UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): January 5, 2005

RUBY TUESDAY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Georgia	1-12454	63-0475239
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

150 West Church Avenue
Maryville, Tennessee 37801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(865) 379-5700
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

         On January 5, 2005, Ruby Tuesday, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the “Registrant”), issued a press release announcing its same-store sales results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2005, including an adjustment of accounting for leases. In addition, the Registrant announced the payment of a semi-annual dividend. The full text of the Registrant’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Current Report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language to such filing, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

          (c) Exhibits.

EXHIBIT	DESCRIPTION
99.1	Press Release of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. issued on January 5, 2005.

      SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
(Registrant)

 

By: /s/ Marguerite N. Duffy
     Marguerite N. Duffy
     Senior Vice President and
     Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 5, 2005