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, INC. TO PRESENT AT THE
                        JOHNSON RICE CONSUMER CONFERENCE

Lebanon, TN (October 18, 2004)- CBRL  Group, Inc. (the  "Company") (NASDAQ:CBRL)
will be  presenting at  the Johnson Rice  Consumer Conference  to be held in New
Orleans,  LA at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Monday, October 25, 2004, at 2:30 p.m.
Eastern  Time  (1:30 p.m. Central  Time).  The  Company's  President  and  Chief
Executive  Officer,  Michael  A.  Woodhouse, and  its  Senior  Vice President of
Finance and Chief Financial Officer,  Lawrence E. White, will be speaking at the
conference.

     A webcast  of the  presentation  will be  available  over the  Internet  at
http://wsw.com/webcast/jr/cbrl/. The replay of the webcast will be available one
hour  after  the  presentation  ends and  will be  accessible  for 14 days.  The
archived   webcast  will  also  be  available  on  the   Company's   website  at
www.cbrlgroup.com through November 7, 2004.

     Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently operates
509 Cracker  Barrel Old Country Store  restaurants  and gift shops located in 41
states and 114 company-operated and 20 franchised Logan's Roadhouse  restaurants
in 18 states.

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