Exhibit 99.1
[CBRL GROUP, INC. LOGO] | POST OFFICE BOX 787 |
LEBANON, TENNESSEE | |
37088-0787 |
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 JANUARY COMPARABLE RESTAURANT SALES
LEBANON, Tenn. – February 5, 2008– CBRL Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) today reported comparable store sales for its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® restaurants and gift shops for the five-week period ending Friday, February 1, 2008. The sales are compared with the 5-week period ending February 2, 2007, not the prior-year fiscal period, as a result of the 53rd week in the fiscal year ended on August 3, 2007.
· | Comparable store restaurant sales increased 1.7%, which included the effect of an approximately 3.0% higher average check that resulted primarily from an average menu price increase of approximately 3.2%. |
· | Comparable store retail sales were down 1.9%. |
Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 570 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states.
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