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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):   March 4, 2008


CBRL GROUP, INC.

 
Tennessee 
0-25225 
 62-1749513
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)    Identification No.)
                                                                                                        
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)

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[  ] 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 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 4, 2008, the Company issued the press release, which is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein, announcing the comparable store sales for its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® restaurants and gift shops for the four-week period ending Friday, February 29, 2008.


Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)  
Exhibits.
   
  See Exhibit Index immediately following signature page.

 


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: March 4, 2008   CBRL GROUP, INC.
       
       
    By: /s/ N.B. Forrest Shoaf  
    Name:  N.B. Forrest Shoaf
    Title: Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
       
 
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
  
     
Exhibit No. 
Description
  
     
99.1  Press Release issued by CBRL Group, Inc. dated March 4, 2008 (furnished only)  
 
pressrelease.htm
Exhibit 99.1

 
 
POST OFFICE BOX 787
LEBANON, TENNESSEE
37088-0787
 
C B R L   G R O U P,   I N C.

 
Investor Contact: Diana S. Wynne
  Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs
  (615) 443-9837
   
Media Contact:  Julie K. Davis
  Director, Corporate Communications
  (615) 443-9266
 

CBRL GROUP REPORTS POSITIVE FEBRUARY COMPARABLE SALES

LEBANON, Tenn. – March  4, 2008 – CBRL Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) today reported comparable store sales for its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® restaurants and gift shops for the four-week period ending Friday, February 29, 2008.  The sales are compared with the four-week period ending March 2, 2007, not the prior-year fiscal period, as a result of the 53rd week in the fiscal year ended on August 3, 2007.

·
Comparable store restaurant sales increased 0.9%, which included the effect of an approximately 3.1% higher average check that resulted primarily from an average menu price increase of approximately 3.2%.
·
Comparable store retail sales were up 1.2%.

Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 572 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states.
 

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