[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. DECLARES ELEVEN CENTS PER SHARE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
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Lebanon,  TN (July 30, 2004) - CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company")  (NASDAQ:  CBRL)
today  announced  that the Board of Directors  has declared a dividend to common
shareholders  of  eleven  cents  per  share,  payable  on  September  1, 2004 to
shareholders of record as of August 9, 2004.

     Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently operates
504 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.