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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): July 15, 2004
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                                CBRL GROUP, INC.



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

                  305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087

                                 (615) 444-5533




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Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits.

99.1  Press Release dated July 15, 2004.

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

     CBRL Group,  Inc.  issued a 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.  In the press release,  CBRL Group,  Inc. reports
sales trends and updates earnings guidance for its fiscal 2004 fourth quarter.





                                   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:  July 15, 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