Cracker Barrel meats barred from grocery stores

cracker_barrell.jpgView full sizeCracker Barrel has been barred from selling its meat products in grocery stores. (AP)

A federal judge has barred, at least temporarily, the restaurant chain Cracker Barrel from selling its meat products in grocery stores.

According to an Associated Press story, Kraft Foods asked a court to bar the restaurant chain found primarily along interstate highways from selling its branded meat in grocery stores because Kraft claims it would infringe on its own brand of products known as "Cracker Barrel."

The name "Cracker Barrel" was trademarked by Kraft more than 10 years before the restaurant chain went into business, according to the story, and applies to cheese products the company makes.

The restaurant chain says it is not selling cheese, but meat, and doesn't think it would be confusing for consumers. Kraft disagreed.

U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman in Chicago granted the preliminary injunction Monday.