[Exhibit 99]

                              POST OFFICE BOX 787
                               LEBANON, TENNESSEE
                                       37088-0787
                               PHONE 615.443.9869

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CBRL GROUP, INC.
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[Logo of CBRL Group, Inc.]




                                                Contact:  Lawrence E. White
                                                          Senior Vice President/
                                                          Finance and Chief
                                                          Financial Officer
                                                          (615) 443-9869


                      CBRL GROUP FISCAL 2004 FOURTH QUARTER
                         CONFERENCE CALL ON THE INTERNET


LEBANON,  Tenn. - Sept. 2, 2004 -- CBRL Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:  CBRL) will provide
an  on-line,  real-time  Web-cast  and  rebroadcast  of its fourth  quarter  and
year-end  earnings  conference  call on  Thursday,  September  9, 2004.  Company
management will discuss  financial  results for the quarter ended July 30, 2004,
update sales trends and discuss the earnings outlook for its 2005 fiscal year.


         The live broadcast of CBRL Group's  quarterly  conference  call will be
available  to the  public  on-line  at  www.vcall.com  or  www.cbrlgroup.com  on
September 9, 2004,  beginning at 11:00 a.m.  (Eastern Time).  The on-line replay
will follow immediately and continue through September 16.

         Headquartered  in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group,  Inc.,  through its
subsidiaries,  presently  operates  505  Cracker  Barrel  Old  Country  Store(R)
restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 109  company-operated and 20
franchised Logan's Roadhouse(R) restaurants in 18 states.


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