POST OFFICE BOX 787

[CBRL GROUP, INC. LOGO]                LEBANON, TENNESSEE

                      37088-0787

                     PHONE 615.443.9869

C B R L  G R O U P,  I N C.

Investor Contact:          Diana S. Wynne    

          Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs     

                                           (615) 443-9837<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Media Contact:                Julie K. Davis

                                           Director Corporate Communications

                     (615) 443-9266

CBRL GROUP, INC. REPORTS OCTOBER COMPARABLE STORE SALES

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />LEBANON, Tenn. (October 31, 2006) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CBRL) today reported comparable store sales for the fiscal five-week period ending Friday, October 27, 2006.  The report includes monthly comparable store sales for both its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store^â (“Cracker Barrel”) restaurants and gift shops and its Logan’s Roadhouse^â (“Logan’s”) restaurants. 

For Cracker Barrel:

·         Comparable store restaurant sales in fiscal October were up 1.9% with an approximately 1.2% higher average check, including approximately 1.0% higher average menu pricing,

·         Comparable store retail sales in fiscal October were up 5.9%.

For Logan’s:

·         Comparable restaurant sales in fiscal October were down 0.8%, with an approximately 1.0% higher average check, including approximately 1.6% average menu pricing.

Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 548 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 143 company-operated and 26 franchised Logan’s Roadhouse^Ò restaurants in 20 states.

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