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usonian

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2. short version.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 09:21 PM

Aug 28

Short:
An article at Fox claimed: Cracker Barrel’s CEO dismissed warnings from a top (ultra conservative) investor who called the rebranding ‘obvious folly’

Tanslation: Conservative investor blames DEI for company downturn, and "woke" executives rather than changing customer preferences, rapidly rising costs of everything,(1) and an outside agency hired to transform the business.

Oh, I forgot, the article is at Fox.

(1)https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-day-one-post-eggs-gas-prices/

"When I win," he declared, "I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day 1" ... Snopes.

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Don't buy the Cracker Barrel fallacy [View all] marmar Aug 28 OP

Who cares? VanceFan Aug 28 #1

There aren't any near where I live... regnaD kciN Aug 28 #3

short version. usonian Aug 28 #2

Lots of free publicity. I had forgotten all about Cracker Barrel. Intractable Aug 29 #4

Someone forgot that uneducated rural white people are insanely incapable of responding well to change. Aristus Aug 29 #5