[Logo of CBRL GROUP, INC.]                                   POST OFFICE BOX 787
                                                              LEBANON, TENNESSEE
                                                                      37088-0787
                                                              PHONE 615.443.9869
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CBRL GROUP, INC.
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                                                Contact:  Lawrence E. White
                                                          Senior Vice President/
                                                          Finance and Chief
                                                          Financial Officer



            CBRL GROUP TO SIMULCAST PRESENTATION AT THE RAYMOND JAMES
                 26TH ANNUAL INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS CONFERENCE


LEBANON,  Tenn. (February 28, 2005) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq:
CBRL)  today   announced   that  it  will  be  presenting  at  the  26th  Annual
Institutional  Investors Conference hosted by Raymond James from March 6 through
March 9, 2005 in Orlando,  Florida.  There will be an on-line  simulcast  of the
Company's presentation,  which begins at 7:30 a.m. (Eastern) on Monday, March 7,
2005, available at the Company's web site,  www.cbrlgroup.com.  An online replay
of the presentation  will be available  through March 20, 2005. A webcast of the
Company's   presentation   will  also  be   available   over  the   Internet  at
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rjii05/cbrl/.

     The Company's Chairman,  President and Chief Executive Officer,  Michael A.
Woodhouse,  and its Senior Vice President,  Finance and Chief Financial Officer,
Lawrence  E.  White,  will be  speaking  at the  conference.  To access the live
simulcast of the  presentation,  please go to the Company's web site at least 15
minutes  prior  to the  presentation  to  download  and  install  any  necessary
software.

     Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently operates
517 Cracker  Barrel Old Country Store  restaurants  and gift shops located in 41
states and 119 company-operated and 22 franchised Logan's Roadhouse  restaurants
in 18 states.


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