Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., doing business as Cracker Barrel, is a corporate entity that operates over 600 restaurants nationwide. The company provides catering and food services through federal contracts, primarily delivering pre-made meals to support various training exercises, missions, and COVID-19 response efforts for the U.S. Army and Army National Guard units across multiple states.

Through numerous firm fixed price purchase orders and Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call contracts, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has provided catered breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals to the Department of the Army, Army National Guard units in Virginia, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Florida. These awards range in value from $8,160 to over $500,000 and often require Cracker Barrel to prepare meals offsite at their restaurant locations before delivering them to military dining facilities. While most contracts are not set aside, several BPA calls with the Oklahoma Army National Guard from 2022-2023 were set aside for total small businesses. Cracker Barrel has procured over $1.5 million in Army/Defense catering contracts to date.

The Department of the Army Oklahoma Army National Guard awarded Cracker Barrel a multiple award BPA in 2022 to provide catered meal services through September 2027, with a potential $500,000 value. Subsequent firm fixed price call orders totaling $1 million were issued from May-July 2023 for Cracker Barrel to deliver consolidated car program meals in Oklahoma City. Additionally, a single award $50,000 BPA was awarded in 2022 for catered meals through April 2023, along with an $800,000 call order for meals through October 2022. These agreements allow the Department of the Army to efficiently procure Cracker Barrel's meal provisions and catering support for Army National Guard operations in Oklahoma.