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): January 5,
2010
CRACKER
BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC.
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Tennessee
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0-25225
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62-1749513
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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Identification
No.)
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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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(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 5, 2010, 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 present at the Cowen
and Company 8th
Annual Consumer Conference to be held on January 12, 2010.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
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Exhibits.
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See
Exhibit Index immediately following signature
page.
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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.
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Dated: January
7, 2010
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CRACKER
BARREL OLD COUNTRY
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STORE,
INC.
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By:
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/s/ N.B. Forrest Shoaf | ||
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Name:
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N.B.
Forrest Shoaf
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Title:
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Senior
Vice President, Secretary
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and
Chief Legal Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release issued by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. dated January 5,
2010 (furnished only)
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Exhibit 99.1
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POST OFFICE
BOX 787
LEBANON, TENNESSEE
37088-0787
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| Investor Contact: | Barbara A. Gould |
| (615) 235-4124 | |
| Media Contact: | Julie K. Davis |
| (615) 443-9266 |
CRACKER
BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE PRESENTS AT
COWEN
AND COMPANY 8TH
ANNUAL CONSUMER CONFERENCE
LEBANON, Tenn. – January 5,
2010 – Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CBRL) will be
participating in the Cowen and Company 8th
Annual Consumer Conference to be held in New York City at the Westin New York at
Times Square. The Company’s presentation will begin at 3:30 p.m.
Eastern Time on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer Michael A. Woodhouse and Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer Sandra B. Cochran will be speaking at the
conference.
The live
broadcast of the presentation at the Cowen Conference 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 for two weeks
afterward.
About Cracker
Barrel
Cracker
Barrel Old Country Storeâ
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 593 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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