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 3, 2008
CBRL
GROUP, INC.
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Tennessee
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0-25225 |
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) |
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
January 3, 2008, CBRL Group, Inc.
issued the press release, which is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein, announcing the
comparable store sales for its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®
restaurants and gift shops for the four-week period ending Friday, December
28,
2007.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
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Exhibits.
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| See
Exhibit Index
immediately following signature page.
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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 3, 2008 | CBRL GROUP, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ N.B. Forrest Shoaf | ||
| Name: | N.B. Forrest Shoaf | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | ||
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
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99.1
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Press
Release issued
by CBRL Group, Inc. dated January 3, 2008 (furnished
only)
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Exhibit
99.1
| [CBRL GROUP, INC. LOGO] |
POST
OFFICE BOX
787
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LEBANON,
TENNESSEE
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37088-0787
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| Investor Contact: | Diana S. Wynne |
| Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs | |
| (615) 443-9837 | |
| Media Contact: | Julie K. Davis |
| Director, Corporate Communications | |
| (615) 443-9266 |
CBRL
GROUP REPORTS DECEMBER COMPARABLE STORE SALES
Sales
Affected Unfavorably by Severe Weather
LEBANON,
Tenn. – January 3, 2008 -- CBRL Group, Inc. (“CBRL”) (Nasdaq: CBRL) today
reported comparable store sales for its Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®
restaurants and gift shops for the four-week period ending Friday, December
28,
2007. The sales are compared with the 4-week
period ending December 29, 2006, not the prior-year fiscal period, as a
result of the 53rd
week in the fiscal year ended on August 3, 2007.
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·
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Comparable
store
restaurant sales decreased 1.1%, which included the effect of an
approximately 3.6% higher average check that resulted primarily from
an
average menu price increase of approximately
3.5%. Traffic declined approximately
4.7%. Severe winter weather unfavorably affected restaurant
traffic by an estimated 1.5% to 2%.
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·
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Comparable
store
retail sales were up 1.0%.
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Commenting
on the results,
CBRL Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Michael A. Woodhouse said,
“Pressures on consumer discretionary spending were more pronounced than expected during this holiday
season. In addition, the extreme weather in the Midwest and Northeast
adversely impacted traffic. Nevertheless, despite these headwinds,
our retail sales remained positive and our guest traffic trends continue to
exceed the industry as reported by the Knapp-Track™ index.”
Headquartered
in Lebanon,
Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 570 Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states.
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