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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-215492
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250924
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250924
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250924

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIRKS GROUP INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001179821
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-JEWELRY STORES [5944]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0330

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32635
		FILM NUMBER:		251338846

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2020 ROBERT BOURASSA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			MONTREAL
		STATE:			A8
		ZIP:			H3A 2A5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		514-397-2592

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2020 ROBERT BOURASSA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			MONTREAL
		STATE:			A8
		ZIP:			H3A 2A5

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Birks Group Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20131003

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BIRKS & MAYORS INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20051115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HENRY BIRKS & SONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020809
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</DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-16</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-16</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the month of September, 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission file number: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-32635</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BIRKS GROUP INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation of Registrant&#8217;s name into English) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2020 Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Suite 200 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Montreal, Qu&eacute;bec </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>H3A 2A5 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive office) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> or Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F.</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">&#9746;&#8194;Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#9744;&#8194;Form</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indicate by check
mark if the registrant is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(1):&#8194;</B>&#9744;<B></B><B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Note</B>: Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indicate by check mark if the
registrant is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(7):&#8194;</B>&#9744;<B></B><B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Note</B>: Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or
legally organized (the registrant&#8217;s &#8220;home country&#8221;), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant&#8217;s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not
required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant&#8217;s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> submission or other Commission filing on
EDGAR. </P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>1.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>S<SMALL>UBMISSION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> M<SMALL>ATTERS</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>A</SMALL>
V<SMALL>OTE</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITY</SMALL> H<SMALL>OLDERS</SMALL></U><SMALL></SMALL>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On
September&nbsp;18, 2025, the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;) of Birks Group Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) was held in Montreal, Quebec. The shareholders of record at the close of business on July&nbsp;25, 2025 (the
&#8220;Record Date&#8221;) were entitled to vote at the Meeting. As of the Record Date, the Company had 11,876,717 Class&nbsp;A voting shares outstanding (which entitle the holder to one vote per share), 7,717,970 Class&nbsp;B multiple voting shares
outstanding (which entitle the holder to 10 votes per share) and no preferred shares outstanding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The shareholders of the Company elected
as directors, Niccol&ograve; Rossi di Montelera, Davide Barberis Canonico, Paola Farnesi, M. Eugenia Gir&oacute;n, Emilio B. Imbriglio, and Deborah Shannon Trudeau, to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders of the
Company or until their successors are elected or appointed. The election of directors by the shareholders was by the following votes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Votes For</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Votes&nbsp;Against</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Votes&nbsp;Withheld</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Niccol&ograve; Rossi di Montelera</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">83,371,520</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">7,405</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">n/a</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">966,150</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Davide Barberis Canonico</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">83,373,520</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">5,405</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">n/a</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">966,150</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paola Farnesi</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">83,374,635</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">4,290</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">n/a</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">966,150</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">M. Eugenia Gir&oacute;n</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">83,374,618</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">4,307</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">n/a</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">966,150</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emilio B. Imbriglio</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">83,370,452</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">8,473</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">n/a</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">966,150</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deborah Shannon Trudeau</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">83,370,896</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">8,029</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">n/a</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">966,150</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The shareholders authorized the appointment of Grant Thornton S.E.N.C.R.L. as the Company&#8217;s independent
auditors and authorized the directors to fix Grant Thornton S.E.N.C.R.L.&#8217;s remuneration by 84,152,893 votes in favor, 190,409&nbsp;votes against, 1,773 votes withheld/abstained and 0 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes.</FONT> </P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>2.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>C<SMALL>HANGE</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL>&#8217;<SMALL>S</SMALL>
A<SMALL>UDITORS</SMALL></U><SMALL></SMALL> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September&nbsp;9, 2025, the Company issued a press release (the
&#8220;Press Release&#8221;) announcing that the board of directors of the Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) recommended the appointment of Grant Thornton S.E.N.C.R.L. (&#8220;Grant Thornton&#8221;) as auditors of the Company for the Company&#8217;s
fiscal year ending March&nbsp;28, 2026 (&#8220;fiscal year 2026&#8221;) and thus effectively ending KPMG LLP&#8217;s (&#8220;KPMG&#8221;) term as auditors. The Press Release was furnished on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KPMG has served as the Company&#8217;s independent auditors since
January&nbsp;25, 2000. On July&nbsp;29, 2025, following the issuance of KPMG&#8217;s audit report on the Company&#8217;s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March&nbsp;29, 2025, the Company launched a competitive request for
proposal (&#8220;RFP&#8221;) process inviting KPMG and other qualified firms to submit proposals in order to evaluate and select auditors (the &#8220;Selected Auditors&#8221;) for fiscal year 2026 to serve until the next annual meeting of
shareholders at such remuneration as may be fixed by the Board. The Company reviewed the various proposals received, which led to the Board&#8217;s recommendation of the appointment of Grant Thornton as the Selected Auditors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KPMG&#8217;s audit reports on the financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal years ended March&nbsp;29, 2025 (&#8220;fiscal
year 2025&#8221;) and March&nbsp;30, 2024 (&#8220;fiscal year 2024&#8221;) did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During
fiscal year 2024, fiscal year 2025 and to the date of the change of auditors, there were: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">no &#8220;disagreements&#8221;, as such term is defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(iv) of Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> (and the related instructions thereto), between the Company and KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreement, if
not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreement in connection with its audit reports on the Company&#8217;s financial statements; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">no &#8220;reportable events&#8221;, as such term is defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(v) of Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F,</FONT> except for the KPMG&#8217;s communication of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as of March&nbsp;29, 2025 related to (i)&nbsp;the lack of sufficient accounting and financial
reporting personnel to appropriately segregate duties in the preparation and review of certain account reconciliations (purchases and leases) and journal entries, (ii)&nbsp;the insufficient design of certain management review controls (assessment of
future operation and inventory reserves) due to the inadequate retention of documentary evidence including management&#8217;s assessment related to the completeness and accuracy of the underlying information, and (iii)&nbsp;the insufficient design
of a control related to the review of the classification of a cash flow transaction. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> and requested that KPMG furnish a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the Company&#8217;s statements. A copy of KPMG&#8217;s letter is furnished hereto as Exhibit 16.1 to this
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d97484dex161.htm">Letter from KPMG LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated September&nbsp;24, 2025 </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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Blvd West </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suite 1500, Tour KPMG </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Montr&eacute;al
(Qu&eacute;bec) H3A 0A3 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tel. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">514-840-2100</FONT></FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">www.kpmg.ca </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September 24, 2025 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We were previously principal accountants
for Birks Group Inc. and, under the date of July&nbsp;25, 2025, we reported on the consolidated financial statements of Birks Group Inc. as of and for the years ended March&nbsp;29, 2025 and March&nbsp;30, 2024. On September&nbsp;9, 2025, we were
notified of the Board&#8217;s recommendation of a new principal accountant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have read Birks Group Inc. statements included under Item 2, <I>Change in
Company&#8217;s Auditors</I> of its Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> dated September 24, 2025, and we agree with such statements. We are not in a position to agree or disagree with the remainder of the Form <FONT
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