>>939013907
Colonel Sanders' face has been the focus of the logo for long enough that people will recognize him, same with the Quaker Oats guy. If you were to show Herschel's face in isolation without the iconic orange and brown colors it would not be as easily recognizable as the Cracker Barrel logo. Even if you retained the colors nobody is going to look that closely at the details of a corporate logo.

Anyone who claims this is anything to do with "liberals" or "conservatives" is a shitstirring cunt. It was money, any time a company of that size does anything it's always about money.

>>939014392
Exactly, the savings from a simpler logo are utterly outweighed by pissed-off customers, that is the only reason they backpedaled.