NEW YORK (AP) — Cracker Barrel is marching forward with an ongoing makeover. And to the dismay of some fans, the chain’s new logo now ditches the barrel itself.

Or rather, the drawing many have associated with Cracker Barrel over the years. The man leaning on that barrel is also gone, as are the words “Old Country Store.” Instead, the new emblem features a simpler design with just “Cracker Barrel” written on a gold background, which also has a semi-updated shape.

FILE – The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo in Pearl, Miss., is photographed, Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

“Anchored in Cracker Barrel’s signature gold and brown tones, the updated visuals will appear across menus and marketing collateral,” the Tennessee-based company wrote in a Tuesday announcement. Cracker Barrel added that its logo is “now rooted even more closely to the iconic barrel shape and word mark that started it all.”

According to Cracker Barrel, this latest look marks the brand’s “fifth evolution” of its logo to date. It was unveiled as part of a campaign from the company called “All the More,” which also advertises some new fall menu items.

Cracker Barrel has been working on a wider rebrand for some time. Beyond a new logo, that’s included remodeling its country-style restaurants and retail stores. The company began ramping up this overhaul last year by swapping out older, more antique-filled designs with lighter paint and modern furniture.

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Founded in 1969, Cracker Barrel operates nearly 660 locations across the U.S. today. Those attached to the chain’s previous look have been quick to express ire about both the new logo and restaurant remodels online.

“Our values haven’t changed, and the heart and soul of Cracker Barrel haven’t changed,” Cracker Barrel said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Thursday. The company added that the man on its former logo, known as Uncle Herschel, “remains front and center in our restaurants and on our menu,” as he represents “The Herschel Way,” which is “the foundation of how our 70,000 plus employees provide the country hospitality for which we are known.”

Shares of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store fell more than 7% by market close Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as Twitter who’d sued for $500 million in severance pay.

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The parties disclosed the deal in a Wednesday court filing asking for a scheduled Sept. 17 hearing in the case to be postponed. The San Francisco federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to postpone the hearing so that both sides could finalize the settlement agreement.

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The proposed class action lawsuit by former Twitter employees Courtney McMillan and Ronald Cooper, who said the company failed to pay them and other fired workers severance they were owed.

Musk took over the social media platform in 2022 and let thousands of employees go, eliminating entire teams dedicated to trust and safety, human rights and making the site accessible to people with disabilities. Other lawsuits, including one filed by Twitter executives including former CEO Parag Agrawal, are still pending.

The billionaire’s approach to gutting Twitter’s workforce served as a template for his months-long leadership of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, as it cut tens of thousands of federal workers earlier this year.

An email announcing a “deferred resignation offer” to federal workers, promising pay through September without having to work, was titled “Fork in the Road,” echoing a similar email Musk sent to the Twitter workforce in 2022.

Musk’s drawn-out legal battles with more than 2,000 former Twitter workers were also a precursor to the court battles the Trump administration is now fighting over federal downsizing, though the circumstances are different.

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More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled, federal officials said Thursday.

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California-based Southwind Foods recalled frozen shrimp sold under the brands Sand Bar, Arctic Shores, Best Yet, Great American and First Street. The bagged products were distributed between July 17 and Aug. 8 to stores and wholesalers in nine states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and Washington state.

The products have the potential to be contaminated with Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope that is a byproduct of nuclear reactions.

Walmart stores this week recalled packages of Great Value frozen raw shrimp sold in 13 states because of potential radioactive contamination.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert after federal officials detected Cesium-137 in shipping containers sent to four U.S. ports and in a sample of frozen breaded shrimp imported by BMS Foods of Indonesia.

The FDA advises consumers not to eat the recalled products. Traces of Cesium-137 are widespread in the environment including food, soil and air. The primary health risk is through long-term, repeated low-dose exposure, which can increase the risk of cancer.

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As questions continue to surround the cause of Hulk Hogan’s death last month, Florida law enforcement sources are saying it may have been the result of medical malpractice.

Hogan’s 46-year-old widow, Sky Daily, confirmed to TMZ on Thursday that his phrenic nerve — which enables the lungs to inhale and exhale air — was “compromised” during a recent operation. Daily also confirmed that an autopsy has been performed, but declined to reveal its results.

Her remarks followed the outlet’s report that an occupational therapist who was at Hogan’s home when he stopped breathing told Clearwater police that a surgeon had “severed” Hogan’s phrenic nerve.

The therapist’s claims of medical malpractice were recorded by the officers who responded to the scene, though sources told TMZ the police report is on “lockdown.”

In a statement to the outlet on Thursday, Clearwater police confirmed the investigation into Hogan’s death is ongoing.

“The unique nature of this case has required us to interview multiple witnesses and seek medical records from a variety of providers, and our detectives continue to do that,” they said. “All of this takes time.”

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Hogan was pronounced dead on July 24 in Clearwater, Fla., after medics were dispatched to his home in response to a cardiac arrest. The 71-year-old’s cause of death was later confirmed to be a heart attack, though documents obtained by Us Weekly also said he had a history of leukemia CLL.

The latter took estranged daughter Brooke by surprise, given her knowledge of his medical history. She said she had been present for almost all of her dad’s surgeries in previous years and reviewed his blood work each time, but was never given any indication he had cancer.

Like authorities, Brooke said there were “no signs of foul play or anything suspicious” about her father’s death. Still, she was calling for an autopsy to be performed so the family could be certain about Hulk’s “very complicated medical history.”

Earlier this month, Daily said the family was looking to answer “every question about his medical care” prior to him being cremated.