[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
                     2005 PIPER JAFFRAY CONSUMER CONFERENCE


LEBANON, Tenn. (June 2, 2005) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CBRL)
today  announced  that it will be presenting at the 2005 Piper Jaffray  Consumer
Conference  which  will be held June 7 and June 8,  2005 at the New York  Palace
Hotel.

     There will be an on-line  simulcast of the  Company's  presentation,  which
begins at 9:50 a.m.  (Eastern)  on  Wednesday,  June 8, 2005,  available  at the
Company's web site, www.cbrlgroup.com. An online replay of the presentation will
be available one hour after the presentation ends and will be accessible through
June 21, 2005. A webcast of the  Company's  presentation  will also be available
over  the  Internet  at http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker
=CBRL&item_id=1073373.

     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
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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