Scoreboard

MMR, Jan 14, 2002

SCOREBOARD

                                                     Net
                   Quarter    Dollar       %       Income
RETAILERS           Ended      Sales     Change    (Loss)

Burlington         12/01     744.2 mil     1.2     41.3 mil
Costco (1)         11/25      8.47 bil    10.9    129.7 mil
Family Dollar      12/01     977.1 mil    19.1     50.2 mil
Kroger (2)         11/10      11.4 bil     3.8    133.1 mil
Penn Traffic (3)   11/03     598.8 mil     2.3    (26.9 mil)

                     %      Net-to-Sales
RETAILERS          Change      Ratio

Burlington         -13.1        5.5
Costco (1)           0.1        1.6
Family Dollar       21.1        5.1
Kroger (2)         -32.7        1.2
Penn Traffic (3)      --         --

(1.) Costco's earnings for the current year were reduced by a $5.1
million (after-tax) provision for costs related to the reorganization
and consolidation of administrative operations in Canada.

(2.) Kroger's earnings for the 2001 period reflect $201 million in
pretax charges for asset impairment, store closings, merger-related
costs and California energy contracts. Earnings in the prior-year
period were reduced by $34.5 million in merger and store-closing
charges.

(3.) Penn Traffic had a $28.3 million net loss in the prior-year
period. The losses reflect $27.3 million in charges for amortization
of excess reorganization value in each of the years.
                                                            Net
                         Quarter    Dollar        %        Income
MANUFACTURERS             Ended      Sales      Change     (Loss)

American Greetings (1)    11/30    705.4 mil     -7.9     6.63 mil
Becton-Dickinson (2)      09/30    987.5 mil      7.4    132.4 mil
Eastman Kodak (3)         09/30     3.31 bil     -7.9     96.0 mil
GlaxoSmithKline (4)       09/30     7.19 bil      9.6    539.0 mil
Pfizer (5)                09/30     7.90 bil     10.3     2.07 bil

                           %      Net-to-Sales
MANUFACTURERS            Change      Ratio

American Greetings (1)   -79.3        0.9
Becton-Dickinson (2)      57.6       13.4
Eastman Kodak (3)        -77.0        2.9
GlaxoSmithKline (4)      -50.0        7.5
Pfizer (5)                52.2       26.2

(1.) American Greetings' earnings for the current-year period reflect
$55 million in special pretax charges.

(2.) Becton-Dickinson's earnings in the prior-year period reflect
$57.5 million (pretax) in special charges, partially offset by $11.3
million in gains on investments and $2.2 million in other income.

(3.) Eastman Kodak's earnings for the 2001 period reflect $67 million
(after tax) in restructuring and other charges and an $11 million tax
credit. Earnings in the prior-year period were reduced by a $12 million
after-tax charge related to the exit of a manufacturing facility.

(4.) GlaxoSmithKline's earnings were reduced by a net of $843 million
in various one-time items in the 2001 quarter and $102 million in the
prior-year period.

(5.) Pfizer's earnings reflect pretax merger-related costs of $113
million in the 2001 quarter and $505 million a year earlier.
                                                            Net-to-
              Quarter   Dollar     %      Income     %       Sales
WHOLESALERS   Ended     Sales    Change   (Loss)   Change    Ratio

Supervalu     12/01     4.61     -14.9     59.0     24.2      1.3
                        bil                mil