<B>CBRL 8-K re October 2000 sales trends/earnings guidance  (0388532.DOC;2)



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 18, 2003




CBRL GROUP, INC.



Tennessee

0-25225

62-1749513

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)




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 December 18, 2003.


Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

CBRL Group, Inc. issued a press release that is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1, 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 second fiscal quarter and remainder of fiscal 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:  December 18, 2003

CBRL GROUP, INC.



By: /s/ James F. Blackstock

Name: James F. Blackstock

                               

Title:  

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary