[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 NOVEMBER SALES
LEBANON, Tenn. (November 29, 2005) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company")
(Nasdaq: CBRL) today reported comparable store sales for the four-week period
ending November 25, 2005.
The Company reported that comparable store restaurant sales for the four
weeks ending Friday, November 25, 2005 in its Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store(R) ("Cracker Barrel") units were up 0.2% from the comparable period last
year, with an approximately 2.8% higher average check, including approximately
2.4% higher average menu pricing. Cracker Barrel comparable store retail sales
in November were down 12.2%. The Company noted that it did not see improvements
in retail sales trends during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Comparable
restaurant sales in the Company's Logan's Roadhouse(R) ("Logan's") restaurants
in November were up 1.8%, with an approximately 4.2% higher average check,
including approximately 2.9% higher average menu pricing. The Company also noted
that comparable restaurant sales results for Cracker Barrel and Logan's in
fiscal November benefited slightly from the shift of Halloween from Sunday last
year to Monday this year.
Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates
538 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41
states and 129 company-operated and 24 franchised Logan's Roadhouse restaurants
in 19 states.
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