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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): October 18, 2004
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                                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 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure. On October 18, 2004, CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release, which is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein, announcing that the Company will be presenting at the Johnson Rice Consumer Conference on October 25, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time and noted that an audio webcast of the Company's presentation at the conference would be available to the public over the Internet, and for 14 days thereafter. 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 October 18, 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: October 18, 2004 CBRL GROUP, INC. By: /s/ James F. Blackstock ----------------------------------- Name: James F. Blackstock Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


                              POST OFFICE BOX 787
                               LEBANON, TENNESSEE
                                       37088-0787
                               PHONE 615-443-9869

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CBRL GROUP, INC.
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[Logo of CBRL Group, Inc.]




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


                       CBRL GROUP, INC. TO PRESENT AT THE
                        JOHNSON RICE CONSUMER CONFERENCE

Lebanon, TN (October 18, 2004)- CBRL  Group, Inc. (the  "Company") (NASDAQ:CBRL)
will be  presenting at  the Johnson Rice  Consumer Conference  to be held in New
Orleans,  LA at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Monday, October 25, 2004, at 2:30 p.m.
Eastern  Time  (1:30 p.m. Central  Time).  The  Company's  President  and  Chief
Executive  Officer,  Michael  A.  Woodhouse, and  its  Senior  Vice President of
Finance and Chief Financial Officer,  Lawrence E. White, will be speaking at the
conference.

     A webcast  of the  presentation  will be  available  over the  Internet  at
http://wsw.com/webcast/jr/cbrl/. The replay of the webcast will be available one
hour  after  the  presentation  ends and  will be  accessible  for 14 days.  The
archived   webcast  will  also  be  available  on  the   Company's   website  at
www.cbrlgroup.com through November 7, 2004.

     Headquartered in Lebanon,  Tennessee,  CBRL Group, Inc.  presently operates
509 Cracker  Barrel Old Country Store  restaurants  and gift shops located in 41
states and 114 company-operated and 20 franchised Logan's Roadhouse  restaurants
in 18 states.

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