Post Office Box 787
                              Lebanon, Tennessee
                                      37088-0787
                              Phone 615.443.9869

[Logo of CBRL Group, Inc.]

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


CBRL GROUP, INC. ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND INCREASE TO TWELVE CENTS PER SHARE
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Lebanon,  TN (September 24, 2004) - CBRL Group,  Inc. (the  "Company")  (NASDAQ:
CBRL) today  announced  that the Board of  Directors  has declared a dividend to
common  shareholders  of twelve cents per share,  payable on November 1, 2004 to
shareholders  of record as of October 8, 2004.  This  dividend  reflects a 9.1%
increase from the previous quarterly dividend paid for the last four quarters.

     Commenting on the dividend  increase,  CBRL Group, Inc. President and Chief
Executive  Officer  Michael A.  Woodhouse  said,  "We are pleased to announce an
increase to our quarterly dividend, the first increase since the adoption of our
new  dividend  policy in September a year ago. We continue to expect to generate
strong cash flow from our  businesses,  and we believe that dividends  remain an
attractive means of returning capital to our shareholders."

     Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently operates
506 Cracker  Barrel Old Country Store  restaurants  and gift shops located in 41
states and 111 company-operated and 20 franchised Logan's Roadhouse  restaurants
in 18 states.

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