[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, INC. REPORTS MAY SALES
LEBANON, Tenn. (June 1, 2005) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: CBRL)
today reported comparable store sales for the four-week period ending May 27,
2005.
The Company reported that comparable store restaurant sales for the four
weeks ending Friday, May 27, 2005 in its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store(R)
("Cracker Barrel") units were up 7.1% from the comparable period last year, with
a 5.1% higher average check, including approximately 3.9% higher menu pricing.
Cracker Barrel comparable store retail sales in May were down 2.3%. Comparable
restaurant sales in the Company's Logan's Roadhouse(R) restaurants in May were
up 2.6%, with a 2.7% higher average check, including approximately 2.4% higher
menu pricing.
As indicated when it established its reporting calendar for fiscal 2005 on
September 9, 2004, the Company will report sales results for fiscal June on
Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at which time it will also provide an update to its
earnings guidance.
Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates
525 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41
states and 124 company-operated and 23 franchised Logan's Roadhouse restaurants
in 18 states.
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