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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):   September 5, 2007


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)

[  ] 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 240.13e-4(c))


 
Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 5, 2007, CBRL Group, Inc. 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, August 31, 2007.


Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 (d)
Exhibits.

See Exhibit Index immediately following signature page to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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:  September 5, 2007 CBRL GROUP, INC.
     
     
  By: /s/ Lawrence E. White        
  Name: Lawrence E. White
  Title:
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
     
 
                                                                                     

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 
 
Exhibit
  
Number
_____________________Description_____________________                            

99.1
Press Release dated September 5, 2007 re sales for the four-week period ended August 31, 2007 (furnished only)


cbrlpressrelease.htm
Exhibit 99.1
 
 
[CBRL GROUP, INC. LOGO]
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 AUGUST COMPARABLE STORE SALES GROWTH

LEBANON, Tenn. – September 5, 2007 -- CBRL Group, Inc. (“CBRL” or the “Company”)
(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, August 31, 2007, the first reporting period of the Company’s 2008 fiscal year.   The sales are compared with comparable weeks, 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 3.1% from the comparable four-week period last year, with approximately 2.0% higher average check primarily due to an average menu price increase of about 2.7%.   Menu prices were increased approximately 2% in mid-August.
·  
Comparable store retail sales were up 0.1% from the comparable four-week period in fiscal 2007.

Commenting on the August results, CBRL Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Michael A. Woodhouse said, “We are encouraged by positive sales in both restaurants and retail for our first fiscal period.  We believe that the strong restaurant sales and traffic in August included some benefit of vacation travel and extended summer dining-out behavior due to later school-year opening dates in some parts of the country.  In retail, fall seasonal women’s apparel sales were slower than expected during the late summer heat wave, and we have later holiday product introduction as planned and lower availability of clearance product than we had last year.”

Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 562 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states.
 
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