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):   August 21, 2003

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

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Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)

Exhibits.  

99.1  Press Release dated August 21, 2003.

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

CBRL Group, Inc. issued a press release that is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1, which by this reference is incorporated herein as if copied verbatim.  In the press release, CBRL Group, Inc. announces the election of Andrea M. Weiss as a member of its Board of Directors.

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:  August 21, 2003

CBRL GROUP, INC.

By: /s/ James F. Blackstock

 

Name: James F. Blackstock

                               

Title:  

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary

[CBRL]

EXHIBIT 99.1

Contact:

Lawrence E. White

Senior Vice President,

Finance and Chief    Financial Officer

615-444-5533

CBRL GROUP, INC. ELECTS ANDREA M. WEISS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LEBANON, Tenn.  (August 21, 2003) – CBRL Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:  CBRL) today announced the election of career retailer Andrea M. Weiss to its board of directors effective immediately.

Ms. Weiss has had a twenty-five year career in senior leadership with some of America’s foremost retailers. From 1998 to 2001 she was Executive Vice President and Chief Stores Officer of The Limited, Inc. and Intimate Brands, Inc., units of Limited Brands, Inc. (NYSE:  LTD), responsible for store operations, brand delivery and service strategy.  Ms. Weiss also served as President of Retail, Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:  GES), and as Vice President and Director of Stores of Ann Taylor Stores Corp. (NYSE:  ANN).  Ms. Weiss’ prior retail experience includes responsible positions at The Walt Disney Company, Casual Corner, The Narragansett and The Sporting Life Catalog.  She holds a Masters of Administrative Science from The Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University.  She also attended The Kellogg School at Northwestern University.  Ms. Weiss currently serves on the boards of Brookstone, Inc. (Nasdaq:  BKST), dELiA*s, Inc. (Nasdaq:  DLIA) and Hampton University.  Presently a retail consultant, Ms. Weiss, with her husband, is also involved in breeding and racing thoroughbred horses in Florida.

Dan W. Evins, Chairman of the Board of CBRL Group, Inc., commented, “We are both fortunate and pleased to welcome an individual of Andrea Weiss’ experience and ability to our board of directors.  Her impressive and extensive background in the retail industry will bring helpful, and independent, new perspectives to our board, particularly with respect to this important component of our business.”

Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, presently operates 482 Cracker Barrel Old Country Storeâ restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 96 company-operated and 16 franchised Logan’s Roadhouseâ restaurants in 17 states.

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