Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) 8-K CBRL Group Reports Positive February Comparable Sales

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.

· 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%.

· 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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