Restaurant chain accused of going ‘woke’ and ‘scrapping a beloved American aesthetic’ by simplifying branding to remove folksy southern character from its signage

The word “woke” is dead, Fox News pundit and right-wing columnist Caroline Downey said, blaming an overuse of the term. She made the comment during a conversation about the redesign of the restaurant chain Cracker Barrel’s logo,

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) reminisced about how he gave his "life to Christ" in a Cracker Barrel parking lot during a rant against the company's "woke rebrand."

Cracker Barrel’s new logo change has sparked a firestorm on social media, particularly among MAGA supporters who are slamming the redesign. When the Southern country-themed […] ‘Absolutely Horrible’:

While Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino dismissed the public anger over the change of the logo of Cracker Barrel, the row turned into a political .