---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-068790"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBRL"
cik: "0001067294"
company_name: "CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC"
filed_at: "2022-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T03:47:27.204921+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cracker Barrel Q3 FY2022 EPS $1.19; revenue $790.2M up 10.8%; declares $1.30 dividend and $200M buyback

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.19, adjusted EPS $1.29; revenue $790.2M (+10.8%); operating income $30.5M (3.9% of revenue, down 42% YoY).
- Comparable restaurant sales +10.9%, retail +9.7%; total comparable store sales +10.7% vs prior year.
- Quarterly dividend $1.30 per share (payable Aug 5, 2022); new $200M share repurchase authorization.
- Maple Street Biscuit Co. appoints John Maguire as President; Q4 FY22 guidance: revenue ~+8% YoY, adj op margin 4.0-4.5%.
- Q4 expectations: commodity inflation 16-18%, wage inflation 8-10%, capex ~$30M, six new Maple Street units.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-068790
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBRL
- cik: 0001067294
- company_name: CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC
- filed_at: 2022-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1067294/000110465922068790/0001104659-22-068790-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465922068790/tm2217797d1_8k.htm

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