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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): September 27, 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)

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    Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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    Act (17 CFR.13e-4(c))

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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On September  27, 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 RBC  Capital  Markets  Consumer  Conference  on October 5, 2004 at 8:00 a.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 September 27, 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:  September 27, 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