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Market Cap:$790.8M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.3B
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- US
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CBRL Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRL) operates and develops restaurants and retail concepts. It has about 540 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops across 40 states. It also has 130 company-operated and about 20 franchised Logan's Roadhouse restaurants in around 20 states. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner but no alcohol. The Cracker Barrel also sells products like hand-blown glassware, cookware, woodcrafts, jellies and old-fashioned candies. This $2.6 billion company is based in Lebanon, TN, and employs about 75,000 people.The company was again voted ABest Family Dining Chain' in the annual Choice in Chains consumer poll conducted by Restaurants and Institutions magazine for the 15th year in a row.
Chairman, President & CEO
Michael A. WoodhouseNumber of Employees 65,000
Contact Information
305 Hartman Drive
PO Box 787
Lebanon, Tennessee 37087-2519
(615) 444-5533
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Full-Service Restaurants: 722110
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 07/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Very good. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Stephen Anderson - MKM Partners LLC. Stephen Anderson - MKM Partners LLC A very quick question on the labor cost line that’s been coming up the last couple of quarters, primarily on the health cost side,...
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. F3Q09 (Qtr End 05/01/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Brad Ludington - KeyBanc Capital Markets. Brad Ludington - KeyBanc Capital Markets I wanted to ask just kind of a house cleaning question. On the interest rate swap liability is your nominal amount...
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. F3Q09 (Qtr End 05/01/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Cracker Barrel Old County Store, Inc. CBRL F3Q09 Earnings Call May 27, 2009 11:00 am ET
Cracker Barrel Beats Street Predictions
Geezeo.com submits: Although the last quarter was full of firms seeing drops in spending, there were firms that did well. An example of such a firm would be Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL), whose recent profit declaration showed that the firm’s earnings per...
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store F2Q09 (Qtr End 1/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. Operator Instructions. We'll go first to Brad Ludington with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Brad Ludington - KeyBanc Capital Markets Good morning. I have a question first and see if we can get any more clarification on the sales leaseback. On that is -- since the...
CBRL Group, Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 10/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from Brad Ludington – KeyBanc Capital Markets. Brad Ludington – KeyBanc Capital Markets I’d like to start off the question of where the capEx is exactly coming out. You have over $20 million coming out. Is that just...
Time To Start Nibbling at Restaurants?
Alan Brochstein, CFA submits: There is an apparently large faction of people who expect that Americans, weighed down by their debt burdens and facing rising costs, will abandon restaurants and start cooking. Yeah, right. While I have been very negative on the industry, I want to say that...
CBRL Group, Inc. Declares Eighteen Cents Per Share Quarterly Dividend
LEBANON, Tenn. -- CBRL Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a regular dividend to common shareholders of $0.18 per share, payable on August 5, 2008 to shareholders of record on July 18, 2008.
CBRL Group, Inc. F3Q08 (Qtr End 5/2/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Sean Dodge with Suntrust Robinson Humphrey. Sean Dodge - Suntrust Robinson Humphrey I just wanted to know, given what you know now on the advertising test results, do you still anticipate rolling out to a larger store base...
CBRL Group, Inc. Reports Higher Third Quarter Net Income Per Diluted Share
Updates Guidance for Fiscal 2008
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Lawrence E. White | CFO & Senior Vice President, Finance |
| Patrick A. Scruggs | Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President, Accounting |
| Simon Turner | Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President, Marketing |
| Diana S. Wynne | Senior Vice President |
| Edward A. Greene | Senior Vice President |
| N.B. Forrest Shoaf | General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary |
| Norman J. Hill | Senior Vice President, HR |
| Anthony P. Guadagno | Regional Vice President |
| Beth Quinn | Vice President |
| Cecilia Gibson | Vice President |
| David R. Swartling | Regl Vice President |
| Douglas R. Goolsby | Regl Vice President |
| Michael Zylstra | Vice President |
| Stanley T. Warner | Regional Vice President |
| Terry A. Maxwell | Regional Vice President |
| Thomas R. Pate | Vice President, Training |
| Julie Davis | Director, Communications |
| Eddie Jones | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Michael A. Woodhouse | Chairman, President & CEO |
| Andrea M. Weiss | Board of Directors |
| B.F. Lowery | Board of Directors |
| Charles E. Jones | Board of Directors |
| James D. Carreker | Board of Directors |
| Jimmie D. White | Board of Directors |
| Martha M. Mitchell | Board of Directors |
| Richard J. Dobkin | Board of Directors |
| Robert C. Hilton | Board of Directors |
| Robert V. Dale | Board of Directors |
Chairman of the Board since November 23, 2004 and President and CEO of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. since August 4, 2001; President and COO of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. from July 2000 through August 3, 2001; Executive Vice President and COO of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. from July 1999 to July 2000, Senior Vice President and CFO of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. from December 1995 to July 1999. Mr. Woodhouse has 24 years of experience in the restaurant industry and 15 years of experience in the retail industry.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Chairman, President & CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | CFO & Senior Vice President, Finance | Current |
Mr. Scruggs assumed his current position in 2003. He has been employed by the Company or its subsidiaries in various capacities since 1989. He has 19 years of experience in the restaurant and retail industries.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President, Accounting | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President, Marketing | Current |
Prior to joining Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., she was Vice President, Treasury for Blockbuster, Inc. She served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Metromedia Restaurant Group before joining Blockbuster. Ms. Wynne began her career with Price WaterhouseCoopers and has over 29 years of experience in the restaurant and retail industries.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
From August 1996 to October 2005, he worked for Restaurant Services, Inc., the independent purchasing cooperative which provides supply chain management services for Burger King Corporation and its franchisees, serving most recently as its Vice President, Food and Packaging Purchasing. Mr. Greene began his career with The Pillsbury Company and has over 30 years of combined experience in the restaurant and food processing industries.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
Mr. Shoaf was named interim chief financial officer in March 2008 following the February resignation of Larry White, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. CFO. Mr. Shoaf will hold this position until a replacement for Mr. White is found. Prior to joining Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., Mr. Shoaf was Managing Director of Investment Banking for Avondale Partners, LLC. From 1996 to 2000, he was a Managing Director of J.C. Bradford and from 2000 to 2002, a Managing Director in the investment banking group of Morgan Keegan, a Memphis, Tennessee based investment banking firm and head of its Nashville Corporate Finance Office. He is a graduate of West Point and Harvard Law School.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Regional Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Regl Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Regl Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Regional Vice President | Current |
Mr. Maxwell was promoted to Senior Vice President, Retail in February 2006. Prior to his promotion, he served as Senior Vice President, Operations. During his 28 years of experience at Cracker Barrel, Maxwell has held management positions in both restaurant and retail operations including general manager at several stores. In 1994, he became a Regional Director and from 1997 to 2003, he was a Regional Vice President.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Regional Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Vice President, Training | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Director, Communications | Current |
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Director, Communications | Former |
Andrea M. Weiss has been a director since June 2006. Since August 2002, she has served as president and chief executive officer of Retail Consulting Inc., an international retail consulting company she owns. From April 2001 to August 2002, she served as president of dELiA*s Corp., a direct marketing and retail company comprised of lifestyle brands for teenage girls. From May 1998 to February 2001, she served as executive vice president and chief stores officer of Limited Brands Inc., a specialty retail business. She is also a director of CBRL Group Inc. and eDiets.com Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Consulting | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Retail Consulting | President | Current |
| eDiets.com, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| GSI Commerce, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Limited Brands, Inc. | Chief Stores Officer | Former |
| Limited Brands, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
Attorney; Chairman and CEO, LoJac Companies, Inc., a diversified group of companies engaged in the manufacturing of asphalt and building materials, heavy highway construction, asphalt and concrete paving, traffic control, safety devices and sand mining operations, Lebanon, TN.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
President, Corporate Communications, Inc., an investor/shareholder communications and public relations firm, Nashville, TN.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Communications Inc. | Founder | Current |
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Emory University | MBA Degree | Former |
| Vanderbilt University | BA Degree In Accounting | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carreker Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Trammell Crow Company | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Trammell Crow Company | President | Former |
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Director | Former |
Retired; Senior Vice President--Finance and CFO of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. from 1985 to December 1995.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Retired; Senior Partner and Senior Vice President Fleishman-Hillard, Inc., an international communications consulting and public relations firm, St. Louis, MO, from 1987 until July 2005.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Retired; Managing Partner of the Tampa, FL office of Ernst & Young, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, from 1987 until June 2005.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
President, Autumn Capital, an investment firm, Nashville, TN, since August 1999; Chairman, President and CEO, Home Technology Healthcare, Inc., Nashville, TN, from October 1991 to August 1999.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Retired; President, Windy Hill Pet Food Company, Nashville, TN, from March 1995 until its sale in July 1998; Partner in PFB Partnership, Nashville, TN, from August 1994 to March 1995; President of Martha White Foods, Inc., Nashville, TN, from October 1985 to August 1994. Mr. Dale serves as our Lead Independent Director.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CBRL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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