurants who are cosplaying as something else. That there's some sort of outcry over a massive corporate business redecorating is perhaps indicative of how much people would value the genuinely personal touch.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
15 pieces of flair is the minimum.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
White women gotta ruin everything.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Is that AI? Some parts really didn't seem possible
StreetsofBeige
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3 advertising agencies helped CB create and promote the new image and redesigns.
Toons
Member
The ironic thing is this has probably rhe most talked about and relevant cracker barrel has been in years.
I think it says something that companies doing the thing that has always worked basically loses them money and infouence... and then doing something extravagantly bad like this gets attention.
I think it says something that companies doing the thing that has always worked basically loses them money and infouence... and then doing something extravagantly bad like this gets attention.
ExtendEmbraceExtinguish
Member
Honestly I thought it was the cheese brand then was blown away that these restaurants exist.
Someone pointed out the base of these establishments are boomers aka if they ain't getting new blood then this may become the next extinct chain. Good luck.
Someone pointed out the base of these establishments are boomers aka if they ain't getting new blood then this may become the next extinct chain. Good luck.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Going by google searches, it seems like CB food quality is sketchy.
What they should had done is use up the $700M (ya $700 million) and invest in better food and adjust the prices accordingly. Skimming a menu, the prices are rock bottom pricing.
Problem is the CEO is an ex-Starbucks exec with a history of marketing and brand management roles. So she's going to focus on expensive splashy visuals first instead of operational issues. Nothing describes a marketing vet to a T like changing brand logos and the look of something.
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poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Compromised? Mask off? Some of you are way to into this culture war nonsense.
Im guessing we are only a random youtuber away from someone claiming that the outline around the text isnt some minimalist barrel but actually an asshole and its some secret gay signal.
Mistake
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Well if a company starts donating to groups that want to cut your son's dick off, that's a pretty clear sign their priorities are out the window. It's not "culture war nonsense," that's just insanity. God forbid I have a moral compass. And for the record, I don't give a damn if someone is gay or not, but even so, that has very little to do with selling food
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HoodWinked
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i just remember this video i watched awhile ago, it's almost feels like a joke because of how subtle the change is but too bad CB didn't do the same thing it would have saved them this whole PR disaster.
Holy crap, is this a job for someone with OCD? I think I would want to kill myself if I spent more than 2 hours redesigning a logo that already exists...why not create their own font?
If you want the it to fit "the triangle" use a capital A and flip a capital B on the end and angle it. Measure the letters in between and space them out evenly...
I would mess around with a redesign like that. Make all the letter capital letters and call it a "daring new redesign"
Note: figured this out while sitting on the porcelain throne...
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Or this one redesign the whole thing so the A forms a plane underneath the cross bar you put b. & b but make it look like landing gear. Hell, lay the ampersand on its side, and make b's out of the holes. Lay a B on its side and put and ampersand on top of it. I am sure you could make something work without counting pixels.
Haint
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They've recently (as in the past 6mo or so) raised entree prices 50-75% with most basic meals now coming to around $15. Their dinner entrees used to be $8.99-$10.99 like a year ago. $15 is pretty standard for the entry level sit down chains like Applebees, Chili's, which is what CB is. These old chain's way of operation is way too ingrained, the food wouldn't improve at all with higher prices, just looks at Red Lobster and Olive Garden. They've both jacked prices to $25+ for standard entrees and the food is the same or worse than it was a few years ago.
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