Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. filings document the formal disclosures of a Tennessee-incorporated, Nasdaq-listed restaurant and retail operator. Recent Form 8-K reports cover quarterly results and fiscal outlook, Regulation FD investor presentations, and material corporate events related to leadership, compensation arrangements, and governance.
The filing record also includes annual meeting matters, shareholder voting results, and amendments to the company’s 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan. These disclosures frame CBRL’s public-company reporting around operating performance, comparable restaurant and retail sales, executive transitions, incentive compensation, and board-approved governance actions.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. announced a leadership change in its legal department. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Richard Wolfson, who had planned to retire on May 5, 2026, will instead take early retirement effective May 1, 2026 following a successful transition process under his Consulting Agreement.
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Jennifer Lankford has been promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective upon Mr. Wolfson’s retirement. Mr. Wolfson will receive the previously disclosed benefits under his Consulting Agreement, now terminated, and his outstanding incentive compensation awards will settle under the applicable equity incentive plans, prorated to his actual retirement date.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc reports that Vanguard Capital Management beneficially owns 1,141,327 shares of Common Stock, representing 5.10% of the class as disclosed on the Schedule 13G. The filing states Vanguard exercises sole dispositive power over 1,141,327 shares and sole voting power over 161,889 shares. The disclosure describes holdings held on behalf of Vanguard funds and affiliated managed accounts. The form is signed by Ashley Grim on 04/29/2026.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. received a Schedule 13G/A amendment reporting that Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Millennium Group Management LLC and Israel A. Englander are filing jointly regarding holdings as of 03/31/2026. The filing lists 9,104 shares reported with shared voting and dispositive power by Millennium entities and Mr. Englander and shows 0.0% of the class on the cover responses. A Joint Filing Agreement dated April 10, 2026 is attached and signatures appear from Gil Raviv and Israel A. Englander.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc: The Vanguard Group filed an amendment to its Schedule 13G/A reporting beneficial ownership of 0 shares of common stock, representing 0% of the class as of the amendment. The filing explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026 that disaggregated certain Vanguard subsidiaries and business divisions for reporting purposes.
The filing is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, on March 26, 2026, and states that no single outside person is known to hold more than 5% of the reported securities.
Hisel Doug reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store SVP Doug Hisel received an equity grant of 1,084 shares classified as common stock at a reference price of $29.08 per share. The award represents time-based RSUs that will vest in three equal installments on 9/30/26, 9/30/27, and 9/30/28.
After this grant, Hisel directly holds a total of 4,441 shares. This filing reflects executive compensation in equity rather than an open-market stock purchase or sale.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. joint beneficial ownership filing: Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Millennium Group Management LLC and Israel A. Englander filed a Schedule 13G reporting shared voting and dispositive power in Cracker Barrel common stock.
The filing shows Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC with 1,245,977 shares ( 5.6% ) and each of Millennium Management LLC, Millennium Group Management LLC and Israel A. Englander with 1,290,462 shares ( 5.8% ). The filings are made jointly under a Joint Filing Agreement dated March 4, 2026.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store reported much weaker results for its fiscal 2026 second quarter. Revenue for the quarter ended January 30, 2026 fell to $874.8M from $949.4M, an 8% decline, as both restaurant and retail sales decreased.
GAAP net income dropped to $1.3M from $22.2M, with diluted earnings per share sliding to $0.06 from $0.99. Adjusted net income was $5.6M versus $30.9M a year earlier, and adjusted diluted earnings per share fell to $0.25 from $1.38, showing sharply lower profitability even after excluding special items.
Adjusted EBITDA declined to $38.2M from $74.6M, and for the first six months the company moved from net income of $27.1M to a net loss of $23.3M. Operating cash flow for the first half of fiscal 2026 was a small outflow of $2.2M, compared with strong positive cash generation in the prior-year period.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. reported sharply weaker results for the quarter and first six months ended January 30, 2026. Total revenue fell to $874.8M for the quarter and $1.67B year-to-date, down 7.9% and 6.8% from a year earlier, driven by comparable restaurant and retail sales declines and a 10.1% drop in quarterly guest traffic.
Profitability deteriorated significantly. Quarterly operating income dropped to $0.5M from $29.1M, and net income fell to $1.3M from $22.2M. For the first six months, the company recorded a net loss of $23.3M versus net income of $27.1M last year, as labor, occupancy, retail cost of goods, and advertising expenses all increased as a percentage of revenue.
Management cited negative publicity from a briefly introduced logo and modern remodels, softer consumer demand, inflation, higher tariffs, and wage and maintenance cost pressures as key headwinds. Operating cash flow turned slightly negative, while debt now includes $150M of 0.625% convertible notes due 2026, $345M of 1.75% convertible notes due 2030, and $45.5M drawn on an $800M credit facility. The company expects commodity inflation of 2.0–2.5%, wage inflation of 2.5–3.0% in 2026, and about $47.4M of interchange litigation settlement proceeds in the third quarter.
AllianceBernstein L.P. filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting a small passive stake in Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. common stock. As of the event date of 12/31/2025, AllianceBernstein beneficially owned 26,387 shares, representing about 0.1% of the outstanding class.
The shares are held solely for investment purposes in client discretionary advisory accounts, with 25,007 shares having sole voting power and all 26,387 subject to sole dispositive power. AllianceBernstein certifies the holdings are in the ordinary course of business and not aimed at influencing control of Cracker Barrel.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. received an amended Schedule 13G from investment manager GMT Capital Corp. and its control person Thomas E. Claugus, reporting beneficial ownership of 2,240,200 shares of common stock, or 10.03% of the company.
The filing shows GMT Capital and Claugus share voting and dispositive power over these shares, with no sole authority. The ownership percentage is calculated using 22,328,095 common shares outstanding as of November 28, 2025. The securities are stated to be held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Cracker Barrel.