Cracker Barrel Flipflops on Nixing 'Duck Dynasty' Items From Shelves

[Ichingcarpenter]

Less than 48 hours after Cracker Barrel announced plans to pull Duck Dynasty items off its shelves in the wake of cast member Phil Robertson's anti-gay comments, the Southern country store and restaurant chain has reversed its decision.

Cracker Barrel's reversal of its former position was posted this morning to Facebook, following a flurry of negative responses from customers and fans who showed support to the patriarch of the "Duck Dynasty" family.

"When we made the decision to remove and evaluate certain Duck Dynasty items, we offended many of our loyal customers. Our intent was to avoid offending, but that's just what we've done," the company wrote. "You flat out told us we were wrong. We listened."

"People weren't shy. They wrote, called and took to social media," company spokesman Jeff Eller told ABC News about the company's decision to go back on its original pledge to ax "selected products" from its stores.


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[MineralMan]

1. Screw Cracker Barrel. That chain was the first

one I boycotted over their treatment of LGBT folks. Drive right by those places, and have done so for many, many years.

Now, I'm sure the Duck-ass Dynasty folks eat there, though. Yom-Yom.

[davsand]

2. I saw all the Duck Dynasty crap on clearance in Walgreens Friday.

Marked WAY down!




Laura

[sweetloukillbot]

3. Cracker Barrel: Want a side of grits with that homophobia? n/t

[TwilightGardener]

4. The hateful will always win, because hate is a powerful motivator.

Learn that, and move on, and stop worrying about inbred knuckledragging wastes of carbon.

[greytdemocrat]

5. Man...

That flip didn't take long.

[spanone]

6. they offended their bigoted customers....what a fucked up world we do live in.

[madrchsod]

7. it wasn't that long ago when kracker barrel ...

was busted for not serving black and gay folks..

i stopped at kracker barrel many years ago and cafeteria food tastes better.