Cracker Barrel Upgrades to MICROS Workstation 5

Cracker Barrel's upgrade for its 588 company-owned stores includes 2,700 MICROS WS5's, which will be deployed over the next two and half years.

The MICROS WS5 will provide Cracker Barrel with a cost effective POS touch-screen workstation built on a solid state architecture to minimize repair needs. In addition, the MICROS WS5 uses a Microsoft CE.Net operating system that is much less susceptible to viruses, and the proprietary MICROS Client Application Loader (CAL). The MICROS CAL is client management software which promotes easy loading, upgrading, and remote management of software applications, making deployment and depot service for the MICROS WS5 easy.

"MICROS has been a strong, reliable partner of Cracker Barrel for over a decade," stated Tim Mullen, Vice President of Information Technology, Cracker Barrel. "We evaluated other POS product options, and found the MICROS WS5 best fits our requirements for an easy to deploy, easy to maintain, low cost solution. We have been very pleased with the prior five generations of MICROS Workstations that we have utilized and we look forward to this next successful technology deployment."

"We are very pleased that Cracker Barrel has selected the MICROS WS5 for its next generation hardware platform," stated Tom Moran, Vice President, MICROS Restaurant Sales & Strategies. "We are committed to providing the industry with a rugged, affordable product suite that is easy to install & maintain, intuitive to use, and extremely reliable. We look forward to extending and expanding our long-term partnership with Cracker Barrel."

The all new WS5 features a powerful processor running the latest Microsoft Windows Embedded operating systems and a large, bright 15" touchscreen display. Other impressive characteristics include standard stereo speakers, 1G networking, MICROS CAL, and an advanced operating system recovery utility. The use of flash memory and passive cooling reduces energy consumption and the risk of costly mechanical failures, and improves system reliability and uptime. Improved I/O connectivity, a new, easy to use adjustable stand, and many modular options make the WS5 highly configurable and ready for use in a wide range of applications.

About Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store(R) restaurants provide a friendly home-away-from-home in their old country stores and restaurants. Guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and shopping that's surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America's country heritage... all at a fair price. The restaurant serves up delicious, home-style country food such as meatloaf and homemade chicken n' dumplins as well as its signature biscuits using an old family recipe. The authentic old country retail store is fun to shop and offers unique gifts and self-indulgences.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in 1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 588 company-owned locations in 41 states. Every Cracker Barrel unit is open seven days a week with hours Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. - 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. - 11 p.m. For more information, visit: www.crackerbarrel.com.

About MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 310,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 25,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point-of-sale, loss prevention, and cross-channel functionality through its MICROS-Retail division for more than 90,000 retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.

For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736. You can also visit the MICROS website at www.micros.com or send an email to info@micros.com.

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