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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
[x] Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 For the fiscal year ended August 3, 2001

[ ] Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (No Fee Required)

For the transition period from ________ to ________

Commission file number
000-25225



CBRL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Tennessee 62-1749513
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)

Hartmann Drive, P.O. Box 787 37088-0787
Lebanon, Tennessee (Zip code)
(Address of principal executive offices)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(615)444-5533


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock
(Par Value $.01)

Common Stock Purchase Rights
(No Par Value)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No _

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. X

The aggregate market value of voting stock held by nonaffiliates of the
registrant is $1,040,599,280 as of September 20, 2001. As of that date, there
were 55,057,364 shares of common stock outstanding.
Documents Incorporated by Reference
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Document from which Portions Part of Form 10-K
are Incorporated by Reference into which incorporated
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1. Annual Report to Shareholders Part II
for the fiscal year ended
August 3, 2001 (the "2001 Annual Report")
2. Proxy Statement for Annual Part III
Meeting of Shareholders
to be held November 27, 2001
(the "2001 Proxy Statement")
Except for specific historical information, the matters discussed in this
Form 10-K, as well as the 2001 Annual Report that is incorporated herein by
reference, are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and
other factors which may cause actual results and performance of CBRL Group, Inc.
to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those statements. All
forward-looking information is provided by the Company pursuant to the safe
harbor established under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
and should be evaluated in the context of these factors. Forward-looking
statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology
such as "assumptions", "target", "plans", "may", "will", "would", "expect",
"intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "potential", or "continue" (or
the negative of each of these terms) or similar terminology. Factors which will
affect actual results include, but are not limited to: adverse general economic
conditions including high or escalating gasoline prices and declining consumer
confidence; the actual results of pending or threatened litigation; the effects
of negative publicity; commodity, group health and utility price increases; the
effect of plans intended to improve operational execution and performance; the
effects of increased competition at Company locations on sales and on labor
recruiting, cost and retention; the ability of and cost to the Company to
recruit, train and retain qualified restaurant hourly and management employees;
the ability of the Company to identify successful new lines of retail
merchandise; the availability and costs of acceptable sites for development;
adverse weather conditions; the acceptance of the Company's concepts as the
Company continues to expand into new markets and geographic regions; changes in
interest rates affecting the Company's financing costs; changes in or
implementation of additional governmental rules and regulations affecting wage
and hour matters, health and safety, pensions and insurance; other
undeterminable areas of government actions or regulations; and other factors
described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, press releases and other communications.

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

OVERVIEW

CBRL Group, Inc. (the "Company") is a holding company that, through certain
subsidiaries, is engaged in the operation and development of the Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store(R) and Logan's Roadhouse(R) restaurant and retail concepts.
The Company was organized under the laws of the state of Tennessee in August
1998.

CONCEPTS

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. ("Cracker Barrel"), headquartered in
Lebanon, Tennessee, through its various subsidiaries, as of October 12, 2001,
operates 439 full service "country store" restaurants and gift shops, which are
located in 40 states, primarily the southeast, midwest, mid-atlantic and
southwest regions of the United States. Stores primarily are located along
interstate highways, however, 10 stores are located at "tourist destinations"
and 22 "off-interstate" stores are located at locations that are neither a
tourist destination nor an interstate location. The restaurants serve breakfast,
lunch and dinner between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. on
Fridays and Saturdays) and feature home style country cooking prepared on the
premises from Cracker Barrel's own recipes using quality ingredients and
emphasizing authenticity. Menu items are moderately priced and include country
ham, chicken, fish, roast beef, beans, turnip greens, vegetable plates, salads,
sandwiches, pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage and grits. The restaurants do not
serve alcoholic beverages. The stores are constructed in a rustic, country store
design and feature a separate retail area offering a wide variety of decorative
and functional items specializing in hand-blown glassware, cast iron cookware,
toys, apparel and wood crafts as well as various old fashioned candies, jellies
and other foods. Cracker Barrel stores are intended to appeal to both the
traveler and the local customer and consistently have been a consumer favorite.
Cracker Barrel was ranked as the top family dining chain for the eleventh
consecutive year in the 2000 Restaurants & Institutions magazine "Choice in
Chains" annual customer survey.
Logan's Roadhouse
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Logan's Roadhouse, Inc. ("Logan's"), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee,
through its various subsidiaries, as of October 12, 2001, operates 78 Logan's
Roadhouse restaurants and franchises an additional eight Logan's restaurants in
15 states. Logan's restaurants feature steaks, ribs, chicken and seafood dishes
served in a distinctive atmosphere reminiscent of an American roadhouse of the
1940s and 1950s. Logan's serves lunch and dinner between the hours of 11:00 a.m.
and 10:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays). The Logan's concept is
designed to appeal to a broad range of customers by offering generous portions
of moderately-priced, high quality food in a very casual, relaxed dining
environment that is lively and entertaining. The fun atmosphere is enhanced by
display cooking of grilled items and complimentary peanuts, which the guests are
encouraged to enjoy and let the shells fall on the floor. The restaurants are
open seven days a week for lunch and dinner and offer full bar service.
Alcoholic beverages represented approximately 9% of Logan's total revenue in
fiscal 2001. The Logan's menu is designed to appeal to a wide variety of tastes,
and emphasizes extra-aged, hand-cut USDA choice steaks and signature dishes
such as baked sweet potatoes and made-from-scratch yeast rolls.

OPERATIONS

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
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Store Format: The format of Cracker Barrel stores consists of a rustic,
country-store style building. All stores are freestanding buildings. Store
interiors are subdivided into a dining room consisting of approximately 30% of
the total interior store space, and a retail shop consisting of approximately
22% of such space, with the balance primarily consisting of kitchen and storage
areas. All stores have stone fireplaces, which burn wood wherever permitted. All
are decorated with antique-style furnishings and other authentic and nostalgic
items, similar to those used and sold in the past in original old country
stores. The front porch of each store features a row of the signature Cracker
Barrel rocking chairs that are used by guests waiting for a table and are sold
in the retail shop. The kitchens contain modern food preparation and storage
equipment allowing for flexibility in menu variety and development.

Products: Cracker Barrel's restaurants, which generated approximately 76%
of Cracker Barrel's total revenue in fiscal 2001, offer home-style country
cooking featuring Cracker Barrel's own recipes. In keeping with Cracker Barrel's
emphasis on authenticity and quality, Cracker Barrel restaurants prepare menu
selections on the premises. The restaurants offer breakfast, lunch and dinner
from a moderately-priced menu. Breakfast items can be ordered at any time
throughout the day and include juices, eggs, pancakes, bacon, country ham,
sausage, grits, and a variety of biscuit specialties, including gravy and
biscuits and country ham and biscuits. Prices for a breakfast meal range from
$1.99 to $7.99. Lunch and dinner items include country ham, chicken and
dumplings, chicken fried chicken, meatloaf, country fried steak, pork chops,
fish, steak, roast beef, vegetable plates, salads, sandwiches, soups and
specialty items such as pinto beans and turnip greens. Lunches and dinners range
in price from $2.99 to $13.99. The average check per customer for fiscal 2001
was $7.19. Cracker Barrel from time to time adjusts its prices. Price increases
of approximately 1% each and totaling approximately 3% were instituted in
December 2000, June 2001 and July 2001.

The retail area of the stores, which generated approximately 24% of Cracker
Barrel's total revenue in fiscal 2001, offers a wide variety of decorative and
functional items such as hand-blown glassware, cast iron cookware, old-fashioned
crockery, handcrafted figurines, classic children's toys, apparel, a
book-on-audio sale and exchange program and various other gift items, as well as
various candies, preserves, smoked sausage, syrups and other food items. Many of
the candy items, smoked bacon, jellies and jams, along with other high quality
products, are sold under the "Cracker Barrel Old Country Store" brand name.
Product Development and Merchandising: Cracker Barrel maintains a product
development department, which develops new and improved menu items in response
to shifts in customer preferences and creates customer interest. Cracker Barrel
merchandising specialists are involved on a continuing basis in selecting and
positioning merchandise in the retail shop with an overall nostalgic theme.
Management believes that Cracker Barrel has adequate flexibility to meet future
shifts in consumer preference on a timely basis. Coordinated seasonal promotions
are used regularly in the restaurants and retail shops.

Store Management and Quality Controls: Cracker Barrel store management
typically consists of a general manager, four associate managers and a retail
manager who are responsible for approximately 100 employees on two shifts. The
relative complexity of operating a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store requires an
effective management team at the individual store level. As a motivation to
store managers to improve sales and operational efficiency, Cracker Barrel has a
bonus plan designed to provide store management with an opportunity to share in
the profits of their store. Starting in fiscal 2000, Cracker Barrel implemented
a supplemental bonus plan, providing managers an opportunity to earn an
additional bonus based on achieving specific operational targets. Cracker Barrel
also offers managers and certain hourly employees stock options based on their
position and tenure. To assure that individual stores are operated at a high
level of quality, Cracker Barrel emphasizes the selection and training of store
managers. It also employs District Managers to support individual store managers
and Regional Vice Presidents to support individual District Managers. Each
District Manager's individual span of control typically is seven to eight
individual restaurants, and Regional Vice Presidents support eight to ten
District Managers. Each store and District, respectively, are assigned to both a
restaurant and a retail District Manager and Regional Vice President.

The store management recruiting and training program begins with an
evaluation and screening process. In addition to multiple interviews and
background and experience verification, Cracker Barrel conducts testing which is
designed to identify those applicants most likely to be best suited to manage
store operations. Those candidates who successfully pass this screening process
are then required to complete an 11-week training program consisting of eight
weeks of in-store training and three weeks of training at Cracker Barrel's
corporate facilities. This program allows new managers the opportunity to become
familiar with Cracker Barrel operations, culture, management objectives,
controls and evaluation criteria before assuming management responsibility.
Cracker Barrel provides its managers with ongoing training through its various
management development classes. Additionally, the Company is developing
internet-based computer-assisted instruction capability to train both hourly and
management staff consistently at all locations.

Purchasing and Distribution: Cracker Barrel negotiates directly with food
vendors as to price and other material terms of most food purchases. Cracker
Barrel is a party to a prime vendor contract with an unaffiliated distributor
with custom distribution centers in Lebanon, Tennessee; McKinney, Texas;
Gainesville, Florida; and Belcamp, Maryland. The contract pricing terms were
adjusted in July 2000, and the contract will remain in effect until both parties
mutually modify it in writing or until terminated by either Cracker Barrel or
the distributor upon 180 days written notice to the other party. Cracker Barrel
purchases the majority of its food products and restaurant supplies on a
cost-plus basis through its unaffiliated distributor. The distributor is
responsible for placing food orders and warehousing and delivering food products
to Cracker Barrel's stores. Deliveries generally are made once per week to the
individual stores. Certain perishable food items are purchased locally by
Cracker Barrel stores.

Three food categories (beef, pork and poultry) account for the largest
shares of Cracker Barrel's food purchasing expense at approximately 15%, 14% and
12% each, respectively. The single food item within these categories accounting
for the largest share of Cracker Barrel's food purchasing expense is chicken
tenderloin. Cracker Barrel presently purchases its beef through six vendors,
pork through seven vendors, and poultry through five vendors. Cracker Barrel
purchases its chicken tenderloin through five vendors. Should any food items
from these vendors become unavailable, management is of the opinion that these
food items could be obtained in sufficient quantities from other sources at
competitive prices.
The majority of retail items are centrally purchased directly by Cracker
Barrel from domestic and international retail vendors and warehoused at its
owned Lebanon distribution center. The distribution center fulfills retail item
orders generated by Cracker Barrel's automated replenishment system and
generally ships the retail orders once a week to the individual stores. Certain
retail items, not centrally purchased and warehoused at the distribution center,
are drop-shipped directly from Cracker Barrel's vendors to its stores. The
distribution center is a 367,200 square foot warehouse facility with 36 foot
ceilings and 170 bays, and includes an additional 13,800 square feet of office
and maintenance space. The facility originally was built in 1993 and expanded in
1996.

On January 29, 2001, the Company entered into a new dedicated carriage
agreement with an unaffiliated transportation company for the transportation of
retail merchandise from the Cracker Barrel distribution center throughout the
Cracker Barrel system. This agreement commenced on April 1, 2001 for a period of
60 months and is structured to facilitate the growth of Cracker Barrel's retail
business over the term of the agreement, but is terminable by either party upon
180 days written notice to the other party. The transportation company or
Cracker Barrel may terminate the agreement 90 days following notice of a breach
that remains uncured.

Cost and Inventory Controls: Cracker Barrel's computer systems and various
analysis tools are used to evaluate store operating information and provide
management with reports to determine if any material variances in food costs,
labor costs or operating expenses have occurred. Management also monitors
individual store restaurant and retail sales on a daily basis and closely
monitors sales mix, sales trends, operational costs and inventory levels. The
information generated by the computer systems, analysis tools and monitoring
processes are used to manage the operations of the store, replenish retail
inventory levels and to facilitate retail purchasing decisions. These systems
and processes also are used in the development of budget analyses and planning.

Guest Satisfaction: Cracker Barrel is committed to providing its guests a
home-style, country-cooked meal, served with genuine hospitality in a
comfortable environment, in a way that evokes memories of the past. The
concept's commitment to offering guests a quality experience begins with its
employees. Its mission statement, "Pleasing People", means all people, guests
and employees alike, and the Company's employees are trained and reinforced on
its importance in our culture of mutual respect. Cracker Barrel also is
committed to staffing each store with an experienced management team to ensure
attentive customer service and consistent food quality. Through the regular use
of guest surveys and store visits by its District Managers and Regional Vice
Presidents, management receives valuable feedback, which it uses in its ongoing
efforts to improve the stores and to demonstrate Cracker Barrel's continuing
commitment to pleasing its guests.

Marketing: Outdoor advertising (i.e., billboards) is the primary
advertising medium utilized to reach consumers in the primary trade area for
each Cracker Barrel store and also reach interstate travelers and tourists.
Outdoor advertising accounted for approximately 50% of advertising expenditures
in fiscal 2001. In recent years Cracker Barrel has utilized more effectively and
efficiently other types of media, such as radio and print, in its core markets
to maintain customer awareness, and outside of its core markets to increase name
awareness and to build brand loyalty. Cracker Barrel defines its core markets
based on geographic location, longevity in the market and name awareness in each
market. Cracker Barrel plans to maintain its overall advertising spending at
approximately 2% of Cracker Barrel's net sales in fiscal 2002, as it did in
fiscal 2000 and fiscal 2001. Outdoor advertising should continue to represent
approximately 50% of advertising expenditures in fiscal 2002. New store
locations generally are not advertised in the media until several weeks after
they have been opened in order to give the staff time to adjust to local
customer habits and traffic volume, after which time a full marketing plan is
implemented.

Logan's Roadhouse
-----------------

Store Format: Logan's Roadhouse restaurants are constructed of rough-hewn
cedar siding in combination with bands of corrugated metal outlined in red neon
with a yellow washlight. Interiors are decorated with murals and other artifacts
depicting scenes reminiscent of American roadhouses of the 1940s and 1950s,
concrete and wooden planked floors and neon signs. The lively, upbeat,friendly,
relaxed atmosphere seeks to appeal to families, couples, single adults and
business persons. The restaurants feature display cooking and an old-fashioned
meat counter displaying ribs and hand-cut steaks, and also include a spacious,
comfortable bar area. While dining or waiting for a table, guests may eat
complimentary roasted in-shell peanuts and toss the shells on the floor, and
watch as cooks prepare steaks and other entrees on gas-fired mesquite grills.
Products: Logan's restaurants offer a wide variety of items designed to
appeal to a broad range of consumer tastes. Specialty appetizers include hot
wings Roadhouse style, baby back ribs basket and Roadhouse nachos. Logan's
dinner menu features an assortment of specially seasoned USDA choice steaks,
extra-aged, and cut by hand on premises. Guests also may choose from slow-cooked
baby back ribs, seafood, mesquite grilled shrimp, mesquite grilled pork chops,
grilled chicken and an assortment of hamburgers, salads and sandwiches. All
dinner entrees include dinner salad, made-from-scratch yeast rolls and a choice
of brown sugar and cinnamon sweet potato, baked potato, mashed potatoes, steamed
vegetables, fries or rice pilaf at no additional cost. Logan's express lunch
menu provides specially priced items to be served in less than 15 minutes. All
lunch salads are served with made-from-scratch yeast rolls, and all lunch
sandwiches are served with home-style potato chips at no additional cost. Prices
range from $4.79 to $8.49 for lunch items and from $5.39 to $17.99 for dinner
entrees. The average check per customer for fiscal 2001 was $11.40. Logan's
adjusts its prices from time to time and increased menu prices approximately 1%
in July 2001.

Product Development and Merchandising: Logan's strives to obtain consistent
quality items at competitive prices from reliable sources. Logan's tests various
new products in an effort to obtain the highest quality products possible and to
be responsive to changing customer tastes. In order to maximize operating
efficiencies and provide the freshest ingredients for its food products,
purchasing decisions are made by Logan's corporate management. Management
believes that Logan's has adequate flexibility to meet future shifts in consumer
preference on a timely basis.

Restaurant Management and Quality Controls: Restaurant management typically
consists of a general manager, one kitchen manager and four assistant managers
who are responsible for approximately 100 hourly employees. Each restaurant
employs a skilled meat-cutter to cut steaks from USDA choice beef. The general
manager of each restaurant is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the
restaurant, including maintaining the standards of quality and performance
established by Logan's corporate management. The relative complexity of
operating a Logan's restaurant requires an effective management team at the
individual restaurant level. As a motivation to restaurant managers to increase
revenues and operational efficiency, Logan's has a bonus plan that rewards
managers for improving sales and profits, achieving Logan's standard of guest
satisfaction as measured through the secret shopper program, and achieving key
operating costs targets. Management believes that guests benefit from the
attentive service and high quality food, which results from having six managers
in the majority of restaurants. Logan's restaurant management teams are
typically comprised of two non-management employees promoted into management
positions who therefore fully understand the Logan's concept, and four managers
with high levels of previous management experience. To assure that individual
restaurants are operated at a high level of quality, Logan's has Regional
Managers to support individual restaurant managers, three Regional Directors and
one Vice President of Operations to support individual Regional Managers. Each
Regional Manager supports 4 to 5 individual restaurants, and each Regional
Director supports 7 to 8 Regional Managers. Through regular visits to the
restaurants, the Vice President of Operations, the Regional Directors and the
Regional Managers ensure that the Logan's concept, strategy and standards of
quality are being adhered to in all aspects of restaurant operations.

In November 2000 Logan's opened a modern training facility in Nashville,
Tennessee to support and improve the training of new management candidates.

Logan's requires that its restaurant managers have significant experience
in the full-service restaurant industry. All new managers are required to
complete a comprehensive ten-week training course. This course is comprised of
eight weeks of training at a Logan's restaurant and two weeks of classroom
training conducted at the Logan's training facility in Nashville. The entire
course emphasizes the Logan's operating strategy, procedures and standards.
Purchasing and Distribution: Logan's negotiates directly with food vendors
as to price and other material terms of most food purchases. Logan's purchases
the majority of its food products and restaurant supplies on a cost-plus basis
through the same unaffiliated distributor that is used by Cracker Barrel. The
distributor is responsible for placing food orders and warehousing and
delivering food products for Logan's restaurants. Certain perishable food items
are purchased locally by the restaurants.

The single food category accounting for the largest share (approximately
37%) of Logan's food purchasing expense is beef. Each Logan's restaurant employs
a meat cutter who hand-cuts steak on premises. Logan's presently purchases its
beef through two supply contracts. Should any beef items from these vendors
become unavailable for any reason, management believes that such items could be
obtained in sufficient quantities from other sources at competitive prices.

Cost and Inventory Controls: Management closely monitors sales, product
costs and labor at each of its restaurants. Weekly restaurant operating results
are analyzed by management to detect trends at each location, and negative
trends are promptly addressed and remedied when possible. Financial controls are
maintained through management of an accounting and information management system
that is implemented at the restaurant level. Administrative and management staff
prepare daily reports of sales, labor and customer counts. On a weekly basis,
condensed operating statements are compiled by the accounting department and
provide management a detailed analysis of sales, product and labor costs, with a
comparison to budget and prior period performance. These systems also are used
in the development of budget analyses and planning.

Guest Satisfaction: Logan's is committed to providing its guests prompt,
friendly, efficient service, keeping table-to-server ratios low and staffing
each restaurant with an experienced management team to ensure attentive guest
service and consistent food quality. Through the regular use of guest surveys
and an independently run "mystery shoppers" program, management receives
valuable feedback, which it uses to improve restaurants and demonstrate a
continuing interest in guest satisfaction.

Marketing: Logan's employs an advertising and marketing strategy designed
to establish and maintain a high level of name recognition and to attract new
customers. Logan's primarily uses radio and outdoor advertising in selected
markets. Management's goal is to develop a sufficient number of restaurants in
certain markets to permit the cost-efficient use of television, radio and
outdoor advertising. Logan's currently spends approximately 1.5% of its net
sales on advertising. Logan's also engages in a variety of promotional
activities, such as contributing time, money and complimentary meals to
charitable, civic and cultural programs, in order to increase public awareness
of Logan's restaurants. Logan's also has numerous tie-ins with the National
Football League's Tennessee Titans, including two concession facilities (named
"Logan's Landing") inside Nashville, Tennessee's Adelphia Coliseum and various
promotions during and around the games. Additionally, Logan's peanuts are sold
at the Gaylord Entertainment Center, home of the Nashville Predators of the
National Hockey League.

Franchising: Prior to the Company acquiring Logan's Roadhouse, Inc.,
Logan's entered into three area development agreements and accompanying
franchise agreements. Subsequent to the acquisition, Logan's terminated one of
the area development agreements. Franchisees operate 8 Logan's restaurants in 4
states, and they have rights under the existing agreements, subject to
development terms, conditions and timing requirements, to open up to 19
additional locations in those same states plus parts of Oregon. Certain of the
agreements provide for the possible acquisition of the franchise locations by
Logan's under specified terms. Management currently is not planning any other
future franchising opportunities beyond the current development agreements.
EXPANSION

The Company opened the following 15 new Cracker Barrel stores in fiscal
2001:

Interstate 35 (1) San Marcos, Texas
Interstate 70 (1) St. Clairsville, Ohio
Interstate 80 (1) Mt. Arlington, New Jersey
Interstate 84 (1) Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Interstate 95 (1) Elkton, Maryland
Interstate 476 (1) Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Off Interstate (9) Florence and Foley, Alabama; Hot Springs, Arkansas;
Murray, Kentucky; Traverse City, Michigan;
Jacksonville, North Carolina; Gallatin and Memphis,
Tennessee; Lynchburg, Virginia

The Company plans to open 20 new Cracker Barrel stores during fiscal 2002,
of which the following two of those stores are already open:

Off Interstate (2) Bloomington, Indiana; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Company opened the following 13 new Logan's restaurants in fiscal 2001:

Michigan (4) Canton, Livonia, Southgate and Troy
Texas (3) Laredo, Round Rock and San Angelo
Alabama (2) Decatur and Oxford
Virginia (2) Bristol and Fredricksburg
Indiana (1) Greenwood
Tennessee(1) Antioch

The Company plans to open nine new Logan's restaurants during fiscal 2002,
of which the following three restaurants are already open:

Ohio (1) Reynoldsburg
Tennessee(1) Gallatin
Virginia (1) Lynchburg
Prior to committing to a new location, Cracker Barrel and Logan's perform
extensive reviews of various available sites, gathering cost, demographic,
traffic and other data. This information is analyzed by computer models to help
with the decision on building a store. Cracker Barrel and Logan's utilize
in-house engineers to consult on architectural plans, develop engineering plans
and oversee new construction. Cracker Barrel and Logan's are currently engaged
in the process of seeking and selecting new sites, negotiating purchase or lease
terms and developing chosen sites.

It has traditionally been the Company's strategy to own its store
properties. However, on July 31, 2000, the Company's Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store, Inc. subsidiary completed a sale-leaseback transaction involving 65 of
its owned Cracker Barrel Old Country Store units. Under the transaction, the
land, buildings and improvements at the locations were sold for net
consideration of $138.3 million and have been leased back for an initial term of
21 years. Equipment was not included. The leases include specified renewal
options for up to 20 additional years and have certain financial covenants
related to fixed charge coverage for the leased units. Net rent expense during
the initial term will be approximately $15.0 million annually, and the assets
sold and leased back previously had depreciation expense of approximately $2.7
million annually. Net proceeds from the sale were used to reduce outstanding
borrowings under the Company's Revolving Credit Facility, and the commitment
under that facility was reduced by $70 million to $270 million. Of the 439
Cracker Barrel stores open as of October 12, 2001, the Company owns 341, while
the other 98 properties are either ground leases or ground and building leases.
Based on recent and projected new store development, the average cost for a new
Cracker Barrel store is approximately $700,000 to $850,000 for land on purchased
sites and development cost of $2,000,000 to $2,100,000, including approximately
$585,000 in furniture, fixtures and equipment. In addition, approximately
$200,000 is budgeted for pre-opening expenses. The current Cracker Barrel store
prototype is approximately 10,000 square feet with 184 seats in the restaurant
and 2,200 square feet in the retail gift shop. The Company typically projects
that a new Cracker Barrel store will generate annual sales of approximately
$4,200,000 and mature operating cash flow before rent of approximately 18% of
sales. The Company plans, for the foreseeable future, to open a higher
percentage of leased units than purchased units.

Of the 86 Logan's stores open as of October 12, 2001, 8 are franchised
stores. Of the remaining 78 Logan's stores, the Company owns 47. The other 31
properties are ground leases. The average cost for a new Logan's, based on
recent and projected new store development, is approximately $750,000 to
$850,000 for land on purchased sites and $1,900,000 to $2,100,000 for
development cost, including approximately $485,000 in furniture, fixtures and
equipment. In addition, pre-opening expenses of approximately $130,000 are
budgeted. The current Logan's store prototype is approximately 8,000 square feet
with 277 seats, including 34 seats in the bar area. The Company typically
projects annual sales for a new Logan's restaurant of approximately $3,175,000
and mature operating cash flow before rent of approximately 20% of sales. The
Company's plans reflect a higher percentage of leased units than purchased units
for the foreseeable future. During fiscal 2001 Logan's opened a new prototype
restaurant designed to improve operational efficiency and guest perception; with
some additional modifications, it will be used as the expansion vehicle for
future unit development.

EMPLOYEES

As of August 3, 2001, CBRL Group, Inc. employed 19 people, of whom 7 were
in advisory and supervisory capacities, and 5 were officers of the Company.
Cracker Barrel employed 49,140 people, of whom 414 were in advisory and
supervisory capacities, 2,671 were in store management positions and 30 were
officers. Logan's employed 6,556 people, of whom 48 were in advisory and
supervisory capacities, 440 were in store management positions and 6 were
officers. Many of the restaurant personnel are employed on a part-time basis.
Competition for and availability of qualified new employees has become more
difficult in recent years, contributing to increases in store labor expenses.
The Company's employees are not represented by any union, and management
considers its employee relations to be good.
COMPETITION

The restaurant business is highly competitive and often is affected by
changes in the taste and eating habits of the public, local and national
economic conditions affecting spending habits, and population and traffic
patterns. Restaurant industry segments overlap and often provide competition for
widely diverse restaurant concepts. In exceptionally good economic times,
consumers can be expected to patronize a broader range of restaurants and the
breadth of competition at different restaurant segments is likewise increased.
The principal basis of competition in the industry is the quality, variety and
price of the food products offered. Site selection, quality and speed of
service, advertising and the attractiveness of facilities are also important.

There are many restaurant companies catering to the public, including
several franchised operations, a number of which are substantially larger and
have greater financial and marketing resources than those of the Company and
which compete directly and indirectly in all areas in which the Company
operates.

TRADEMARKS

Cracker Barrel through its affiliate, CBOCS General Partnership, owns
certain registered copyrights and trademarks relating to the name "Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store", as well as its logo, menus, designs of buildings,
general trade dress and other aspects of operations. Logan's owns or has applied
for certain registered copyrights and trademarks relating to the name "Logan's
Roadhouse", as well as its logo, menus, designs of buildings, general trade
dress and other aspects of operations. The Company believes that the use of
these names have value in maintaining the atmosphere and public acceptance of
its mode of operations. The Company's policy is to pursue registration of its
copyrights and trademarks whenever possible and to oppose vigorously any
infringement of its copyrights and trademarks.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

While research and development are important to the Company, these
expenditures have not been material due to the nature of the restaurant and
retail industry.

SEASONAL ASPECTS

Historically the profits of the Company have been lower in the second
fiscal quarter than in the first and third fiscal quarters and highest in the
fourth fiscal quarter. Management attributes these variations primarily to the
decrease in interstate tourist traffic during the winter months and the increase
in interstate tourist traffic during the summer months. The Company's retail
sales historically have been highest in the Company's second fiscal quarter,
which includes the Christmas holiday season.

SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company has one reportable segment. See Notes 2 and 9 to the
consolidated financial statements contained in the 2001 Annual Report
incorporated by reference in Part II of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more
information on segment reporting.

WORKING CAPITAL

In the restaurant industry, substantially all sales are either for cash or
credit card. Like most other restaurant companies, the Company is able to, and
may from time to time, operate with negative working capital. Restaurant
inventories purchased through the Company's principal food distributor now are
on terms of net zero days, while restaurant inventories purchased locally
generally are financed from normal trade credit. Retail inventories purchased
domestically generally are financed from normal trade credit, while imported
retail inventories generally are purchased through letters of credit. These
various trade terms are aided by rapid turnover of the restaurant inventory.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

The Company's corporate headquarters are located on approximately 10 acres
of land owned by the Company in Lebanon, Tennessee. The Company utilizes 10,000
square feet of office space for its corporate headquarters.

The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. corporate headquarters and
warehouse facilities are located on approximately 120 acres of land owned by
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. in Lebanon, Tennessee. Cracker Barrel
utilizes approximately 110,000 square feet of office space for its corporate
headquarters and 367,200 square feet of warehouse facilities and an additional
13,800 square feet of office and maintenance space for its retail distribution
center.

The Logan's Roadhouse, Inc. corporate headquarters and training facility
are located in approximately 22,500 square feet of office space in Nashville,
Tennessee, under a lease expiring on April 1, 2010.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. opened a retail-only mall store,
named "The Store," in a regional mall in Nashville, Tennessee in July 1999 to
test this growth opportunity to leverage the Cracker Barrel's merchandising and
logistical expertise. The retail-only mall store is leased and is presently
considered a research and development site.
In addition to the various corporate facilities, 17 properties owned or
leased for future development, Cracker Barrel's retail-only mall store and 19
parcels of excess real property and improvements including three leased
properties, which the Company intends to dispose of, the Company owns or leases
the following Cracker Barrel and Logan's store properties as of October 12,
2001:


State Cracker Barrel Logan's Combined
----- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Owned Leased Owned Leased Owned Leased
----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------

Tennessee 29 9 10 3 39 12
Texas 23 4 7 8 30 12
Florida 33 - 4 1 37 1
Georgia 23 5 5 2 28 7
Kentucky 16 6 - 5 16 11
Indiana 17 5 4 1 21 6
Ohio 20 5 1 1 21 6
Alabama 14 5 5 2 19 7
North Carolina 18 5 - - 18 5
Virginia 15 1 6 1 21 2
Illinois 21 1 - - 21 1
Michigan 13 2 2 4 15 6
Pennsylvania 8 7 - - 8 7
South Carolina 10 5 - - 10 5
Louisiana 7 2 3 2 10 4
Missouri 11 2 - - 11 2
Arkansas 4 6 - - 4 6
Mississippi 8 2 - - 8 2
Arizona 2 7 - - 2 7
New York 7 1 - - 7 1
West Virginia 3 4 - 1 3 5
Oklahoma 4 2 - - 4 2
Kansas 4 1 - - 4 1
Wisconsin 5 - - - 5 -
Colorado 3 1 - - 3 1
Maryland 3 1 - - 3 1
New Jersey 1 3 - - 1 3
Iowa 3 - - - 3 -
Massachusetts - 3 - - - 3
New Mexico 2 1 - - 2 1
Utah 3 - - - 3 -
Connecticut 1 1 - - 1 1
Minnesota 2 - - - 2 -
Montana 2 - - - 2 -
Nebraska 1 1 - - 1 1
Idaho 1 - - - 1 -
New Hampshire 1 - - - 1 -
North Dakota 1 - - - 1 -
Rhode Island 1 - - - 1 -
South Dakota 1 - - - 1 -

Total 341 98 47 31 388 129

See "Business-Operations" and "Business-Expansion" for additional
information on the Company's stores.
ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Company's Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. subsidiary is involved
in certain lawsuits, two of which are not ordinary routine litigation incidental
to its business: Serena McDermott and Jennifer Gentry v. Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store, Inc., a collective action under the federal Fair Labor Standards
Act ("FLSA"), was served on Cracker Barrel on May 3, 1999; and Kelvis Rhodes,
Maria Stokes et al. v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., an action under
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1981 of the Civil Rights
Act of 1866, was served on Cracker Barrel on September 15, 1999. The McDermott
case alleges that certain tipped hourly employees were required to perform
non-serving duties and that certain hourly employees were required to wait "off
the clock," without being paid the minimum wage or overtime compensation for
that work or wait. The McDermott case seeks recovery of unpaid wages and
overtime wages related to those claims. The Rhodes case seeks certification as a
company-wide class action, a declaratory judgment to redress an alleged systemic
pattern and practice of racial discrimination in employment opportunities, an
order to effect certain hiring and promotion goals and back pay and other
related monetary damages. No class has yet been certified in the Rhodes case. No
punitive damages are sought in either case.

On March 17, 2000, the Court granted the plaintiffs' motion in the
McDermott case to send notice to a provisional class of plaintiffs. The Court
defined the provisional class as all persons employed as servers and all
second-shift hourly employees at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants
since January 4, 1996. That notice was sent to 376,207 persons, and 10,838
potential plaintiffs "opted-in" to the case by May 30, 2001. Some of the opt-ins
asserted "off the clock" claims; some asserted they were required to perform
non-serving duties at tipped wages; and some opt-ins asserted both types of
claims. Because of the provisional status of the plaintiff collective action,
the Court could subsequently amend its decision. If amended, the scope of the
collective action could either be reduced or increased or, if appropriate, the
Court could dismiss the collective aspects of the case entirely.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. believes it has substantial defenses
to the claims made, and it is defending each of these cases vigorously. During
fiscal year 2001, the parties engaged in mediation with respect to both cases,
but focused on the FLSA claims that are the subject of the McDermott case. The
mediation process is confidential by court order and the parties cannot comment
on the process or the status of their discussions. Because only limited
discovery has occurred to date, neither the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome
nor the amount of ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these cases can be
determined at this time. Nevertheless, the Company has established a reserve of
$3.5 million with respect to the McDermott case. Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store, Inc. offered this amount to resolve the case and avoid the ongoing
expenses and distractions associated with defending the litigation. With the
exception of that reserve, no provision for any potential liability has been
made in the consolidated financial statements of the Company with respect to
these lawsuits. In the event of an unfavorable result in either of these cases,
the Company's results of operation and financial condition could be materially
and adversely affected.

In addition to the litigation described in the preceding paragraphs, the
Company is a party to other legal proceedings incidental to its business. In the
opinion of management, based upon information currently available, the ultimate
liability with respect to these other actions will not materially affect the
Company's consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

Not applicable.
Pursuant to Instruction 3 to Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K and General
Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the following information is included in Part I
of this Form 10-K.

Executive Officers of the Registrant
------------------------------------

The following table sets forth certain information concerning the executive
officers of the Company, as of September 20, 2001:

Name Age Position with Registrant
---- --- ------------------------

Dan W. Evins 66 Chairman of the Board

Michael A. Woodhouse 56 President & Chief Executive
Officer of the Company and
CEO of Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store, Inc.

Lawrence E. White 51 Senior Vice President, Finance
& Chief Financial Officer

James F. Blackstock 54 Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

Donald M. Turner 53 President and Chief Operating
Officer of Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store, Inc.

Peter W. Kehayes 44 President and Chief Operating
Officer of Logan's Roadhouse, Inc.

The following background material is provided for those executive officers
who have been employed by the Registrant for less than five years:

Prior to his employment with the Company in January 1999, Mr. Evins was
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store, Inc. since its founding in 1969. He continued to serve as CEO of Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. until August 2001.

Prior to his employment with the Company in January 1999, Mr. Woodhouse was
Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store, Inc. since December 1995. He now also serves as CEO of
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

Prior to his employment with the Company in September 1999, Mr. White was
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Boston Chicken, Inc.
from 1998 to 1999. Mr. White was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of El Chico Restaurants, Inc. from 1992 to 1998 and also served as its
Chief Operating Officer during a period in 1994 and 1995.

Mr. Blackstock served the Company as Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary from January 1999 to February 2000 when he was promoted to Senior Vice
President. Prior to his employment with the Company in January 1999, Mr.
Blackstock was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store, Inc. since June 1997. From 1993 to 1997 Mr. Blackstock served
as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of TravelCenters of America,
Inc.

Mr. Turner returned to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. in December
1999, serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer until his
promotion to President and Chief Operating Officer in August 2001. Prior to his
return to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. in November 1999, Mr. Turner
was retired. Mr. Turner retired from Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. as
Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer in 1993, prior to which he
served in various capacities since 1976.

Mr. Kehayes joined Logan's in August 1997, where he served as Senior Vice
President of Operations from October 1997 until his promotion to President and
Chief Operating Officer in April 2000. Prior to his employment with Logan's, Mr.
Kehayes served as Senior Vice President of Operations of Cucina!Cucina! Inc.
from June 1994 to August 1997 and Director of Regional Operations for Cooker
Restaurant Corporation from June 1986 to June 1994.
PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The Company's Common Stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market (National
Market System) ("Nasdaq") under the symbol CBRL. There were 16,283 shareholders
of record as of September 20, 2001.

The table "Market Price and Dividend Information" on page 21 of the 2001
Annual Report is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The table "Selected Financial Data" on page 21 of the 2001 Annual Report is
incorporated herein by this reference.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS

The following portions of the 2001 Annual Report are incorporated herein by
this reference:

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations on pages 22 through 25.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

The following portion of the 2001 Annual Report is incorporated herein by
this reference:

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations on pages 24 and 25.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The following portions of the 2001 Annual Report are incorporated herein by
this reference:

Consolidated Financial Statements and Independent Auditors' Report on pages
26 through 36.

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) on page 35.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.
PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

The information required by this item with respect to directors of the
Company is incorporated herein by this reference to the section entitled
"Proposal 1: Election of Directors" in the 2001 Proxy Statement. The information
required by this item with respect to executive officers of the Company is set
forth in Part I of this Form 10-K.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by this
reference to the sections entitled "Board of Directors and Committees" and
"Executive Compensation" in the 2001 Proxy Statement. The matters labeled
"Report of the Compensation and Stock Option Committee" and "Shareholder Return
Performance Graph" shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by this
reference to the section entitled "Stock Ownership of Management and Certain
Beneficial Owners" in the 2001 Proxy Statement.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by this
reference to the section entitled "Certain Transactions" in the 2001 Proxy
Statement.

PART IV

ITEM 14. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

A. List of documents filed as part of this report:

1. The following Financial Statements and the Report of Deloitte &
Touche LLP on pages 26 through 36 of the 2001 Annual Report are
incorporated herein by this reference:

Independent Auditors' Report dated September 13, 2001

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of August 3, 2001 and July 28, 2000

Consolidated Statement of Income for each of the three fiscal
years ended August 3, 2001, July 28, 2000 and July 30, 1999

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for each
of the three fiscal years ended August 3, 2001, July 28, 2000,
and July 30, 1999

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for each of the three fiscal
years ended August 3, 2001, July 28, 2000 and July 30, 1999

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

2. The exhibits listed in the accompanying Index to Exhibits on pages
18 and 19 are filed as part of this annual report.

B. Reports on Form 8-K:

There were no reports filed on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter
of the fiscal year ended August 3, 2001.
SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.

CBRL GROUP, INC.


By: /s/Michael A. Woodhouse By: /s/Patrick A. Scruggs
------------------------------------ ---------------------------------
Michael A. Woodhouse Patrick A. Scruggs
President and CEO Assistant Treasurer
(Principal Executive Officer) (Principal Accounting Officer)

By: /s/Lawrence E. White
------------------------------------
Lawrence E. White
Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO
(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: October 12, 2001
--------------------

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


/s/James C. Bradshaw
--------------------------------- ------------------------------
James C. Bradshaw, M.D., Director Charles T. Lowe, Jr., Director

Date: October 12, 2001 Date:
--------------------------- -------------------------

/s/Robert V. Dale /s/B.F. Lowery
--------------------------------- ------------------------------
Robert V. Dale, Director B. F. Lowery, Director

Date: October 12, 2001 Date:October 12, 2001
--------------------------- -------------------------

/s/Dan W. Evins /s/Gordon L. Miller
--------------------------------- ------------------------------
Dan W. Evins, Director Gordon L. Miller, Director

Date: October 12, 2001 Date: October 12, 2001
--------------------------- ------------------------

/s/Edgar W. Evins
--------------------------------- ------------------------------
Edgar W. Evins, Director Martha M. Mitchell, Director

Date: October 12, 2001 Date:
----------------------------- ------------------------

/s/Robert C. Hilton /s/Jimmie D. White
---------------------------------- ------------------------------
Robert C. Hilton, Director Jimmie D. White, Director

Date: October 12, 2001 Date: October 12, 2001
---------------------------- ------------------------

/s/Charles E. Jones, Jr. /s/Michael A. Woodhouse
--------------------------------- ------------------------------
Charles E. Jones, Jr., Director Michael A. Woodhouse, Director

Date: October 12, 2001 Date: October 12, 2001
--------------------------- ------------------------
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit

3(I), 4(a) Charter (1)

3(II), 4(b) Bylaws (1)

4(c) Shareholder Rights Agreement dated 9/7/1999 (2)

10(a) Credit Agreement dated 2/16/1999, relating to the
$50,000,000 Term Loan and the $300,000,000 Revolving Credit
Facility (3)

10(b) First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated 7/29/1999 (3)

10(c) Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated 9/29/1999 (3)

10(d) Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated 2/29/2000 (4)

10(e) Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated 9/12/2001

10(f) Lease dated 8/27/1981 for lease of Macon, Georgia, store
between Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. and B. F.
Lowery, a director of the Company (5)

10(g) The Company's 1987 Stock Option Plan, as amended (6)

10(h) The Company's Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, as
amended (3)

10(i) The Company's Non-Employee Director's Stock Option Plan, as
amended (7)

10(j) The Company's Non-Qualified Savings Plan, effective 1/1/1996,
as amended (6)

10(k) The Company's Deferred Compensation Plan, effective 1/1/1994
(5)

10(l) The Company's Executive Employment Agreement for Dan W. Evins
(8)

10(m) Change-in-control Agreement for Dan W. Evins dated 10/8/1999
(3)

10(n) Change-in-control Agreement for Michael A. Woodhouse dated
10/8/1999 (3)

10(o) Change-in-control Agreement for Lawrence E. White dated
10/8/1999 (3)

10(p) Change-in-control Agreement for James F. Blackstock dated
10/8/1999 (3)

10(q) Change-in-control Agreement for Donald M. Turner dated
12/6/1999

10(r) Master Lease dated July 31, 2000 between Country Stores
Property I, LLC ("Lessor") and Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store, Inc. ("Lessee") for lease of 21 Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store(R)sites (4)

10(s) Master Lease dated July 31, 2000 between Country Stores
Property I, LLC ("Lessor") and Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store, Inc. ("Lessee") for lease of 9 Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store(R)sites*

10(t) Master Lease dated July 31, 2000 between Country Stores
Property II, LLC ("Lessor") and Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store, Inc. ("Lessee") for lease of 23 Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store(R)sites*

10(u) Master Lease dated July 31, 2000 between Country Stores
Property III, LLC ("Lessor") and Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store, Inc. ("Lessee") for lease of 12 Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store(R)sites*
13                Pertinent portions, incorporated by reference herein, of the
Company's 2001 Annual Report to Shareholders

21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant

23 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

*Document not filed because essentially identical in terms and conditions to
Exhibit 10(r).

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-4/A under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-62469).

(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Forms 8-K and 8-A under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, filed September 21, 1999
(File No. 000-25225).

(3) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended
July 30, 1999 (File No. 000-25225).

(4) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended
July 28, 2000 (File No. 000-25225).

(5) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-7 under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 2-74266).

(6) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 33-45482).

(7) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended
August 2, 1991 (File No. 0-7536).

(8) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended
July 28, 1989 (File No. 0-7536).