UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------------- FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): November 1, 2005 ------------------------ CBRL GROUP, INC. Tennessee 0-25225 62-1749513 (State or Other (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Jurisdiction of Identification No.) Incorporation) 305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087 (615) 444-5533 Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR.13e-4(c))Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure. On November 1, 2005, CBRL Group, Inc. issued the press release that is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which by this reference is incorporated herein as if copied verbatim, reporting comparable store sales for the five-week period ending October 28, 2005. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (a) Financial Statements. None (b) Pro Forma Financial Information. None (c) Exhibits. 99 Press Release issued by CBRL Group, Inc. dated November 1, 2005
SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Dated: November 1, 2005 CBRL GROUP, INC. By: /s/ N.B. Forrest Shoaf ------------------------------------ Name: N.B. Forrest Shoaf Title: Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
[Logo of CBRL Group, Inc.] Post Office Box 787 Lebanon, Tennessee 37088-0787 Phone 615.443.9869 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBRL GROUP, INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Lawrence E. White Senior Vice President/ Finance and Chief Financial Officer (615) 443-9869 CBRL GROUP, INC. REPORTS OCTOBER SALES LEBANON, TN (November 1, 2005) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CBRL) today reported comparable store sales for the five-week period ending October 28, 2005. The Company reported that comparable store restaurant sales for the five weeks ending Friday, October 28, 2005 in its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store(R) ("Cracker Barrel") units were down 0.1% from the comparable period last year, with an approximately 3.6% higher average check, including approximately 3.0% higher average menu pricing. Cracker Barrel comparable store retail sales in October were down 13.6%. Comparable restaurant sales in the Company's Logan's Roadhouse(R) ("Logan's") restaurants in October were up 0.8%, with an approximately 2.5% higher average check, including approximately 2.4% higher average menu pricing. The Company continues to believe that gasoline prices and the effects of recent hurricanes have had a negative and disruptive effect on consumer sentiment, especially on more discretionary retail sales, and it observed that sales results for the five weeks and quarter ending October 28, 2005 were below its previous expectations. In fiscal October, the Company's operations were unfavorably affected by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma. During October, the Company lost approximately 112 store operating days due to closings for hurricane damage and related power outages. One Cracker Barrel store remains closed as of today as a result of power outages caused by Hurricane Wilma. The Company estimates that the net unfavorable effect to Cracker Barrel's comparable store restaurant sales as a result of hurricanes in fiscal October this year was approximately equal to the effect noted in fiscal October last year. The Company estimates that the net effect from hurricanes was approximately 1% more unfavorable to Logan's comparable store sales this year than last year. Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. operates 537 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 129 company-operated and 23 franchised Logan's Roadhouse restaurants in 19 states. ###