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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 2, 2004
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                                CBRL GROUP, INC.


         Tennessee                      0-25225                  62-1749513
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(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 :

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    230.425)

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    240.14a-12)

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

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





Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On September 2, 2004, CBRL Group, Inc. issued a press release regarding the
upcoming  fourth quarter and 2004 year-end  conference call that will take place
on September 9, 2004. The conference  call will be broadcast  on-line  through a
real-time  Web-cast,  followed by an on-line replay available  through September
16, 2004. The press release is furnished  hereto as Exhibit 99 and  incorporated
by reference as if fully set forth herein.


Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)  Financial Statements. None

(b)  Pro Forma Financial Information. None

(c)  Exhibits.

         99     Press Release dated September 2, 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 2, 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