[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. TO HOST
                   ANALYST-INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR CONFERENCE


LEBANON,  Tenn.  (June 18, 2004) -- CBRL Group,  Inc. (the  "Company")  (NASDAQ:
CBRL)  announced that senior  executives from the Company and its Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store(R)  ("Cracker  Barrel") and Logan's  Roadhouse(R)  ("Logan's")
subsidiaries will host a business update on June 24-25, 2004 that will highlight
the Company's strategic priorities and key initiatives.

     Presentations  are scheduled  from  6:30-8:00  p.m. EDT Thursday,  June 24,
2004,  beginning  again at 10:00 a.m.  EDT on Friday,  June 25, 2004 and running
until  approximately  4:00 pm. EDT. The audio and video can be accessed  through
the CBRL Group,  Inc.  website at  www.cbrlgroup.com  and will be available  for
replay  through  Friday,  July 2,  2004.  The  Company  will  have  supplemental
financial  and  operating   data  available  to  augment   management's   formal
presentations, which will be accessible via the Company's website.

     The conference will feature business updates on CBRL Group,  Inc.,  Cracker
Barrel  and  Logan's,  as  well  as  tours  of  key  training  and  distribution
facilities.

     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.



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