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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1



                                            Contact:  Michael A. Woodhouse
                                                      Chief Financial Officer
                                                      CBRL Group, Inc.


                 CBRL GROUP, INC. TO ACQUIRE LOGAN'S ROADHOUSE


         LEBANON, Tenn. (December 11, 1998) -- Jointly, CBRL Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq/NM: CBRL), which will be the parent company of Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store, Inc. following completion of its reorganization into a holding
company structure at December 31, 1998, and Logan's Roadhouse, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:
RDHS) today announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement for the
acquisition of Logan's Roadhouse, Inc. by CBRL Group, Inc. Logan's Roadhouse,
with headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, operates 41 company-owned and 4
franchised Logan's Roadhouse(R) restaurants in 12 states, which feature steaks,
ribs, chicken, and seafood dishes in a distinctive atmosphere reminiscent of an
American roadhouse.

         Under the terms of the agreement, CBRL Group will purchase all of the
outstanding shares of Logan Roadhouse common stock for cash of $24 per share, or
a total purchase price of approximately $179 million. The purchase price will be
funded by a combination of cash and an increase in CBRL Group's bank lines of
credit. The acquisition is expected to be neutral to CBRL Group's earnings in
fiscal 1999 and accretive in fiscal 2000. The transaction is subject to usual
and customary closing conditions, including approval by the shareholders of
Logan's Roadhouse and is expected to close on or before March 1, 1999.

         Commenting on the announcement, Dan W. Evins, chairman and chief
executive officer of CBRL Group, Inc., said, "Logan's Roadhouse adds a third
restaurant concept to our new holding company structure. The other concepts are
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store(R) and Carmine Giardini's Gourmet Market and La
Trattoria Ristorante(TM). As with our other concepts, we intend to operate
Logan's Roadhouse as a separate company. The acquisition of Logan's Roadhouse
is consistent with our plans to grow by expanding our existing concepts as well
as by acquisitions.




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         "Logan's Roadhouse has an excellent management team led by Ted Moats,
who will remain as president and chief operating officer of Logan's Roadhouse.
Ted has built an exceptional restaurant concept that focuses on high-quality
food served in a casual and entertaining environment, delivers excellent unit
economics, and provides an excellent price-to-value relationship for its guests.
We believe Logan's Roadhouse will fit well with our Cracker Barrel and Carmine's
concepts.

         Edwin W. Moats, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Logan's
Roadhouse, Inc., said, "We are very pleased to join such an outstanding
organization as CBRL Group and are excited by the opportunity to continue to
grow the Logan's Roadhouse system. Under the holding company structure, we will
have the opportunity to operate as a separate company and continue to focus
directly on growing the Logan's Roadhouse concept, while at the same time have
the advantages of being part of a larger organization. We believe that through
this transaction, we will continue to provide our employees the most rewarding
work environment and, through them, to consistently enhance the quality of the
"Logan's Roadhouse experience" for each of our guests."

         Except for specific historical information, the matters discussed in
this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results and performance
of the CBRL Group (the Company) to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such statements. Factors which will affect actual results include,
but are not limited to: the availability and costs of acceptable sites for
development; the ability of the Company to recruit and train restaurant
personnel in its concepts expansion locations; the acceptance of the Company's
concepts as the Company's concepts continue to expand into new geographic
regions; continued successful acquisition of additional concepts to expand;
continued successful development of new and regional menu items; changes in or
implementation of additional governmental rules and regulations; appropriate
resolution of Year 2000 issues; and other factors described from time to time in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press
releases and other communications.

         Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, currently operates two
Carmine Giardini's Gourmet Markets located in Florida and 373 Cracker Barrel Old
Country Stores(R) locations in Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, North
Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia, Missouri,
South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Arizona, Louisiana, New York, West
Virginia, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, New
Mexico, Utah, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Connecticut, Idaho, Massachusetts,
and Montana.

         Logan's Roadhouse, Inc. operates 41 Company-owned and 4 franchised
Logan's Roadhouse(R) restaurants in 12 sates, which feature steaks, ribs,
chicken, and seafood dishes in a distinctive atmosphere reminiscent of an
American roadhouse. The Logan's Roadhouse menu is designed to attract a broad
range of customers by offering generous portions of moderately priced, high
quality food which appeals to a wide variety of tastes. The restaurants offer a
casual and entertaining dining environment, are open seven days a week for lunch
and dinner and provide full bar service.