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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


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                                    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): July 30, 2004
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                                CBRL GROUP, INC.



        Tennessee                     0-25225                62-1749513
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(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

(a)      Financial Statements.  None

(b)      Pro Forma Financial Information.  None

(c)      Exhibits.

99.1  Press Release dated July 30, 2004.

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

     On July 30,  2004,  CBRL  Group,  Inc.  issued  the press  release  that is
furnished  as Exhibit  99.1 to this  Current  Report on Form 8-K,  which by this
reference  is  incorporated  herein as if copied  verbatim,  with respect to its
declaration  of a cash dividend of eleven cents per share,  payable on September
1, 2004 to shareholders of record as of August 9, 2004.





                                   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:  July 30, 2004                    CBRL GROUP, INC.


                                         By:  /s/ James F. Blackstock
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                                         Name:  James F. Blackstock
                                         Title: Senior Vice President, General
                                                Counsel and Secretary

[Exhibit 99.1]
                           [Logo of CBRL Group, Inc.]



                                   Contact: Lawrence E. White
                                            Senior Vice President/
                                            Finance and Chief Financial Officer
                                            (615) 443-9869



      CBRL GROUP, INC. DECLARES ELEVEN CENTS PER SHARE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
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Lebanon,  TN (July 30, 2004) - CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company")  (NASDAQ:  CBRL)
today  announced  that the Board of Directors  has declared a dividend to common
shareholders  of  eleven  cents  per  share,  payable  on  September  1, 2004 to
shareholders of record as of August 9, 2004.

     Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently operates
504 Cracker  Barrel Old Country Store  restaurants  and gift shops located in 41
states and 107 company-operated and 20 franchised Logan's Roadhouse  restaurants
in 17 states.