[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


      CBRL GROUP, INC. DECLARES THIRTEEN CENTS PER SHARE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

LEBANON,  Tenn.  (November 22, 2005) -- CBRL Group,  Inc.  (Nasdaq:  CBRL) today
announced  that the  Board of  Directors  has  declared  a  dividend  to  common
shareholders of $0.13 per share,  payable on February 8, 2006 to shareholders of
record on January 13, 2006.

Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently  operates 538
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states
and 129 company-operated  and 23 franchised Logan's Roadhouse  restaurants in 19
states.

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