Form 8-K


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): January 31, 2006


CBRL GROUP, INC.

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


305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087

(615) 444-5533


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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 31, 2006, CBRL Group, Inc. issued the press release that is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which by this reference is incorporated herein as if copied verbatim, reporting comparable store sales for the five-week period ending Friday, January 27, 2006.


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 January 31, 2006
 

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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: January 31, 2006
 
CBRL GROUP, INC.
     
 
By:
 /s/ N.B. Forrest Shoaf
 
Name:
N.B. Forrest Shoaf
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel


 
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Press Release
[CBRL GROUP, INC. LOGO]
Post Office Box 787
Lebanon, Tennessee
37088-0787
Phone 615.443.9869
 

 
                                                                        Contact:  Lawrence E. White
                                                                              Senior Vice President/
                                                                              Finance and
                                                                              Chief Financial Officer

CBRL GROUP, INC. REPORTS JANUARY SALES

LEBANON, Tenn. (January 31, 2006) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CBRL) today reported comparable store sales for the five-week period ending Friday, January 27, 2006:

·  
Comparable store restaurant sales in fiscal January were up 2.1% for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® (“Cracker Barrel”), with an approximately 2.0% higher average check, including approximately 2.3% higher average menu pricing
·  
Comparable restaurant sales for Logan’s Roadhouse® in January were up 3.3%, with an approximately 3.1% higher average check, including approximately 3.0% higher average menu pricing
·  
Cracker Barrel’s comparable store retail sales in January were down 4.0%.

The Company noted that the 1-1.5% unfavorable effect on fiscal January’s sales of shifts in the timing of the Christmas holiday, including a shift of Christmas Eve from fiscal December last year to fiscal January this year, was approximately offset by the 1-1.5% favorable effect of milder winter weather this year.
 
Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 542 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 132 company-operated and 24 franchised Logan’s Roadhouse restaurants in 20 states.

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