Post Office Box 787
                               Lebanon, Tennessee
                                       37088-0787
                               Phone 616.443.9869

[Logo of CBRL Group, Inc.]

                                              Contact: Julie Davis
                                                       Communications Director
                                                       615-443-9266


          CEO MICHAEL A. WOODHOUSE TO BECOME CBRL GROUP, INC. CHAIRMAN
              Evins' Successor to Maintain Direction and Leadership


         LEBANON,  Tenn. (September 28, 2004) - CBRL Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:  CBRL)
today  announced  that its Board of Directors has elected its current  President
and Chief  Executive  Officer,  Michael A.  Woodhouse  as  Chairman of the Board
effective  November  23,  2004.  Current  Chairman Dan W. Evins has notified the
Company of his decision not to stand for  re-election to the Company's  Board at
that time. The Company's Board of Directors also named Evins, effective November
23, 2004,  as its  Chairman  Emeritus in  recognition  of his unique role in the
development  and growth of the  Cracker  Barrel Old Country  Store(R)  ("Cracker
Barrel")  concept.  In this new role,  Evins will continue to be available  from
time to time to provide advice to the Company's Board and senior executives.

         Evins founded the Cracker  Barrel concept in 1969 and has served as the
Company' s Chairman since 1970. He was President of Cracker Barrel for 27 years,
and Chief Executive  Officer until July 2001, when Woodhouse was elected to that
position.  Evins, who turns 69 in October 2004,  established Cracker Barrel as a
stopping place for travelers back when the interstate highway system was new. He
realized that people would return to his  restaurants if they were welcomed with
courtesy and could get good food and quality retail products. Evins' approach to
business led to the company's  mission  statement of "pleasing  people",  and he
frequently  says that this  mission  statement  applies  to all people - guests,
employees,  suppliers,  and  shareholders.  "Cracker  Barrel  has grown over the
years,  to state the  obvious,"  said Evins,  "but I am pleased to know that the
principles I set as the foundation for the business remain strong."

         Woodhouse  has  over  23  years  of  experience  as an  officer  in the
restaurant  and retail  industries.  He has been  responsible  for the strategic
direction  of CBRL Group and its  subsidiaries  since August of 2001 when he was
elected President and CEO of CBRL, and CEO of Cracker Barrel. Previously, he was
President  and Chief  Operating  Officer of CBRL and COO of Cracker  Barrel.  He
joined the  organization as Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO for Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store,  Inc. in 1995.  Woodhouse worked closely with the rest
of Cracker Barrel's senior management during its successful  turnaround in 2000,
and has led the  establishment of a team-based  leadership style at both Cracker
Barrel and CBRL's  other  subsidiary,  the Logan's  Roadhouse(R)  casual  dining
concept, which it acquired in 1999. In announcing these changes, Robert V. Dale,
the  Company's  lead  independent  director,  commented,  "Mike has built strong
leadership  teams in both of our operating  businesses and we expect as he takes
on the  additional  responsibilities  of  Chairman,  that Mike will  continue to
provide the steady presence and solid leadership required to meet the challenges
of today's restaurant industry."

         "While Danny  stepped away from the  day-to-day  aspects of running the
business   several  years  ago,  we  continue  to  value  his   perspective  and
commitment,"  said Woodhouse.  "I think it's safe to say that what Danny started
will  continue,  and that the people at Cracker  Barrel  will  always  strive to
reflect the values Danny defined in our mission statement of `pleasing  people'.
We are  pleased  that he will  continue  to be  available  for  advice  into the
future."



         Headquartered  in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group,  Inc.,  through its
subsidiaries,  presently  operates  506  Cracker  Barrel  Old  Country  Store(R)
restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 113  company-operated and 20
franchised Logan's Roadhouse(R) restaurants in 18 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:
changes in or  implementation  of additional  governmental or regulatory  rules,
regulations and interpretations  affecting accounting (including but not limited
to,  accounting for convertible debt under EITF Issue Abstract No. 04-08),  tax,
wage  and  hour  matters,  health  and  safety,  pensions,  insurance  or  other
undeterminable areas; the effects of uncertain consumer confidence or general or
regional economic weakness on sales and customer travel activity; the ability of
the  Company  to  identify,  acquire  and sell  successful  new  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;  the  actual  results  of  pending  or
threatened  litigation or governmental  investigations  or charges and the costs
and effects of negative publicity associated with these activities; 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
generally  accepted  accounting  principles  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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