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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL)
Restaurant and store operator, counted by role. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-25. Ranked 36 of the 39 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing counts 74,500 people with 406 in corporate and supervisory roles and 3,400 in store management, so the restaurants pattern carries nearly all of them (a).
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 11% now, 13% at the end of 2027, 14% at the end of 2028, 14% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 14% desk work, 22% people work and 65% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 86% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 10% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
74,500 employees as of 2026-07-31 (stated). The filing describes its stores without a count by country.
The filing: “As of July 31, 2026, we employed approximately 74,500 people, of whom 360 were in advisory and supervisory capacities, 3,400 were in-store management positions and 46 were officers.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places | 99% | By stated counts (a): 3,400 in-store management positions and the store personnel who make up nearly all of the 74,500, in restaurants that each carry a retail shop. |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 1% | By stated counts (a): the filing counts 360 people in advisory and supervisory capacities and 46 officers, a stated corporate headcount under rule 6. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 74,500 people: 360 advisory and supervisory, 3,400 in-store management, 46 officers, the rest store personnel, many part-time; no union representation.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Restaurants and Other Eating Places, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Starbucks (SBUX, 381,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
- Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC, 290,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
- Darden (DRI, 209,931 employees)10% now, 13% by 2028
- McDonald's Corporation (MCD, 150,000 employees)10% now, 13% by 2028
- Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG, 130,301 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
- Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (TXRH, 101,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
- Brinker International, Inc. (EAT, 85,003 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
- Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (BLMN, 64,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
2 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 2 sentences: AI used in cyber attacks, and AI solutions it has incorporated into its business and continues to evaluate.
- “Cyber-attacks are increasingly common and sophisticated, including through use of developing technologies such as artificial intelligence to identify and exploit weaknesses in business security systems, and we cannot guarantee such attacks will not materially impact our business in the future.”
- “Additionally, we have incorporated artificial intelligence solutions into our business, and we continue to evaluate the use of artificial intelligence throughout our organization.”
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 74,500 | 2026-09-25 | 10-K |
| 2025-08-01 | 76,730 | 2025-09-26 | 10-K |
| 2024-08-02 | 77,600 | 2024-09-27 | 10-K |
| 2023-07-28 | 77,000 | 2023-09-26 | 10-K |
| 2022-07-29 | 73,000 | 2022-09-27 | 10-K |
| 2021-07-30 | 70,000 | 2021-09-24 | 10-K |
| 2020-07-31 | 55,000 | 2020-09-25 | 10-K |
| 2019-08-02 | 73,000 | 2019-09-27 | 10-K |
| 2018-08-03 | 73,000 | 2018-09-28 | 10-K |
| 2017-07-28 | 73,000 | 2017-09-22 | 10-K |
| 2016-07-29 | 73,000 | 2016-09-26 | 10-K |
| 2015-07-31 | 72,000 | 2015-09-29 | 10-K |
| 2014-08-01 | 72,000 | 2014-09-25 | 10-K |
| 2013-08-02 | 71,000 | 2013-09-26 | 10-K |
| 2012-08-03 | 70,000 | 2012-09-25 | 10-K |
| 2011-07-29 | 67,000 | 2011-09-27 | 10-K |
| 2010-07-30 | 67,000 | 2010-09-28 | 10-K |
| 2009-07-31 | 66,000 | 2009-09-29 | 10-K |
| 2008-08-01 | 65,000 | 2008-09-30 | 10-K |
| 2007-08-03 | 64,000 | 2007-10-02 | 10-K |
| 2006-07-28 | 62,000 | 2006-10-03 | 10-K |
| 2005-07-29 | 64,000 | 2005-09-26 | 10-K |
| 2004-07-30 | 60,000 | 2004-09-28 | 10-K |
| 2003-08-01 | 57,073 | 2003-10-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-08-02 | 53,667 | 2002-10-25 | 10-K |
| 2001-08-03 | 49,140 | 2001-10-12 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-07-28 | 44,733 | 2000-10-26 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-07-30 | 43,817 | 1999-10-26 | 10-K405 |
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-26-110772, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 11% now and 14% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Cracker Barrel Old Country Store employ?
- 74,500 as of July 31, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending July 31, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Restaurants and Other Eating Places; by those patterns the work is about 14% desk work, 22% people work and 65% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's annual report say about AI?
- 2 sentences in the filing name AI. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 1, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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