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The New Coke of 2025

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Cracker Barrel used to be great. They expanded a lot and food went from great to good. The one thing though was consistency. Wherever you were a Cracker Barrel was always a sure bet for a “good” meal. T his part of the world there are three within 25 miles of where I’m sitting. I’d bet the farm they’re all packed right now-they always are.
 
Grayfox said:
Too late. The damage has already been done. While pretending to be the All American, down home restaurant for years, CB has been exposed for the ultra-liberal corporation they really are. I'll never eat there again and many others won't either. They'll never fully recover from this.
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Catering to a new customer base when your old customers are dying off is capitalist, and more likely to be something a conservative would do. There's nothing "ultra-liberal" about changing a corporate logo to the company name inside a colored shape. Lots of companies update their logos - airlines do it often.
 
Old_Me said:
again, ALL these companies need to stop being "woke"
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Genuine curiosity - how does that actually affect you? In other words, if Coca-Cola decided to release a statement that they supported some group or another, does that change the flavor of soda or the caffeine content?

Did Bud Light stop being beer when they jumped the shark with LGBT support, or was it just the fear of being associated with LGBT because the brand was?

I find myself - on the outside - wondering why supposed "conservatives" (broad brush term) get so upset when people and companies use their first amendment rights to do the capitalist thing and try and grow their customer base. In Bud Light's case, they shrank their large base and never grew the small one they were after, and the market punished them... but beyond that why do I care what any corporate board of directors wants to support if it doesn't change the product or value for me?
 
Musashi said:
Why take a political position at all when it might alienate half your customer base? Simple as that. Isn’t capitalism about efficiency in making money? Often, the problem is new execs eager to make their mark and mistaking feelings with common sense business strategies.
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We agree on this - it's a dangerous route to take and if you get it wrong, the risk clearly outweighs the benefit.

If they wanted to attract younger customers, putting some sort of "social media photo op" ("dress up like a cracker!") and paying influencers to do silly things would have brought in more money and less controversy.

I don't think support for a political position changes the taste of food, atmosphere or value... so it's a losing game outside of value signaling for execs. There's a business concept called social capital, but "this month is rainbow plate month" likely loses more business than it gains.
 
mreed911 said:
Genuine curiosity - how does that actually affect you? In other words, if Coca-Cola decided to release a statement that they supported some group or another, does that change the flavor of soda or the caffeine content?
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let's say you had a choice between products from two companies.

One company publically supports communist child-molesters.

One company doesn't.

Do you care which company you support ?

Granted, my dogs are apparently smarter than the typical clueless American consumer. But a main training philosophy for dogs is REWARDING positive behavior.

Do you reward NEGATIVE behavior?

These companies make a conscious decision to choose between alienating known and trusted relationships, or recruiting the rainbow market.

They choose to knowingly risk expanding their marketshare by alienating their known customer base, despite the wreckage of previous examples such as bud lite,

It's pretty simple, really. Basic business sense. And dog-training logic.
 
last2brake said:
One company publically supports communist child-molesters.
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Can you point to one company that "supports communist child-molesters?"

Aside from that: Are non-communist child molesters okay? How about communist non-molesters?

You're using shock-words, but you're not actually making the point you think you are.
last2brake said:
These companies make a conscious decision to choose between alienating known and trusted relationships, or recruiting the rainbow market.
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If a company has a product I want, can use, and fits my budget, I don't typically care if I'm in their core target market... or who is.

If SA came out with a trans-flag painted P35, I wouldn't care either way. I wouldn't buy it, but it wouldn't stop me from buying a different color scheme if it fit my needs.
 
Years ago, Ben & Jerry's Phish Food ice-cream used to be my go-to ice-cream treat. When I found out what kind of wack job liberal activists they are, and using proceeds from their ice-cream sales to promote their ideas, I immediately found another ice-cream brand for myself. I also don't buy Levi's anymore. The list can go on. The point is that some of us do care what companies do. And that goes for entertainers also.
 
mreed911 said:
Genuine curiosity - how does that actually affect you? In other words, if Coca-Cola decided to release a statement that they supported some group or another, does that change the flavor of soda or the caffeine content?

Did Bud Light stop being beer when they jumped the shark with LGBT support, or was it just the fear of being associated with LGBT because the brand was?

I find myself - on the outside - wondering why supposed "conservatives" (broad brush term) get so upset when people and companies use their first amendment rights to do the capitalist thing and try and grow their customer base. In Bud Light's case, they shrank their large base and never grew the small one they were after, and the market punished them... but beyond that why do I care what any corporate board of directors wants to support if it doesn't change the product or value for me?
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companies need not to get political..make your product, sell your product, make profits

da end
 
mreed911 said:
you're not actually making the point you think you are.
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What point do you think I was trying to make ?

But, as you said, you don't care what a company supports.

Some people vote at the ballot box and hope it's counted. Some people vote with their wallet.

And some people don't care. And that's fine, but why do they care if OTHER people care ?
 
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