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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


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 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.


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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:  October 18, 2004                    CBRL GROUP, INC.


                                         By:     /s/ James F. Blackstock
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                                         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): October 18, 2004
                                                         ----------------

                                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

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 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
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                                         Name:   James F. Blackstock
                                         Title:  Senior Vice President, General
                                                 Counsel and Secretary