-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FGKJQrG3oxJ2H3XYnwRzY8IkAcASQyYZclAR2195EqSexhDppq+kIMcJPxXHSzBL 8LY9o4aV6ZMspYT+gel1Yg== 0001005794-04-000531.txt : 20040715 0001005794-04-000531.hdr.sgml : 20040715 20040715121855 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001005794-04-000531 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040715 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20040715 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CBRL GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067294 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 621749513 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TN FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25225 FILM NUMBER: 04915283 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 787 CITY: LEBANON STATE: TN ZIP: 370880787 BUSINESS PHONE: 6154439217 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 787 CITY: LEBANON STATE: TN ZIP: 37087 8-K 1 cbrlform8k071504.txt FORM 8K - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 -------------------------------- FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): July 15, 2004 ------------- CBRL GROUP, INC. Tennessee 0-25225 62-1749513 --------- ------- ---------- (State or Other (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Jurisdiction Identification No.) of Incorporation) 305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087 (615) 444-5533 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits (c) Exhibits. 99.1 Press Release dated July 15, 2004. Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure CBRL Group, Inc. issued a press release that is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which by this reference is incorporated herein as if copied verbatim. In the press release, CBRL Group, Inc. reports sales trends and updates earnings guidance for its fiscal 2004 fourth quarter. SIGNATURE 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 the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Dated: July 15, 2004 CBRL GROUP, INC. By: /s/ James F. Blackstock ---------------------------------- Name: James F. Blackstock Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary EX-99 2 cbrlpressrelease071504.txt PRESS RELEASE [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 REAFFIRMS EARNINGS GUIDANCE FOR FISCAL 2004 FOURTH QUARTER LEBANON, Tenn. (July 15, 2004) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: CBRL) today reported quarter-to-date sales and reaffirmed 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 0.5-1% 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 3.5-4%. Quarter-to-date comparable restaurant sales in the Company's Logan's Roadhouse(R) restaurants are up approximately 5.5%, including approximately 4-4.5% higher average check, including approximately 3% higher menu pricing. 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. The Company reaffirmed its guidance for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2004, which ends on July 30, 2004. The Company presently expects diluted net income per share of $0.65-$0.68 for the fourth quarter compared with $0.70 in the year-ago quarter. Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 502 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 107 company-operated and 20 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. ### -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----