[Logo of CBRL GROUP, INC.]                                   POST OFFICE BOX 787
                                                              LEBANON, TENNESSEE
                                                                      37088-0787
                                                              PHONE 615.443.9869
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CBRL GROUP, INC.
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                                                Contact:  Lawrence E. White
                                                          Senior Vice President/
                                                          Finance and Chief
                                                          Financial Officer
                                                          (615) 443-9869

                      CBRL GROUP, INC. REPORTS APRIL SALES

LEBANON,  Tenn. (May 3, 2005) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: CBRL)
today reported  comparable store sales for the five-week period ending April 29,
2005.

     The Company  reported that comparable  store  restaurant sales for the five
weeks ending Friday,  April 29, 2005 in its Cracker Barrel Old Country  Store(R)
("Cracker Barrel") units were up 2.5% from the comparable period last year, with
an approximately 5.1% higher average check, including  approximately 3.6% higher
menu pricing.  In early April,  Cracker Barrel implemented a menu price increase
of  approximately  1.9%.  Cracker Barrel  comparable store retail sales in April
were down 10.1%.  The Easter  holiday was two weeks  earlier this year than last
year, and the pre-Easter  period fell in late fiscal March this year compared to
fiscal April last year. Cracker Barrel's  comparable store restaurant sales were
approximately 1-1.5% lower and retail sales were approximately 2-2.5% lower as a
result of the change in timing.  Comparable  restaurant  sales in the  Company's
Logan's  Roadhouse(R)  restaurants in April were up 4.4%, with an  approximately
4.5% higher average check, including  approximately 4.6% higher menu pricing. In
early April, Logan's implemented a menu price increase of approximately 1.4% and
is now lapping a 2.3% menu price increase implemented in early May of last year.
Logan's  comparable  store  sales  were  reduced  by less  than  0.5%  from  the
pre-Easter period falling in fiscal March this year.

     Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently operates
522 Cracker  Barrel Old Country Store  restaurants  and gift shops located in 41
states and 123 company-operated and 22 franchised Logan's Roadhouse  restaurants
in 18 states.



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