[Exhibit 99.1]
                           [Logo of CBRL Group, Inc.]



                                   Contact: Lawrence E. White
                                            Senior Vice President/
                                            Finance and Chief Financial Officer
                                            (615) 443-9869


          CBRL GROUP, INC. REPORTS SALES TRENDS AND PROVIDES EARNINGS
                    GUIDANCE FOR FISCAL 2004 FOURTH QUARTER

LEBANON,  Tenn.  (June 17, 2004) -- CBRL Group,  Inc. (the  "Company")  (NASDAQ:
CBRL) today reported  quarter-to-date  sales and provided  earnings guidance for
the fourth fiscal quarter of 2004.

     The Company reported that quarter-to-date comparable store restaurant sales
in its Cracker  Barrel Old Country  Store(R)  ("Cracker  Barrel") units are down
approximately 1.5-2% from last year, with an approximately 1.5-2% higher average
check,  including  approximately  1.7%  higher  menu  pricing.   Cracker  Barrel
quarter-to-date  comparable  store  retail  sales  are  down  approximately  5%.
Quarter-to-date   comparable   restaurant   sales  in  the   Company's   Logan's
Roadhouse(R)  restaurants are up approximately 2.5-3%,  including  approximately
3.5-4% higher average  check,  including  approximately  3% higher menu pricing.
Father's Day occurred earlier in the fiscal 2003 fourth quarter and was included
in last year's comparable store sales for the period. The Company estimates that
this  timing  difference   reduced  fourth   quarter-to-date   comparable  store
restaurant sales relative to the year-ago  quarter-to-date period by almost 0.5%
for Cracker Barrel and approximately 1.5% for Logan's.

     The  Company  urges  caution  in  considering  its  current  trends and the
earnings guidance  disclosed in this press release.  The restaurant  industry is
highly competitive,  and trends and guidance are subject to numerous factors and
influences, some of which are discussed in the cautionary language at the end of
this press release.  The Company  disclaims any  obligation to update  disclosed
information  on trends or targets  other than in its  periodic  filings on Forms
10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Commenting  on  current  trends,  CBRL  Group,  Inc.  President  and  Chief
Executive  Officer  Michael A.  Woodhouse  said,  "Quarter-to-date  sales trends
reflect a variety of factors,  including  general  softness in sales  similar to
that reported by a number of other restaurant companies, lack of availability of
certain  retail  product,  slower  than  expected  sales of a certain new retail
product, the timing of holidays, and other factors. Encouragingly,  both Cracker
Barrel and Logan's comparable restaurant sales trends, adjusted for the one-week
shift in both  Memorial  Day and  Father's  Day,  have  been both  positive  and
stronger than the reported quarter-to-date trends since just before the Memorial
Day weekend. Based on these trends,  improved availability of retail product and
the timing of holidays,  we expect a relative improvement in sales trends in all
our businesses for the remainder of the quarter."

     The Company provided  guidance for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2004, which
ends on July 30, 2004. The Company expects a mid-single  digit increase in total
revenue over last year and diluted net income per share of  $0.65-$0.68  for the
fourth  quarter  compared  with $0.70 in the  year-ago  quarter.  This  guidance
reflects expectations for comparable store restaurant sales for the full quarter
versus last year of between a 1% decrease and a 1% increase  for Cracker  Barrel
and a percentage  increase in the  mid-single  digits for  Logan's.  The Company
presently expects  comparable store retail sales during the fourth quarter to be
down  1-3%  from  the  year-ago   quarter.   Guidance  also  reflects   expected
continuation of commodity cost pressures in most major food cost categories. The
principal  food  categories in which the Company does not have contracts for all
its needs through the fiscal fourth quarter or beyond are dairy,  smoked sausage
and produce.  Guidance reflects the Company's  expected cost increases for these
categories.

     Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently operates
500 Cracker  Barrel Old Country Store  restaurants  and gift shops located in 41
states and 107 company-operated and 19 franchised Logan's Roadhouse  restaurants
in 17 states.





     Except for specific historical  information,  many of the matters discussed
in  this  press  release  may  express  or  imply  projections  of  revenues  or
expenditures,  statements  of plans  and  objectives  or  future  operations  or
statements of future economic  performance.  These,  and similar  statements are
forward-looking  statements concerning matters that involve risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the actual performance of CBRL Group, Inc. and
its  subsidiaries  to differ  materially from those expressed or implied by this
discussion. All forward-looking  information is provided by the Company pursuant
to the safe harbor  established under the Private  Securities  Litigation Reform
Act  of  1995  and  should  be  evaluated  in  the  context  of  these  factors.
Forward-looking   statements   generally   can  be  identified  by  the  use  of
forward-looking  terminology  such  as  "assumptions",   "target",   "guidance",
"outlook",  "plans",  "projection",  "may", "will", "would", "expect", "intend",
"estimate", "anticipate",  "believe", "potential" or "continue" (or the negative
or other  derivatives  of each of these terms) or similar  terminology.  Factors
which could materially  affect actual results  include,  but are not limited to:
the effects of uncertain  consumer  confidence  or general or regional  economic
weakness on sales and customer travel activity; the actual results of pending or
threatened  litigation or governmental  investigations and the costs and effects
of  negative  publicity  associated  with these  activities;  the ability of the
Company to identify,  acquire and sell successful  lines of retail  merchandise;
commodity,  workers'  compensation,  group  health and  utility  price  changes;
consumer  behavior  based on concerns over  nutritional or safety aspects of the
Company's  products or  restaurant  food in general;  competitive  marketing and
operational  initiatives;  the effects of plans intended to improve  operational
execution  and  performance;   changes  in  or   implementation   of  additional
governmental  or regulatory  rules,  regulations and  interpretations  affecting
accounting,  tax, wage and hour matters, health and safety, pensions,  insurance
or other undeterminable  areas;  practical or psychological effects of terrorist
acts or war and  military or  government  responses;  the  effects of  increased
competition  at Company  locations on sales and on labor  recruiting,  cost, and
retention;  the ability of and cost to the Company to recruit, train, and retain
qualified  restaurant  hourly  and  management  employees;  disruptions  to  the
Company's  restaurant or retail supply chain;  changes in foreign exchange rates
affecting the Company's future retail inventory purchases;  the availability and
cost of acceptable  sites for development and the Company's  ability to identify
such sites;  changes in accounting  principles  generally accepted in the United
States of America or changes in  capital  market  conditions  that could  affect
valuations  of  restaurant  companies  in general or the  Company's  goodwill in
particular; increases in construction costs; changes in interest rates affecting
the Company's  financing costs; and other factors described from time to time in
the Company's filings with the SEC, press releases, and other communications.

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