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
26, 2006
CBRL
GROUP, INC.
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Tennessee
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0-25225
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62-1749513
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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Identification
No.)
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305
Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087
(615)
444-5533
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Item
7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On
September 26, 2006, 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, reporting comparable store sales
for
the four-week period ending September 22, 2006.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
99.1 Press
Release issued by CBRL Group, Inc. dated September 26, 2006
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
26,
2006
CBRL
GROUP, INC.
By:___/s/
N.B.
Forrest Shoaf
Name: N.B.
Forrest Shoaf
; Title:
Senior Vice President, Secretary
and
General Counsel
[CBRL GROUP, INC. LOGO] POST
OFFICE BOX
787
LEBANON,
TENNESSEE
37088-0787
PHONE 615.443.9869
C B R L G R O U
P, I N C.
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Investor
Contact:
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Diana
S. Wynne
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Senior
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
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(615)
443-9837
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Media
Contact:
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Julie
K. Davis
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Director
Corporate Communications
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(615)
443-9266
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CBRL
GROUP, INC. REPORTS SEPTEMBER COMPARABLE STORE SALES
LEBANON,
Tenn. (September 26, 2006) -- CBRL Group, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CBRL)
today reported comparable store sales for the fiscal four-week period ending
Friday, September 22, 2006. The report includes monthly comparable store sales
for both its Cracker Barrel Old Country Storeâ
(“Cracker Barrel”) restaurants and gift shops and its Logan’s
Roadhouseâ
(“Logan’s”) restaurants.
For
Cracker Barrel:
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Comparable
store restaurant sales in fiscal September were up 3.8%, with an
approximately 1.2% higher average check, including approximately 0.9%
higher average menu pricing,
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Comparable
store retail sales in fiscal September were up 4.4%. The Company noted
a
decline in sales versus last year for Cracker Barrel’s retail Porch Sale
clearance event in September, as a result of less available clearance
inventory, which had an unfavorable effect of approximately 3% on
comparable store retail sales for fiscal September.
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For
Logan’s:
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Comparable
restaurant sales in fiscal September were up 3.3%, with an approximately
2.2% higher average check, including approximately 2.5% average menu
pricing.
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Headquartered
in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 544 Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 143
company-operated and 25 franchised Logan’s RoadhouseÒ
restaurants in 20 states.
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