EX-99.2 3 pressrelease2.htm PRESS RELEASE JUNE 3, 2008 pressrelease2.htm
Exhibit 99.2
 
 
[CBRL GROUP, INC. LOGO]    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 MAY COMPARABLE SALES

LEBANON, Tenn. – June 3, 2008 – CBRL Group, Inc. (“CBRL”) (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, May 30, 2008.  The sales are compared with the four-week period ending June 1, 2007,  not the prior-year fiscal period.

 
  Comparable store restaurant sales were flat, including the effect of an approximately 3.5% higher average check that resulted primarily from an average menu price increase of
    approximately 3.7%.
 
Comparable store retail sales were up 2.3%.
  Year-to-date fiscal 2008 comparable store restaurant sales increased 0.9%, which included the effect of an approximately 3.3% higher average check.  Comparable store retail
   
sales were down 0.4%.
 
 
 
 
Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 576 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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