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The woke CEO of Cracker Barrel, Julie Masino, is on her way out, according to the company. This comes after she attempted to sterilize the Americana country feel of the chain’s restaurants and branding a year ago.

You may remember that last year, Cracker Barrel ignored the massive amount of backlash it received when it launched a chain-wide remodeling of its restaurants, eschewing the old-fashioned look and feel that defined the brand. Masino and her team instead opted to force a new look and feel to the restaurants that was, well, boring. In fact, it was so obviously an attempt to get away from its Americana country roots, that the negative feedback came heavy and hard.

Displaying a commitment to tone-deafness, Masino pushed forward with changes to the chain’s logo and menu that made vanilla look like an exotic spice. The ensuing controversy, in a marketing sense, achieved Bud Light levels of disgust.

After the controversy threatened sales and company performance, Masino and her team backed off their plans and decided not to complete the wholesale makeover of the chain’s restaurants, its logo, and its menu.
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The Wall Street Journal reported: “The move (Masino's resignation) ends a roughly three-year tenure in which the restaurant chain was widely criticized by customers and President Trump for her efforts to modernize the eatery and its stores. Masino pressed forward with a revamp that included remaking the folksy logo atop Cracker Barrel restaurants, pulling antique tchotchkes off the walls and changing the menu.”

Cracker Barrel’s stock price tanked as a result. The company lost more than half of its valuation. Since then, the stock’s recovery has been largely tepid, though it did get a boost earlier this summer when the company forecasted an improved 2026 outlook.
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The Journal reported that “Cracker Barrel told investors after second-quarter earnings that the family-dining chain was recovering from huge losses in sales, profit and the number of guests coming through its doors.”

Apparently, the pace of the recovery wasn’t working fast enough for Cracker Barrel investors. Masino is now out, proving the following point once again: “Go woke, go broke.”

8. Hasnt trump murdered a few service members in the interim?

I think we should be going hard with the message that trump is too much of a coward to go to iran and negotiate in person.

❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A Missouri judge has temporarily stripped Ray County Prosecuting Attorney Camille Johnston of her authority after the Missouri Attorney General’s Office accused her of misconduct, including an alleged romantic relationship with an illegal immigrant she was prosecuting on sex crime charges. The court issued a preliminary order barring Johnston from practicing law while a petition seeking her removal moves forward

📺 DETAIL: According to the petition, Johnston allegedly helped Juan David Gutierrez, a Mexican national accused of sodomy and attempted sodomy in connection with the alleged 2019 sexual assault of a Ray County woman, avoid arrest by transferring the title of her vehicle to him and failing to disclose his whereabouts. The attorney general’s office also alleges Johnston knew Gutierrez was unlawfully present in the United States and failed to recuse herself from his case despite their relationship. Officials further claim that Johnston later visited Gutierrez after he fled Missouri, including trips to Mississippi and Florida. The removal petition also accuses Johnston of engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a defense attorney representing multiple criminal defendants she was prosecuting. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Johnston’s alleged conduct represented a sustained pattern of misconduct that undermined public trust and posed a threat to public safety. The investigation began after Richmond Police Chief Scott Bagley notified the attorney general’s office of Johnston’s relationship with Gutierrez in May 2024.