Exhibit 23.2 - Consent of Independent Auditors
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-32697) pertaining to the Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
Deferred Compensation Plan, in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
333-03165) pertaining to the Ruby Tuesday, Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan, in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-20585) pertaining to
the Ruby Tuesday, Inc. Salary Deferral Plan, in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-03153) pertaining to the Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
Salary Deferral Plan, in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
2-97120) pertaining to Ruby Tuesday, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan, in
the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-13593) pertaining to the Ruby
Tuesday, Inc. 1987 Stock Bonus and Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, in
the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-46220) pertaining to the Ruby
Tuesday, Inc. Compensatory Non-Qualified Stock Option Arrangements, in
the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-56452) pertaining to the Ruby
Tuesday, Inc. Stock Incentive and Compensation Plan for Directors, Stock
Incentive Plan and Non-Qualified Management Stock Option Agreements, in
the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-03155) pertaining to the
Ruby Tuesday, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-77965) pertaining to the Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
1996 Non-Executive Stock Incentive Plan (formerly the 1993 Non-Executive
Stock Incentive Plan), in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
33-70490) pertaining to the Ruby Tuesday, Inc. 1993 Non-Executive Stock
Incentive Plan, in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-46218)
pertaining to the Ruby Tuesday, Inc. 1989 Non-Qualified Stock Option
Plan, in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-88879) pertaining
to the Ruby Tuesday, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, and in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 33-57159) of Ruby Tuesday, Inc., of
our report dated June 28, 1999, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. as of June 6, 1999 and for the
two years then ended, incorporated by reference in the Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended June 4, 2000.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
August 18, 2000
