The Cracker Barrel in Belleville still has lots of space between the tables, which is good, because a statistically improbable number of customers the other morning were using canes or walkers.

I was there because the latest consumer outrage about alleged corporate wokeness seemed even sillier than most of the other fits of outrage and I wanted to see the fury-inducing changes for myself. Also, I wanted breakfast.

The breakfast was a success. The same goes for the recoil against Cracker Barrel, which announced Tuesday evening, Aug. 26, that it was going back to the logo whose replacement touched off so much reaction that you'd almost think it was important.

"We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel. We said we would listen, and we have," the company said i

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