Cracker Barrel’s top executive on Tuesday said the folksy restaurant chain’s disastrous logo change wasn’t about politics — instead claiming the switch was made for the sake of highway visibility, according to a report.

Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino was forced to defend the headline-grabbing bungle at the 13D Monitor Active-Passive Investor Summit in New York on Tuesday as the company faces stepped-up heat from an activist investor.

The embattled restaurant boss — who has faced accusations of having a “woke” agenda as she stripped the chain’s beloved “Uncle Herschel” mascot from the chain’s logo — instead insisted that the redesign was meant to make the sign easier to read for drivers speeding past interstate exits. 4

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