NEW YORK — Kraft Foods is suing Cracker Barrel Old Country Store over the restaurant chain’s plans to use the ‘‘Cracker Barrel’’ name on packaged ham, bacon, and other foods.

Kraft notes that it started using the ‘‘Cracker Barrel’’ name on cheese in 1954. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., which is based in Lebanon, Tenn., and operates 620 locations around the country, was established in 1969.