(08-25-2025 06:07 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Cracker Barrel has always aimed at a specific audience, and that audience is not trans or gay, it's country. Mensa has NO idea why that is.

He also thinks only old people are country. Most of the young people I know are just as country as I am. Mensa can't comprehend that either.

His limited thinking ability is sad really.

I'm 43 and I know I sometimes present myself as a slick, street-smart guy on here, but deep down, I'm just a country bumpkin. I grew up in the sticks of Liberty County, Texas, eating foods like beef tips and rice, chicken and dumplings, King Ranch chicken, poor man's stroganoff (made with ground beef), homemade chicken fried steak, homemade fried chicken, homemade Texas chili (the kind without beans, you damn Yankees lol), pork chops, beef stew, pot roast with carrots and potatoes, and other foods like that. Down home cooking, really. There really should be a national chain for that. If Cracker Barrel was -- and is -- supposed to be that chain, why mess with it?

(08-25-2025 05:27 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:16 PM)TripleA Wrote:  That didn't say a thing. They still don't get it. We don't want white walls. We don't want booths. We don't want new menu items.

We want the one place we can go that serves what we grew up on, and reminds us of the old days. There are a million restaurants that do the other things.

Frickin' Waffle House. When was the last time they did a full renovation? A big menu change? A new logo?

NEVER. Why? People like what they have. It works.

Okay, maybe sales were flat. I bet everybody's sales are slow to recover from Covid. But if you're going to make changes, why not do a few test runs in a few stores, rather than just redoing the whole thing without testing first?

You people are morons.

You knew they had to be libs, b/c they run their businesses like they run their cities. Into the ground.

Their clientele is old and dying off. Their sales are flat due to menu hikes but their customer count is down; as are most in foodservice these days.
I’ve never seen a company remodel meet with this level of backlash, particularly given the relatively modest changes. Geez, go look at McDonald’s remodels & changes… no more Grimace, no more Hamburgular, complete footprint rebuild of their outlets, few if any counter servers. Businesses update or they die.

"Their clientele is old and dying off"

Do you not see any children in CB ? The kids when they get older and have a family; I would think they might keep that going. You know CB isn't an old folks home where everyone dies off.

You couldn't pay me $1 million to spend an hour eating at Cracker Barrel. But I fully understand what the classic-era Cracker Barrel was all about and the brand's target audience (i.e., folks vastly unlike Bill Dazzle).

It's one thing to rebrand a, for example, Taco Bell. There is little, if any, need to consider cultural, socio-political and ethnic factors in doing so. But Cracker Barrel is a vastly different animal than Taco Bell. It's appeal, in large part, is that it represents middle America values with its vibe, menu, etc.

A hypothetical comparison would be a hipster craft beer bar located in Asheville that is suffering sinking sales overhauling its decor, beer menu and logo to appeal to Don Trump-loving bro-country listening Bud Lite fans.

(08-25-2025 06:56 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 06:07 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Cracker Barrel has always aimed at a specific audience, and that audience is not trans or gay, it's country. Mensa has NO idea why that is.

He also thinks only old people are country. Most of the young people I know are just as country as I am. Mensa can't comprehend that either.

His limited thinking ability is sad really.

I'm 43 and I know I sometimes present myself as a slick, street-smart guy on here, but deep down, I'm just a country bumpkin. I grew up in the sticks of Liberty County, Texas, eating foods like beef tips and rice, chicken and dumplings, King Ranch chicken, poor man's stroganoff (made with ground beef), homemade chicken fried steak, homemade fried chicken, homemade Texas chili (the kind without beans, you damn Yankees lol), pork chops, beef stew, pot roast with carrots and potatoes, and other foods like that. Down home cooking, really. There really should be a national chain for that. If Cracker Barrel was -- and is -- supposed to be that chain, why mess with it?

That's some good eaten right there it reminds me of what we had on the table for Supper.

(08-25-2025 06:56 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 06:07 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Cracker Barrel has always aimed at a specific audience, and that audience is not trans or gay, it's country. Mensa has NO idea why that is.

He also thinks only old people are country. Most of the young people I know are just as country as I am. Mensa can't comprehend that either.

His limited thinking ability is sad really.

I'm 43 and I know I sometimes present myself as a slick, street-smart guy on here, but deep down, I'm just a country bumpkin. I grew up in the sticks of Liberty County, Texas, eating foods like beef tips and rice, chicken and dumplings, King Ranch chicken, poor man's stroganoff (made with ground beef), homemade chicken fried steak, homemade fried chicken, homemade Texas chili (the kind without beans, you damn Yankees lol), pork chops, beef stew, pot roast with carrots and potatoes, and other foods like that. Down home cooking, really. There really should be a national chain for that. If Cracker Barrel was -- and is -- supposed to be that chain, why mess with it?

I will still picture you as a "slick, street-smart" gentleman who charms the ladies with his expansive vocabularly and quick wit, his passion for Japanese cuisine and his knowledge of Roman and Greek history.

I'm surprised nobody has referenced in this thread, courtesy of 1970s TV show HeeHaw: "Hey, Grandpa. What's for supper?"

(08-25-2025 07:05 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 06:56 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 06:07 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Cracker Barrel has always aimed at a specific audience, and that audience is not trans or gay, it's country. Mensa has NO idea why that is.

He also thinks only old people are country. Most of the young people I know are just as country as I am. Mensa can't comprehend that either.

His limited thinking ability is sad really.

I'm 43 and I know I sometimes present myself as a slick, street-smart guy on here, but deep down, I'm just a country bumpkin. I grew up in the sticks of Liberty County, Texas, eating foods like beef tips and rice, chicken and dumplings, King Ranch chicken, poor man's stroganoff (made with ground beef), homemade chicken fried steak, homemade fried chicken, homemade Texas chili (the kind without beans, you damn Yankees lol), pork chops, beef stew, pot roast with carrots and potatoes, and other foods like that. Down home cooking, really. There really should be a national chain for that. If Cracker Barrel was -- and is -- supposed to be that chain, why mess with it?

I will still picture you as a "slick, street-smart" gentleman who charms the ladies with his expansive vocabularly and quick wit, his passion for Japanese cuisine and and his knowledge of Roman and Greek history.

(He's saying thank you. lol)

(08-25-2025 07:10 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 07:05 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 06:56 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 06:07 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Cracker Barrel has always aimed at a specific audience, and that audience is not trans or gay, it's country. Mensa has NO idea why that is.

He also thinks only old people are country. Most of the young people I know are just as country as I am. Mensa can't comprehend that either.

His limited thinking ability is sad really.

I'm 43 and I know I sometimes present myself as a slick, street-smart guy on here, but deep down, I'm just a country bumpkin. I grew up in the sticks of Liberty County, Texas, eating foods like beef tips and rice, chicken and dumplings, King Ranch chicken, poor man's stroganoff (made with ground beef), homemade chicken fried steak, homemade fried chicken, homemade Texas chili (the kind without beans, you damn Yankees lol), pork chops, beef stew, pot roast with carrots and potatoes, and other foods like that. Down home cooking, really. There really should be a national chain for that. If Cracker Barrel was -- and is -- supposed to be that chain, why mess with it?

I will still picture you as a "slick, street-smart" gentleman who charms the ladies with his expansive vocabularly and quick wit, his passion for Japanese cuisine and and his knowledge of Roman and Greek history.

(He's saying thank you. lol)

(08-25-2025 06:58 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:27 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:16 PM)TripleA Wrote:  That didn't say a thing. They still don't get it. We don't want white walls. We don't want booths. We don't want new menu items.

We want the one place we can go that serves what we grew up on, and reminds us of the old days. There are a million restaurants that do the other things.

Frickin' Waffle House. When was the last time they did a full renovation? A big menu change? A new logo?

NEVER. Why? People like what they have. It works.

Okay, maybe sales were flat. I bet everybody's sales are slow to recover from Covid. But if you're going to make changes, why not do a few test runs in a few stores, rather than just redoing the whole thing without testing first?

You people are morons.

You knew they had to be libs, b/c they run their businesses like they run their cities. Into the ground.

Their clientele is old and dying off. Their sales are flat due to menu hikes but their customer count is down; as are most in foodservice these days.
I’ve never seen a company remodel meet with this level of backlash, particularly given the relatively modest changes. Geez, go look at McDonald’s remodels & changes… no more Grimace, no more Hamburgular, complete footprint rebuild of their outlets, few if any counter servers. Businesses update or they die.

"Their clientele is old and dying off"

Do you not see any children in CB ? The kids when they get older and have a family; I would think they might keep that going. You know CB isn't an old folks home where everyone dies off.

What Mensa said wasnt accurate.

Their same store year over year sales were up in the restaurant. They were down in the retail side of their store.

So instead of addressing the issue of the retail sales, they attack the restaurant side.

stupid stupid stupid

(08-25-2025 05:58 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:27 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:16 PM)TripleA Wrote:  That didn't say a thing. They still don't get it. We don't want white walls. We don't want booths. We don't want new menu items.

We want the one place we can go that serves what we grew up on, and reminds us of the old days. There are a million restaurants that do the other things.

Frickin' Waffle House. When was the last time they did a full renovation? A big menu change? A new logo?

NEVER. Why? People like what they have. It works.

Okay, maybe sales were flat. I bet everybody's sales are slow to recover from Covid. But if you're going to make changes, why not do a few test runs in a few stores, rather than just redoing the whole thing without testing first?

You people are morons.

You knew they had to be libs, b/c they run their businesses like they run their cities. Into the ground.

Their clientele is old and dying off. Their sales are flat due to menu hikes but their customer count is down; as are most in foodservice these days.
I’ve never seen a company remodel meet with this level of backlash, particularly given the relatively modest changes. Geez, go look at McDonald’s remodels & changes… no more Grimace, no more Hamburgular, complete footprint rebuild of their outlets, few if any counter servers. Businesses update or they die.

Typical lib response who isn't a CB customer. When was the last time a McD's customer went there for the decor, or the nostalgia, or the food style that few others offer?

When you pin your customer attraction on those things, then you delete a lot of them, you will get a reaction a little different from remodeling a McDonald's.

Thanks for the update Captain Obvious.



JPATY

Levis will be next. They’ll stop making jeans and start advertising men’s short shorts in pink flannel with a cuff.

(08-25-2025 07:51 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  Levis will be next. They’ll stop making jeans and start advertising men’s short shorts in pink flannel with a cuff.

May 24, 2023

Levi's Under Fire Over 'Woke' Campaign—'Make Jeans, Ignore Genes?'

(08-25-2025 06:07 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Cracker Barrel has always aimed at a specific audience, and that audience is not trans or gay, it's country. Mensa has NO idea why that is.

He also thinks only old people are country. Most of the young people I know are just as country as I am. Mensa can't comprehend that either.

His limited thinking ability is sad really.

I actually had the same thought as your last sentence.

(08-25-2025 06:43 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:58 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:27 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:16 PM)TripleA Wrote:  That didn't say a thing. They still don't get it. We don't want white walls. We don't want booths. We don't want new menu items.

We want the one place we can go that serves what we grew up on, and reminds us of the old days. There are a million restaurants that do the other things.

Frickin' Waffle House. When was the last time they did a full renovation? A big menu change? A new logo?

NEVER. Why? People like what they have. It works.

Okay, maybe sales were flat. I bet everybody's sales are slow to recover from Covid. But if you're going to make changes, why not do a few test runs in a few stores, rather than just redoing the whole thing without testing first?

You people are morons.

You knew they had to be libs, b/c they run their businesses like they run their cities. Into the ground.

Their clientele is old and dying off. Their sales are flat due to menu hikes but their customer count is down; as are most in foodservice these days.
I’ve never seen a company remodel meet with this level of backlash, particularly given the relatively modest changes. Geez, go look at McDonald’s remodels & changes… no more Grimace, no more Hamburgular, complete footprint rebuild of their outlets, few if any counter servers. Businesses update or they die.

Typical lib response who isn't a CB customer. When was the last time a McD's customer went there for the decor, or the nostalgia, or the food style that few others offer?

When you pin your customer attraction on those things, then you delete a lot of them, you will get a reaction a little different from remodeling a McDonald's.

I like Cracker Barrel

Then you must hate the changes (which don't seem to bother you), which disqualifies you as a real customer.

(08-25-2025 06:58 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:27 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:16 PM)TripleA Wrote:  That didn't say a thing. They still don't get it. We don't want white walls. We don't want booths. We don't want new menu items.

We want the one place we can go that serves what we grew up on, and reminds us of the old days. There are a million restaurants that do the other things.

Frickin' Waffle House. When was the last time they did a full renovation? A big menu change? A new logo?

NEVER. Why? People like what they have. It works.

Okay, maybe sales were flat. I bet everybody's sales are slow to recover from Covid. But if you're going to make changes, why not do a few test runs in a few stores, rather than just redoing the whole thing without testing first?

You people are morons.

You knew they had to be libs, b/c they run their businesses like they run their cities. Into the ground.

Their clientele is old and dying off. Their sales are flat due to menu hikes but their customer count is down; as are most in foodservice these days.
I’ve never seen a company remodel meet with this level of backlash, particularly given the relatively modest changes. Geez, go look at McDonald’s remodels & changes… no more Grimace, no more Hamburgular, complete footprint rebuild of their outlets, few if any counter servers. Businesses update or they die.

"Their clientele is old and dying off"

Do you not see any children in CB ? The kids when they get older and have a family; I would think they might keep that going. You know CB isn't an old folks home where everyone dies off.

I have never been in my local CB when it wasn't packed with kids, unless it was during school hours.

(08-25-2025 07:01 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  You couldn't pay me $1 million to spend an hour eating at Cracker Barrel. But I fully understand what the classic-era Cracker Barrel was all about and the brand's target audience (i.e., folks vastly unlike Bill Dazzle).

It's one thing to rebrand a, for example, Taco Bell. There is little, if any, need to consider cultural, socio-political and ethnic factors in doing so. But Cracker Barrel is a vastly different animal than Taco Bell. It's appeal, in large part, is that it represents middle America values with its vibe, menu, etc.

A hypothetical comparison would be a hipster craft beer bar located in Asheville that is suffering sinking sales overhauling its decor, beer menu and logo to appeal to Don Trump-loving bro-country listening Bud Lite fans.

Hey Dazzle, you got confused in that last sentence. Bro-country listening DJT fans most certainly no longer drink Bud Light. Dylan Mulvaney ring a bell?

I never drank bud light even before they went woke.

(08-25-2025 05:16 PM)TripleA Wrote:  That didn't say a thing. They still don't get it. We don't want white walls. We don't want booths. We don't want new menu items.

We want the one place we can go that serves what we grew up on, and reminds us of the old days. There are a million restaurants that do the other things.

Frickin' Waffle House. When was the last time they did a full renovation? A big menu change? A new logo?

NEVER. Why? People like what they have. It works.

Okay, maybe sales were flat. I bet everybody's sales are slow to recover from Covid. But if you're going to make changes, why not do a few test runs in a few stores, rather than just redoing the whole thing without testing first?

You people are morons.

You knew they had to be libs, b/c they run their businesses like they run their cities. Into the ground.

The guy in charge of the logo change got fired. And he didn't get it. To paraphrase, I got blamed for the company losing $100 million in market value just because of a few activists trying to get me fired. That guy should NEVER get a marketing job anywhere. He doesn't learn from his mistakes.

The old guy was Herschel, the founder. There was a Georgia fan say, it figures a chain based in Tennessee would try to cancel a guy named Herschel!

Herschel Walker in 1980:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nc2XsimM90

(08-25-2025 07:35 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 06:58 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:27 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-25-2025 05:16 PM)TripleA Wrote:  That didn't say a thing. They still don't get it. We don't want white walls. We don't want booths. We don't want new menu items.

We want the one place we can go that serves what we grew up on, and reminds us of the old days. There are a million restaurants that do the other things.

Frickin' Waffle House. When was the last time they did a full renovation? A big menu change? A new logo?

NEVER. Why? People like what they have. It works.

Okay, maybe sales were flat. I bet everybody's sales are slow to recover from Covid. But if you're going to make changes, why not do a few test runs in a few stores, rather than just redoing the whole thing without testing first?

You people are morons.

You knew they had to be libs, b/c they run their businesses like they run their cities. Into the ground.

Their clientele is old and dying off. Their sales are flat due to menu hikes but their customer count is down; as are most in foodservice these days.
I’ve never seen a company remodel meet with this level of backlash, particularly given the relatively modest changes. Geez, go look at McDonald’s remodels & changes… no more Grimace, no more Hamburgular, complete footprint rebuild of their outlets, few if any counter servers. Businesses update or they die.

"Their clientele is old and dying off"

Do you not see any children in CB ? The kids when they get older and have a family; I would think they might keep that going. You know CB isn't an old folks home where everyone dies off.

What Mensa said wasnt accurate.

Their same store year over year sales were up in the restaurant. They were down in the retail side of their store.

So instead of addressing the issue of the retail sales, they attack the restaurant side.

stupid stupid stupid

Well that's impressive considering what is happening to most of the casual dining industry (the middle between fast food and fine dining-ie Chili's, Applebee's, Red Lobster, etc.