[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:  Julie K. Davis
                                                                  (615) 443-9266



             CBRL GROUP, INC. ELECTS ERIK VONK TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LEBANON,  Tenn.  (August 16, 2005) - CBRL Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:  CBRL) today
announced the election of Erik Vonk to its Board of Directors as an  independent
director, effective immediately.

Mr. Vonk is Chairman & CEO of Gevity HR, Inc.  (Nasdaq:  GVHR). He was appointed
to these positions in 2002. He has led Gevity's successful transformation from a
Professional Employer Organization into a leader in the HR outsourcing industry.
During this time, the company  accelerated its  profitability  and experienced a
fivefold increase in its stock price.

Before joining  Gevity,  Mr. Vonk served as a member of the executive board
of  Randstad  Holding NV, the third  largest  flexible  staffing  company in the
world.  He was President & CEO of Randstad North  America,  based in Atlanta GA.
During his tenure at Randstad  North  America,  Mr. Vonk  started the  company's
North American operations and built it into a profitable  organization with $1.5
billion in revenues.

Mr. Vonk also has extensive experience in the banking industry.  He was a member
of the executive board of Bank Cantrade AG and held senior management  positions
at Chase Manhattan Bank and ABN-AMRO Bank.

Michael A. Woodhouse,  Chairman, President & CEO of CBRL Group, Inc., commented,
"It  is a  pleasure  to  welcome  Erik  Vonk  to our  Board  of  Directors.  His
intelligent and thoughtful  approach to building businesses and dealing with the
challenges of managing human resources in today's environment will be helpful as
we  pursue  our  goal  of  consistent  and  sustained  growth  in  revenues  and
profitability."

Headquartered  in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group,  Inc.  operates  533 Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 126
company-operated and 23 franchised Logan's Roadhouse restaurants in 19 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 ability of the Company to
identify,  acquire and sell  successful new lines of retail  merchandise  and to
successfully introduce new restaurant offerings and menu changes; the effects of
plans intended to improve  operational  execution and  performance;  competitive
marketing and operational  initiatives;  the effects of increased competition at
Company  locations on sales and on labor  recruiting,  cost, and retention;  the
availability  and cost of  acceptable  sites for  development  and the Company's
ability to identify such sites; workers' compensation, group health, facilities,
utility and commodity price changes; changes in foreign exchange rates affecting
the  Company's  future retail  inventory  purchases;  increases in  construction
costs; consumer behavior based on concerns over nutritional or safety aspects of
the  Company's   products  or  restaurant   food  in  general;   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 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 chains;  the actual results of pending or
threatened  litigation or governmental  investigations and the costs and effects
of negative  publicity  associated with these activities;  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;  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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