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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