[Exhibit 99.2]
                [Logo of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.]


For Immediate Release                                       Contact: Julie Davis
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                      CRACKER BARREL RESOLVES LAWSUITS WITH
                          NAACP AND PRIVATE PLAINTIFFS


LEBANON, TN - (September 9, 2004) - Donald Turner, President and Chief Operating
Officer  for  Cracker  Barrel Old  Country  Store,  Inc.,  today  announced  the
resolution of all of the public  accommodations  cases that have been brought or
supported by the National  Association  for the  Advancement  of Colored  People
against  Cracker  Barrel.  Turner  said,  "This  matter  has  been  resolved  to
everyone's  satisfaction and the parties are now ready to move forward.  Cracker
Barrel is very pleased with this settlement."

     Cracker  Barrel  Old  Country  Store,   Inc.   operates  505  company-owned
restaurants  and retail  stores in 41  states.  The  company  is a  wholly-owned
subsidiary of the publicly held CBRL Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL).


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