8-K

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 13, 2025

CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)

(615) 444-5533

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

On January 13-15, 2025, members of management of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (the “Company”) will be meeting with members of the investment community in conjunction with the 2025 ICR Conference, an annual industry event. A copy of the presentation deck (the “Presentation”) to be referred to by management at such meetings, which includes matters of potential interest to investors, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished under Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

All statements made in the Presentation and incorporated by reference herein other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, and are provided under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, all of which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements, or those of the industries and markets in which the Company participates, to differ materially from the Company’s expectations of future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The Company’s past results of operations do not necessarily indicate its future results, and the Company’s future results may differ materially from the Company’s past results and from the expectations and plans of the Company expressed in the Presentation due to various risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 2024 filed on September 27, 2024, and other risk factors detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Presentation and the forward-looking statements contained therein speak only as of the date thereof. Except as otherwise required by applicable laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking or other statements included in the Presentation, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.

SIGNATURES

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.

Exhibit 99.1