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Another glassy-eyed deconstructionist has bitten the dust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino is stepping down nearly a year after the company’s failed rebrand, logo redesign, and restaurant modernization efforts sparked widespread customer backlash.” \u2014AP<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This concludes what I consider a successful boycott of the Americana eatery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was not enough for me that they walked back the logo redesign<\/a>. I wanted the restaurants returned to their classic look instead of the modernist cleansings<\/a> they’d undergone. Masino\u2019s renovations had left them as generic, soulless diners, and I wanted her gone from the company. Time will tell if her replacement suffers from the same ideological incompetence she exhibited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For today, I’m declaring victory, and the next time I’m in the vicinity of a Cracker Barrel, I will be stopping by to enjoy a Country Fried Breakfast with double hash brown casserole as the sides, eggs over medium, and cream gravy on the chicken fried steak.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I encourage everyone to pay them a visit. Their next quarterly earnings report showing an increase in sales after her departure will be sweeter than a Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A nation is its people and their culture. And damn it, this is ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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