[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. ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND INCREASE TO
                            THIRTEEN CENTS PER SHARE

LEBANON, Tenn. (September 22, 2005) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq:
CBRL) today  announced  that the Board of  Directors  has declared a dividend to
common  shareholders  of  $0.13  per  share,  payable  on  November  8,  2005 to
shareholders  of record on October  14,  2005.  This  dividend  reflects an 8.3%
increase from the previous quarterly dividend paid for the last four quarters.

Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently  operates 534
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states
and 127 company-operated  and 23 franchised Logan's Roadhouse  restaurants in 19
states.

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