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Cracker Barrel Names David Deno CEO as Julie Masino Exits August 10

7/27/2026

660 company-owned Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations across 43 states pass to a new operator on August 10, 2026.

David Deno takes the chief executive and board seats that date; Julie Masino vacates both simultaneously and stays in an advisory capacity through October 9, 2026.

Cracker Barrel (Nasdaq: CBRL) disclosed the succession in an 8-K filed July 27, 2026, following what independent Chairman Carl Berquist described as a comprehensive search process.

Deno's operating resume Deno brings more than four decades of restaurant and retail experience to Lebanon, Tenn.

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