EX-99.1 2 pressrelease.htm PRESS RELEASE MARCH 4, 2008 pressrelease.htm
Exhibit 99.1

 
 
POST OFFICE BOX 787
LEBANON, TENNESSEE
37088-0787
 

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
   
Media Contact Julie K. Davis
  Director, Corporate Communications
  (615) 443-9266
 

CBRL GROUP REPORTS POSITIVE FEBRUARY COMPARABLE SALES

LEBANON, Tenn. – March  4, 2008 – CBRL Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) today reported comparable store sales for its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® restaurants and gift shops for the four-week period ending Friday, February 29, 2008.  The sales are compared with the four-week period ending March 2, 2007, not the prior-year fiscal period, as a result of the 53rd week in the fiscal year ended on August 3, 2007.

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Comparable store restaurant sales increased 0.9%, which included the effect of an approximately 3.1% higher average check that resulted primarily from an average menu price increase of approximately 3.2%.
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Comparable store retail sales were up 1.2%.

Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 572 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states.
 

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