---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-025381"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBRL"
cik: "0001067294"
company_name: "CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:52:19.036876+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cracker Barrel Q2 rev $862M, adj EPS $1.71; guides Q3 margin ~5% amid inflation

## Summary
- Revenue $862.3M (+27.3% YoY, +6.2% vs FY19); comparable restaurant sales +1.9% vs FY19.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.60; adjusted EPS $1.71 (both up >140% YoY).
- Off-premise sales grew 123% vs FY19, representing ~24% of restaurant sales.
- Q3 guidance: revenue ~$800M; commodity inflation ~15%; wage inflation ~11-12%; adj operating margin ~5%.
- Repurchased $34.2M in shares, paid $30.7M in dividends; returned $64.9M total in Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-025381
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBRL
- cik: 0001067294
- company_name: CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465922025381/0001104659-22-025381-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465922025381/tm227287d1_8k.htm

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