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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


 
FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2009


CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC.

Tennessee
0-25225
62-1749513
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)
 
Identification No.)

305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087

(615) 444-5533


Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 30, 2009, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (the “Company”) issued the press release, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and that is incorporated by reference into this Item, announcing that the Company will host an analyst-institutional investor conference on October 13, 2009.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)  
Exhibits.

 
See Exhibit Index immediately following signature page.


 
 

 
SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  October 5, 2009
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY
 
STORE, INC.
     
     
 
By:
/s/ N.B. Forrest Shoaf  
 
Name:
N.B. Forrest Shoaf
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Secretary
   
and Chief Legal Officer


 
 

 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
   
Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press Release issued by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. dated September 30, 2009 (furnished only)




 
pressrelease.htm

Exhibit 99.1
 
 
POST OFFICE BOX 787
LEBANON, TENNESSEE
37088-0787
 
 
Investor Contact: Barbara A. Gould
  (615) 235-4124
   
Media Contact Julie K. Davis
  (615) 443-9266
 
CRACKER BARREL TO HOST
ANALYST-INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR CONFERENCE

LEBANON, Tenn. -- September 30, 2009 – Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CBRL) announced that senior executives from the Company will host a business update on October 13, 2009 that will highlight the Company’s operating strategies as well as tours of the training kitchen and model retail store at the Company’s home office in Lebanon, Tennessee.

The meeting will begin at 11:00 a.m. CDT with lunch and tours of the training facilities. Presentations are scheduled from 12:15 p.m. CDT (1:15 p.m. EDT) to 3:00 p.m. CDT (4.00 p.m. EDT).  A live webcast of the presentation will be available on-line in the Events area of the Company’s website at investor.crackerbarrel.com. An on-line replay of the webcast will be available until November 30.

The formal presentations will be available on the website, crackerbarrel.com, before the meeting on October 13.

About Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® restaurants provide a friendly home-away-from-home in its old country stores and restaurants.  Guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and shopping that’s surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America’s country heritage…all at a fair price. The restaurant serves up delicious, home-style country food such as meatloaf and homemade chicken n’ dumplins as well as its signature biscuits using an old family recipe. The authentic old country retail store is fun to shop and offers unique gifts and self-indulgences.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in 1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 591 company-owned locations in 41 states.  Every Cracker Barrel unit is open seven days a week with hours Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. – 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. - 11 p.m.  For more information, visit: crackerbarrel.com.

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