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): December 22, 2004
                                                         -----------------


                                CBRL GROUP, INC.


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

                  305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087

                                 (615) 444-5533


Check the appropriate  box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to  simultaneously
satisfy  the filing  obligation  of the  registrant  under any of the  following
provisions :

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR.13e-4(c))


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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

     On December 22, 2004, Lawrence E. White, Chief Financial Officer and Senior
Vice President of CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company"), notified the Company that he
had entered  into a trading plan to exercise  certain  options and sell up to an
aggregate of 35,385 shares of the  Company's  common stock in order to diversify
his investments.  The sales are expected to occur during a period  commencing on
January  3, 2005 and  ending  on March 31,  2005.  Mr.  White  does not have any
control over the timing of the sales under the plan.  The shares to be sold will
be issued  pursuant to the exercise of certain  stock options held by Mr. White.
Upon execution of the transactions under the plan, Mr. White will continue to be
ahead of the predetermined schedule for full compliance with the Company's stock
ownership  guidelines for executive officers.  Mr. White presently directly owns
26,289 shares of the Company's common stock, which he will continue to own after
transactions under the plan are completed,  and he will continue to have options
for an  additional  98,682  shares of common stock  following  completion of the
trading plan. Any sales under the plan will be publicly disclosed through Form 4
filings with the Commission.

     Mr.  White's  trading  plan is  intended  to comply with Rule 10b5-1 of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended.  It is the  Company's  policy to
disclose when the Chief Executive  Officer,  Chief Financial Officer or Chairman
of the Board  enter into a trading  plan that is  intended  to comply  with Rule
10b5-1.











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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:  December 23, 2004                CBRL GROUP, INC.


                                         By: /s/ James F. Blackstock
                                            ------------------------------------
                                         Name: James F. Blackstock
                                         Title: Senior Vice President, General
                                                Counsel and Secretary
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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): December 22, 2004
                                                         -----------------

                                CBRL GROUP, INC.

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

                  305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087

                                 (615) 444-5533

Check the appropriate  box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to  simultaneously
satisfy  the filing  obligation  of the  registrant  under any of the  following
provisions :

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01.  Other Events.

     On December 22, 2004, Lawrence E. White, Chief Financial Officer and Senior
Vice President of CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company"), notified the Company that he
had entered  into a trading plan to exercise  certain  options and sell up to an
aggregate of 35,385 shares of the  Company's  common stock in order to diversify
his investments.  The sales are expected to occur during a period  commencing on
January  3, 2005 and  ending  on March 31,  2005.  Mr.  White  does not have any
control over the timing of the sales under the plan.  The shares to be sold will
be issued  pursuant to the exercise of certain  stock options held by Mr. White.
Upon execution of the transactions under the plan, Mr. White will continue to be
ahead of the predetermined schedule for full compliance with the Company's stock
ownership  guidelines for executive officers.  Mr. White presently directly owns
26,289 shares of the Company's common stock, which he will continue to own after
transactions under the plan are completed,  and he will continue to have options
for an  additional  98,682  shares of common stock  following  completion of the
trading plan. Any sales under the plan will be publicly disclosed through Form 4
filings with the Commission.

     Mr.  White's  trading  plan is  intended  to comply with Rule 10b5-1 of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended.  It is the  Company's  policy to
disclose when the Chief Executive  Officer,  Chief Financial Officer or Chairman
of the Board  enter into a trading  plan that is  intended  to comply  with Rule
10b5-1.
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:  December 23, 2004                CBRL GROUP, INC.

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