Cracker Barrel’s modern makeover doesn't stop with redoing its restaurants . It's dropping the barrel and the man from its logo, too.

On Tuesday, the Southern-inspired casual dining chain unveiled a new logo "rooted even more closely to the iconic barrel shape," but without the barrel itself — a central part of the brand’s identity since 1977. (As for the barrel itself, it was "essentially the water coolers of the day," Cracker Barrel explained in a blog post.) Advertisement

The identity refresh also includes new TV commercials, a redesigned menu, and several new fall-themed foods, part of a larger $700 million transformation plan to shake off its stodgy image and lure in new diners.

"The way we communicate, the things on the menu, the way the stores look and feel … all of these

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