[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.

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