Post Office Box 787
                               Lebanon, Tennessee
                                       37088-0708
                               Phone 615-443-9869

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CBRL Group, Inc.
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[Logo of CBRL Group, Inc.]

                                                           Contact:  Julie Davis
                                                           615-443-9266

         CBRL GROUP, INC. ELECTS RICHARD J. DOBKIN TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS


     LEBANON,  Tenn.  (July 29, 2005) - CBRL Group,  Inc.  (Nasdaq:  CBRL) today
announced the election of Richard J. Dobkin to its Board of Directors  effective
immediately.

Mr.  Dobkin has 37 years of experience  with Ernst & Young in Tampa,  Pittsburgh
and New York. He recently retired as Tampa Managing  Partner,  a position he had
held  since  1987.  He has been a member of the  Southeast  Area  Assurance  and
Advisory Business Services  Operating  Committee with  responsibilities  for the
retail,  distribution and manufacturing practice in Florida and Puerto Rico. Mr.
Dobkin  served as leader of the  Entrepreneurial  Services  practice for Florida
and, as the senior advisory partner, provided client service to companies in all
stages of growth from  start-ups to large  publicly held  companies  with global
operations.

Mr.  Dobkin's  civic  activities  include  serving on the Board of Directors and
Executive Committee for Tampa's Museum of Science & Industry (Chairman of Board,
1996 and 1997);  Board of Directors,  Florida  Holocaust  Museum;  Greater Tampa
Chamber of Commerce  (Chairman of Board,  1998);  and the Tampa Committee of 100
economic development  organization (Chairman 2000). He is a past board member of
various organizations  including the United Way, Community Foundation of Greater
Tampa,  Tampa Bay Partnership,  University of Tampa and Florida Orchestra Member
Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF).

Mr.  Dobkin  holds a  Masters  of  Science  in  Industrial  Administration  from
Carnegie-Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, with honors,
from  Pennsylvania  State  University.  He also  attended the Kellogg  Executive
Program at  Northwestern  University,  and is  licensed  as a  Certified  Public
Accountant in Florida and Pennsylvania

Michael A. Woodhouse,  Chairman of the Board of CBRL Group, Inc., commented, "It
is a pleasure to welcome  Richard Dobkin to our Board of Directors.  The caliber
of ability and experience that he brings as an independent director will be very
helpful in guiding our business."

Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries,
presently operates 529 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store(R)  restaurants and gift
shops located in 41 states and 124  company-operated  and 23 franchised  Logan's
Roadhouse(R) restaurants in 18 states.

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