Benihana sees raw growth potential in recently acquired sushi concept

Nation's Restaurant News, June 2, 2003 by James Peters

Week's top gainers

Benihana Inc.                11.93
Steak n Shake Co.             7.28
Mexican Restaurants Inc.      6.93
Chicago Pizza & Brewery       6.75
Smith & Woliensky Rest        4.74
CKE Restaurants Inc.          4.37
IHOP Corp.                    2.89
Triarc Companies Inc.         1.92
CBRL Group Inc.               1.75
Friendly Ice Cream Corp.      1.54

Week's top losers

Briazz Inc.                 -32.35
Piccadilly Cafeterias Inc.  -26.32
Luby's Inc.                 -16.02
Big Buck Brewery Inc.       -12.00
Elnier's Restaurants Inc.   -11.15
Cosi Inc.                   -11.11
Back Yard Burgers Inc.       -8.66
Wendy's International Inc.   -7.55
Fresh Choice Inc.            -6.83
Avado Brands Inc.            -6.67

(weekly percentage change)

                                                      FOR WEEKENDED
                                                        5/23/2003
                                         TICKER
EXCH      COMPANY                        SYMBOL           HIGH    LOW

          Rest. NRN Stock Index

NAS       AFC Enterprises Inc.           AFCE            16.23  15.37
NAS       Applebee's Int'l Inc.          APPB            29.50  27.75
NAS       Ark Restaurants Corp.          ARKR             7.55   7.20
OTC       Avado Brands Inc.              AVDO             0.30   0.26
NAS       Back Yard Burgers Inc.         BYBI             6.37   5.80
NAS       Benihana Inc.                  BNHN            11.10  10.04
OTC       Big Buck Brewery Inc.          BBUC             0.25   0.22
NAS       Bob Evans Farms Inc.           BoBE            24.97  23.00
NAS       Briazz Inc.                    BRZZ             0.34   0.22
NYS       Brinker International Inc.     EAT             34.49  33.10
NAS       BUCA Inc.                      BUCA             6.21   5.90
NAS       California Pizza Kitchen Inc.  CPKI            20.49  19.00
NAS       CBRL Group Inc.                CBRL            33.61  31.31
NYS       CEC Entertainment Inc.         CEC             31.90  30.94
NAS       Champps Entertainment Inc.     CMPP             5.49   4.85
NAS       Checkers Drive-In Rest.        CHKR             7.93   7.35
NAS       Cheesecake Factory Inc.        CAKE            33.14  31.57
NAS       Chicago Pizza & Brewery        CHGO             8.65   8.00
NYS       CKE Restaurants Inc.           CKR              5.52   4.75
NAS       Cosi Inc.                      COSI             1.79   1.50
NAS       Creative Host Services Inc.    CHST             1.88   1.70
NYS       Darden Restaurants Inc.        DRI             18.87  18.00
NYS       Dave & Buster's Inc.           DAB              9.57   9.27
OTC       Denny's Corp.                  DNYY             0.62   0.49
NAS       Diedrich Coffee Inc.           DDRX             3.49   3.35
NAS       Eateries Inc.                  EATS             2.95   2.75
NAS       Elmer's Restaurants Inc.       ELMS             8.00   5.05
NAS       Famous Dave's of America       DAVE             5.55   3.81
ASE       Flanigan's Ents. Inc.          BDL              6.25   6.01
NAS       Fresh Choice Inc.              SALD             1.66   1.55
ASE       Friendly Ice Cream Corp.       FRN              6.70   6.48
ASE       Frisch's Restaurants Inc.      FRS             18.29  18.10
NAS       Garden Fresh Rest. Corp.       LTUS             8.90   8.51
NAS       Good Times Rest. Inc.          GTIM             2.60   2.39
NAS       Grill Concepts Inc.            GRIL             1.70   1.20
OTC       Host America Corp.             CAFE             1.90   1.87
NYS       IHOP Corp.                     IHP             28.70  27.04
ASE       J. Alexander's Corp.           JAX              3.30   3.15
NYS       Jack in the Box Inc.           JBX             21.00  19.26
NYS       Krispy Kreme Doughnuts         KKD             32.00  30.30
NYS       Landry's Restaurants Inc.      LNY             19.79  18.25
NAS       Lone Star Steakhouse           STAR            21.99  20.54
NYS       Luby's Inc.                    LUB              2.60   2.10
NAS       Main Street & Main Inc.        MAIN             1.93   1.38
NAS       Max & Erma's Rest. Inc.        MAXE            15.01  14.70
NYS       McDonald's Corp.               MCD             18.50  16.58
ASE       Meritage Hospitality Group     MHG              4.37   4.14
NAS       Mexican Restaurants Inc.       CASA             3.25   3.03
ASE       Morgan's Foods Inc.            MR               2.15   1.95
NAS       Nathan's Famous Inc.           NATH             3.53   3.46
NAS       O'Charley's Inc.               CHUX            18.44  17.50
NYS       Outback Steakhouse Inc.        OSI             37.26  34.60
NAS       P.F. Chang's China Bistro      PFCB            42.42  40.06
NAS       Panera Bread Co.               PNRA            34.87  33.27
NAS       Papa John's Int'l Inc.         PZZA            23.66  23.03
NAS       Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc.       PEET            18.46  16.76
ASE       Piccadilly Cafeterias Inc.     PIC              0.95   0.73
NAS       Pizza Inn Inc.                 PZZI             1.91   1.75
NAS       Quality Dining Inc.            QDIN             2.15   1.79
NAS       Rare Hospitality Int'l Inc.    RARE            28.91  26.71
NAS       Red Robin Burgers Inc.         RRGB            17.00  15.61
PNK       Roadhouse Grill Inc.           GRLL             0.45   0.15
NAS       Rubio's Restaurants Inc.       RUBO             5.06   4.82
NYS       Ruby Tuesday Inc.              RI              22.15  21.00
NAS       Ryan's Family Steak Houses     RYAN            12.76  11.95
NAS       Schlotzky's Inc.               BUNZ             3.08   2.69
OTC       Shells Seafood Rest. Inc.      SHLL             0.62   0.55
NAS       Smith & Wollensky Rest.        SWRG             4.50   3.84
NAS       Sonic Corp.                    SONC            25.65  23.80
NAS       Star Buffet Inc.               STRZ             1.93   1.93
NAS       Starbucks Corp.                SBUX            23.84  22.83
NYS       Steak n Shake Co.              SNS             13.49  12.50
NAS       Total Ent. Rest. Corp.         TENT             8.20   7.65
NYS       Triarc Companies Inc.          TRY             27.38  26.55
NAS       Tumbleweed Inc.                TWED             1.28   0.95
NYS       Wendy's International Inc.     WEN             30.96  27.60
NYS       Worldwide Rest. Concepts       SZ               2.92   2.63
NYS       YUM! Brands Inc.               YUM             27.49  26.00

          Hotels, Motels & Casinos

NAS       Arlington Hospitality Inc.     HOST             3.12   3.03
NYS       Hilton Hotels                  HLT             13.90  13.10
NYS       Host Marriott Corp.            HMT              8.64   8.15
PNK       Hudson Hotels Corp.            HUDS             0.20   0.11
NYS       Marriott International         MAR             37.54  36.15
NYS       Prime Motor Inns               PDQ              6.60   6.24
NAS       Sonesta Int'l                  SNSTA            5.29   5.20

          Other Cos - Food Serv Oper

NYS       Allied Domecq PLC              AED             23.85  22.80
PNK       Covanta Enurgy                 CVGYQ            0.02   0.01
NAS       Elxsi Corp.                    ELXS             2.95   2.85
PNK       MBC Holding Co.                MBRWQ            0.01   0.00
NAS       Monterey Pasta Co.             PSTA             4.15   3.61
NAS       ShoLodge                       LODG             3.85   2.46
NYS       Unilever NV                    UN              59.90  58.05
NYS       Walt Disney Co.                DIS             18.38  17.45

          Manuf and Distrib

NYS       American Express Co.           AXP             40.42  39.15
NYS       American Italian Pasta Co.     PLB             42.30  41.29
NYS       Angelica                       AGL             16.60  15.00
NYS       Anheuser Busch                 BUD             52.18  50.96
NAS       Bridgford Foods                BRID             8.29   7.05
NYS       Cadbury Schweppes              CSG             23.76  22.90
NYS       Campbell Soup                  CPB             24.53  22.30
NYS       Chemed Corp.                   CHE             36.25  34.63
NYS       Clorox Co.                     CLX             43.43  41.40
NYS       Coca Cola Co.                  KO              44.87  43.62
NYS       Colgate Palmolive              CL              59.31  57.98
NYS       ConAgra                        CAG             22.35  21.30
NYS       Constellation                  STZ             27.00  25.56
NYS       Coors, Adolph                  RKY             52.40  51.19
NYS       Corning Glass                  GLW              6.19   5.71
NYS       Dean Foods                     DF              44.85  43.84
NYS       Dole Food                      DOL             33.50  33.45
NYS       Ecolab Inc.                    ECL             51.14  49.77
NYS       Fleming Cos.                   FLM              1.01   0.50
PNK       Fresh America                  FRES             0.06   0.05
NAS       Gardenburger Inc.              GBUR             0.50   0.30
NYS       General Mills                  GIS             46.43  44.79
NYS       Grace, W.R.                    GRA              3.90   2.86
NYS       Heinz, HJ                      HNZ             31.86  31.00
NYS       Hershey Foods                  HSY             68.58  67.04
NYS       Hormel, George                 HRL             23.20  22.10
ASE       iDine                          IRN              9.15   8.65
NYS       Ikon Office Products           IKN              8.70   7.92
NYS       Int'l Multifood                IMC             19.24  18.16
NAS       J & J Snack Foods Corp.        JJSF            31.63  30.46
NYS       Kellogg                        K               34.00  33.12
NYS       Libbey                         LBY             22.23  20.35
NYS       Manitowoc                      MTW             19.82  18.85
NYS       McCormick                      MKC             25.85  25.30
NAS       Micros Systems Inc.            MCRS            28.31  27.58
NYS       Oneida Ltd.                    OCQ             10.34   9.78
NYS       PepsiCo Inc.                   PEP             44.03  42.38
NAS       Performance Food Group         PFGC            34.90  33.15
NYS       Philip Morris                  MO              41.55  33.25
NYS       Pilgrim's Pride                CHX              8.95   8.11
NYS       Procter & Gamble               PG              90.28  88.60
NYS       Sara Lee                       SLE             17.53  17.16
NYS       Sesient Technologies Corp.     SXT             22.15  21.30
NYS       Smocker, J.M.                  SJM             36.85  35.64
NYS       Sysco                          SYY             30.12  29.32
NYS       Tyson Food Inc.                TSN              9.67   8.66
NYS       U.S. Restaurant Properties     USV             15.00  14.70

                                            FOR         NET   PERCENT
                                         WEEKENDED
                                         5/23/2003   CHANGE    CHANGE
                                                    IN        IN
EXCH      COMPANY                        CLOSE       WEEK        WEEK

          Rest. NRN Stock Index

NAS       AFC Enterprises Inc.           15.90       0.00        0.00
NAS       Applebee's Int'l Inc.          28.23      -1.24       -4.21
NAS       Ark Restaurants Corp.           7.55       0.10        1.34
OTC       Avado Brands Inc.               0.28      -0.02       -6.67
NAS       Back Yard Burgers Inc.          5.80      -0.55       -8.66
NAS       Benihana Inc.                  11.26       1.20       11.93
OTC       Big Buck Brewery Inc.           0.22      -0.03      -12.00
NAS       Bob Evans Farms Inc.           24.50      -0.42       -1.69
NAS       Briazz Inc.                     0.23      -0.11      -32.35
NYS       Brinker International Inc.     33.65      -0.65       -1.90
NAS       BUCA Inc.                       5.89      -0.22       -3.60
NAS       California Pizza Kitchen Inc.  20.24      -0.22       -1.08
NAS       CBRL Group Inc.                33.63       0.58        1.75
NYS       CEC Entertainment Inc.         31.58      -0.42       -1.31
NAS       Champps Entertainment Inc.      4.95      -0.32       -6.07
NAS       Checkers Drive-In Rest.         7.55       0.11        1.48
NAS       Cheesecake Factory Inc.        31.60      -1.93       -5.76
NAS       Chicago Pizza & Brewery         8.54       0.54        6.75
NYS       CKE Restaurants Inc.            5.49       0.23        4.37
NAS       Cosi Inc.                       1.60      -0.20      -11.11
NAS       Creative Host Services Inc.     1.75       0.03        1.74
NYS       Darden Restaurants Inc.        18.35      -0.60       -3.17
NYS       Dave & Buster's Inc.            9.42      -0.14       -1.46
OTC       Denny's Corp.                   0.58       0.02        3.57
NAS       Diedrich Coffee Inc.            3.34      -0.02       -0.60
NAS       Eateries Inc.                   2.80      -0.10       -3.45
NAS       Elmer's Restaurants Inc.        5.26      -0.66      -11.15
NAS       Famous Dave's of America        4.16      -0.18       -4.15
ASE       Flanigan's Ents. Inc.           6.15      -0.07       -1.13
NAS       Fresh Choice Inc.               1.50      -0.11       -6.83
ASE       Friendly Ice Cream Corp.        6.60       0.10        1.54
ASE       Frisch's Restaurants Inc.      18.17      -0.13       -0.71
NAS       Garden Fresh Rest. Corp.        8.73       0.09        1.05
NAS       Good Times Rest. Inc.           2.57       0.07        2.80
NAS       Grill Concepts Inc.             1.70       0.00        0.00
OTC       Host America Corp.              2.00       0.14        7.53
NYS       IHOP Corp.                     28.50       0.80        2.89
ASE       J. Alexander's Corp.            3.20      -0.05       -1.54
NYS       Jack in the Box Inc.           19.26      -0.99       -4.73
NYS       Krispy Kreme Doughnuts         30.95      -0.82       -2.58
NYS       Landry's Restaurants Inc.      19.51       0.16        0.83
NAS       Lone Star Steakhouse           21.46      -0.43       -1.96
NYS       Luby's Inc.                     2.15      -0.41      -16.02
NAS       Main Street & Main Inc.         1.74      -0.09       -4.92
NAS       Max & Erma's Rest. Inc.        15.06       0.22        1.48
NYS       McDonald's Corp.               17.80      -0.72       -3.89
ASE       Meritage Hospitality Group      4.30      -0.07       -1.60
NAS       Mexican Restaurants Inc.        3.24       0.21        6.93
ASE       Morgan's Foods Inc.             2.15      -0.05       -2.27
NAS       Nathan's Famous Inc.            3.51       0.04        1.15
NAS       O'Charley's Inc.               18.43       0.02        0.11
NYS       Outback Steakhouse Inc.        36.30      -0.80       -2.16
NAS       P.F. Chang's China Bistro      41.99      -0.39       -0.92
NAS       Panera Bread Co.               33.68      -0.44       -1.29
NAS       Papa John's Int'l Inc.         23.65       0.07        0.30
NAS       Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc.       17.38      -0.77       -4.24
ASE       Piccadilly Cafeterias Inc.      0.70      -0.25      -26.32
NAS       Pizza Inn Inc.                  1.83      -0.05       -2.66
NAS       Quality Dining Inc.             2.00      -0.08       -3.85
NAS       Rare Hospitality Int'l Inc.    27.15      -1.49       -5.20
NAS       Red Robin Burgers Inc.         16.74      -0.24       -1.41
PNK       Roadhouse Grill Inc.            0.25       0.03       13.64
NAS       Rubio's Restaurants Inc.        4.95      -0.03       -0.60
NYS       Ruby Tuesday Inc.              22.27      -0.08       -0.36
NAS       Ryan's Family Steak Houses     12.25      -0.19       -1.53
NAS       Schlotzky's Inc.                2.92       0.04        1.39
OTC       Shells Seafood Rest. Inc.       0.62       0.07       12.73
NAS       Smith & Wollensky Rest.         4.20       0.19        4.74
NAS       Sonic Corp.                    25.37       0.00        0.00
NAS       Star Buffet Inc.                1.86      -0.07       -3.63
NAS       Starbucks Corp.                23.43      -0.08       -0.32
NYS       Steak n Shake Co.              13.41       0.91        7.28
NAS       Total Ent. Rest. Corp.          7.85      -0.10       -1.26
NYS       Triarc Companies Inc.          27.01       0.51        1.92
NAS       Tumbleweed Inc.                 1.07       0.12       12.63
NYS       Wendy's International Inc.     28.66      -2.34       -7.55
NYS       Worldwide Rest. Concepts        2.85       0.04        1.42
NYS       YUM! Brands Inc.               26.50       0.23        0.88

          Hotels, Motels & Casinos

NAS       Arlington Hospitality Inc.      3.03      -0.06       -1.94
NYS       Hilton Hotels                  13.41      -0.56       -4.01
NYS       Host Marriott Corp.             8.52      -0.13       -1.50
PNK       Hudson Hotels Corp.             0.01       0.00        0.00
NYS       Marriott International         36.56      -0.77       -2.06
NYS       Prime Motor Inns                6.25      -0.05       -0.79
NAS       Sonesta Int'l                   5.20       0.00        0.00

          Other Cos - Food Serv Oper

NYS       Allied Domecq PLC              23.17      -0.23       -0.98
PNK       Covanta Enurgy                  0.01       0.00        9.09
NAS       Elxsi Corp.                     2.85       0.03        1.06
PNK       MBC Holding Co.                 0.01       0.01      900.00
NAS       Monterey Pasta Co.              3.78      -0.32       -7.80
NAS       ShoLodge                        3.15      -0.56      -15.89
NYS       Unilever NV                    58.84       1.16        2.01
NYS       Walt Disney Co.                18.24      -0.20       -1.08

          Manuf and Distrib

NYS       American Express Co.           39.99      -0.63       -1.55
NYS       American Italian Pasta Co.     41.45      -0.50       -1.19
NYS       Angelica                       15.87       0.16        1.02
NYS       Anheuser Busch                 52.47       0.73        1.41
NAS       Bridgford Foods                 7.59      -0.12       -1.56
NYS       Cadbury Schweppes              23.85       0.38        1.62
NYS       Campbell Soup                  24.71       3.26       15.20
NYS       Chemed Corp.                   35.21      -0.79       -2.19
NYS       Clorox Co.                     42.46       0.83        1.99
NYS       Coca Cola Co.                  44.19       0.24        0.55
NYS       Colgate Palmolive              58.80       0.23        0.39
NYS       ConAgra                        23.01       1.27        5.84
NYS       Constellation                  26.85       0.85        3.27
NYS       Coors, Adolph                  51.97      -0.12       -0.23
NYS       Corning Glass                   6.02      -0.27       -4.29
NYS       Dean Foods                     44.50       0.00        0.00
NYS       Dole Food                      33.48       0.00        0.00
NYS       Ecolab Inc.                    51.30       1.06        2.11
NYS       Fleming Cos.                    0.50       0.00        0.00
PNK       Fresh America                   0.00       0.00        0.00
NAS       Gardenburger Inc.               0.45       0.13       40.63
NYS       General Mills                  46.56       1.71        3.81
NYS       Grace, W.R.                     3.05      -0.28       -8.41
NYS       Heinz, HJ                      31.70       0.38        1.21
NYS       Hershey Foods                  68.65       1.10        1.63
NYS       Hormel, George                 23.42       1.01        4.51
ASE       iDine                           9.45       0.30        3.28
NYS       Ikon Office Products            8.46      -0.34       -3.86
NYS       Int'l Multifood                18.95       0.25        1.34
NAS       J & J Snack Foods Corp.        31.93       1.10        3.57
NYS       Kellogg                        33.55       0.28        0.84
NYS       Libbey                         21.12      -0.18       -0.85
NYS       Manitowoc                      19.27      -0.33       -1.68
NYS       McCormick                      26.00       0.25        0.97
NAS       Micros Systems Inc.            28.29       0.65        2.35
NYS       Oneida Ltd.                     9.76      -0.58       -5.61
NYS       PepsiCo Inc.                   43.56       0.26        0.60
NAS       Performance Food Group         33.84      -1.09       -3.12
NYS       Philip Morris                  42.31       9.01       27.06
NYS       Pilgrim's Pride                 8.61       0.36        4.36
NYS       Procter & Gamble               89.80      -0.52       -0.58
NYS       Sara Lee                       17.46      -0.06       -0.34
NYS       Sesient Technologies Corp.     21.52      -0.45       -2.05
NYS       Smocker, J.M.                  36.62       0.67        1.86
NYS       Sysco                          30.00       0.34        1.15
NYS       Tyson Food Inc.                 9.23       0.13        1.43
NYS       U.S. Restaurant Properties     15.00       0.36        2.46

                                                EARNINGS/
                                                    SHARE
                                           P/E       LAST    52-WEEK
EXCH      COMPANY                        RATIO       12 MOS.       HIGH

          Rest. NRN Stock Index

NAS       AFC Enterprises Inc.              11          1.51      33.30
NAS       Applebee's Int'l Inc.             18          1.54      29.89
NAS       Ark Restaurants Corp.              7         -1.04       8.63
OTC       Avado Brands Inc.                  0         -2.36       0.48
NAS       Back Yard Burgers Inc.            20          0.30      12.72
NAS       Benihana Inc.                     10          1.12      18.43
OTC       Big Buck Brewery Inc.              0         -2.93       3.50
NAS       Bob Evans Farms Inc.              12          2.09      33.30
NAS       Briazz Inc.                        0         -2.65       1.54
NYS       Brinker International Inc.        20          1.74      35.47
NAS       BUCA Inc.                         15          0.41      20.20
NAS       California Pizza Kitchen Inc.     25          0.82      28.03
NAS       CBRL Group Inc.                   17          2.00      34.10
NYS       CEC Entertainment Inc.            13          2.52      47.92
NAS       Champps Entertainment Inc.        13          0.40      13.65
NAS       Checkers Drive-In Rest.          -75         -0.10      12.49
NAS       Cheesecake Factory Inc.           32          1.00      40.51
NAS       Chicago Pizza & Brewery          121          0.07      10.45
NYS       CKE Restaurants Inc.              12          0.44      11.55
NAS       Cosi Inc.                          0         -4.37      10.93
NAS       Creative Host Services Inc.       14          0.13       2.24
NYS       Darden Restaurants Inc.           14          1.36      27.94
NYS       Dave & Buster's Inc.              24          0.40      13.38
OTC       Denny's Corp.                      0          1.58       1.10
NAS       Diedrich Coffee Inc.              15          0.22       5.25
NAS       Eateries Inc.                     -1         -2.31       3.50
NAS       Elmer's Restaurants Inc.           8          0.72       8.00
NAS       Famous Dave's of America         -16         -0.25       8.20
ASE       Flanigan's Ents. Inc.             10          0.62       6.90
NAS       Fresh Choice Inc.                 -4         -0.40       2.64
ASE       Friendly Ice Cream Corp.          10          0.68       8.00
ASE       Frisch's Restaurants Inc.         10          1.74      21.50
NAS       Garden Fresh Rest. Corp.           9          0.96      13.30
NAS       Good Times Rest. Inc.            -85         -0.03       4.25
NAS       Grill Concepts Inc.               31         -0.04       2.15
OTC       Host America Corp.               -14         -0.13       3.49
NYS       IHOP Corp.                        16          1.74      34.48
ASE       J. Alexander's Corp.               7          0.45       3.80
NYS       Jack in the Box Inc.              10          1.95      33.70
NYS       Krispy Kreme Doughnuts            55          0.56      41.55
NYS       Landry's Restaurants Inc.         13          1.55      27.45
NAS       Lone Star Steakhouse              14          1.47      24.81
NYS       Luby's Inc.                       -5         -0.39       6.99
NAS       Main Street & Main Inc.           -3         -0.62       6.30
NAS       Max & Erma's Rest. Inc.           12          1.30      17.93
NYS       McDonald's Corp.                  22          0.79      30.54
ASE       Meritage Hospitality Group        86          0.05       6.75
NAS       Mexican Restaurants Inc.           7          0.48       4.42
ASE       Morgan's Foods Inc.              -18         -0.11       5.28
NAS       Nathan's Famous Inc.             -87         -0.04       4.15
NAS       O'Charley's Inc.                  11          1.66      26.00
NYS       Outback Steakhouse Inc.           17          2.09      39.80
NAS       P.F. Chang's China Bistro         48          0.87      44.50
NAS       Panera Bread Co.                  42          0.81      37.95
NAS       Papa John's Int'l Inc.            10          2.32      35.19
NAS       Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc.          39          0.45      19.25
ASE       Piccadilly Cafeterias Inc.        -1         -0.70       3.85
NAS       Pizza Inn Inc.                     8          0.21       2.99
NAS       Quality Dining Inc.                5         -0.39       5.00
NAS       Rare Hospitality Int'l Inc.       18          1.54      30.92
NAS       Red Robin Burgers Inc.            24          0.65      17.50
PNK       Roadhouse Grill Inc.               0         -1.39       0.36
NAS       Rubio's Restaurants Inc.          17         -0.29       9.74
NYS       Ruby Tuesday Inc.                 17          1.29      24.08
NAS       Ryan's Family Steak Houses        11          1.11      18.66
NAS       Schlotzky's Inc.                 -11         -0.26       5.00
OTC       Shells Seafood Rest. Inc.         18          0.03       1.00
NAS       Smith & Wollensky Rest.          -14         -0.29       7.26
NAS       Sonic Corp.                       21          1.19      32.94
NAS       Star Buffet Inc.                  -5         -0.43       3.10
NAS       Starbucks Corp.                   38          0.62      26.87
NYS       Steak n Shake Co.                 16          0.83      15.90
NAS       Total Ent. Rest. Corp.            11          0.74      17.25
NYS       Triarc Companies Inc.           2707         -0.01      29.20
NAS       Tumbleweed Inc.                   10         -0.11       1.80
NYS       Wendy's International Inc.        15          1.88      41.60
NYS       Worldwide Rest. Concepts          11          0.27       3.01
NYS       YUM! Brands Inc.                  14          1.87      33.17

          Hotels, Motels & Casinos

NAS       Arlington Hospitality Inc.        -6         -0.49       4.80
NYS       Hilton Hotels                     29          0.46      14.50
NYS       Host Marriott Corp.              -27         -0.32      11.85
PNK       Hudson Hotels Corp.                0          0.00       0.20
NYS       Marriott International            29          1.26      40.82
NYS       Prime Motor Inns                  37          0.17      13.15
NAS       Sonesta Int'l                     -4         -1.32      10.15

          Other Cos - Food Serv Oper

NYS       Allied Domecq PLC                 11          2.28      26.82
PNK       Covanta Enurgy                     0         -4.65       0.04
NAS       Elxsi Corp.                      -10         -0.29       7.25
PNK       MBC Holding Co.                    0         -0.67       0.02
NAS       Monterey Pasta Co.                 7          0.57      10.42
NAS       ShoLodge                          -1         -5.52       6.00
NYS       Unilever NV                       27          2.18      66.55
NYS       Walt Disney Co.                   36          0.50      23.98

          Manuf and Distrib

NYS       American Express Co.              19          2.08      43.38
NYS       American Italian Pasta Co.        19          2.16      52.56
NYS       Angelica                          16         -1.00      24.31
NYS       Anheuser Busch                    23          2.26      55.00
NAS       Bridgford Foods                 -146         -0.05      15.26
NYS       Cadbury Schweppes                 13          1.75      30.98
NYS       Campbell Soup                     17          1.48      28.40
NYS       Chemed Corp.                     -90         -0.39      38.25
NYS       Clorox Co.                        20          2.18      48.37
NYS       Coca Cola Co.                     27          1.65      57.50
NYS       Colgate Palmolive                 26          2.26      59.31
NYS       ConAgra                           15          1.53      27.65
NYS       Constellation                     12          2.19      32.00
NYS       Coors, Adolph                     14          3.69      70.15
NYS       Corning Glass                     -4         -1.46       6.62
NYS       Dean Foods                        17          2.68      44.85
NYS       Dole Food                         12          2.76      33.50
NYS       Ecolab Inc.                       29          1.75      52.75
NYS       Fleming Cos.                       0         -1.51      25.00
PNK       Fresh America                      0         -3.00       0.40
NAS       Gardenburger Inc.                 -1         -0.62       1.25
NYS       General Mills                     24          1.96      48.18
NYS       Grace, W.R.                       28          0.11       4.10
NYS       Heinz, HJ                         15          2.16      42.65
NYS       Hershey Foods                     23          3.03      79.49
NYS       Hormel, George                    17          1.34      25.00
ASE       iDine                             11          0.81      12.90
NYS       Ikon Office Products               9          0.97      10.45
NYS       Int'l Multifood                   -8         -2.37      28.23
NAS       J & J Snack Foods Corp.           15          2.10      45.15
NYS       Kellogg                           19          1.78      37.00
NYS       Libbey                            12          1.71      36.59
NYS       Manitowoc                         51          0.38      41.25
NYS       McCormick                         20          1.27      27.00
NAS       Micros Systems Inc.               27          1.03      29.75
NYS       Oneida Ltd.                       41          0.24      19.48
NYS       PepsiCo Inc.                      23          1.92      52.20
NAS       Performance Food Group            22          1.53      38.62
NYS       Philip Morris                      8          5.19      57.79
NYS       Pilgrim's Pride                   26          0.33      14.99
NYS       Procter & Gamble                  25          3.65      94.75
NYS       Sara Lee                          11          1.56      23.84
NYS       Sesient Technologies Corp.        12          1.76      25.96
NYS       Smocker, J.M.                     21          1.77      42.25
NYS       Sysco                             27          1.12      32.58
NYS       Tyson Food Inc.                   11          0.85      15.71
NYS       U.S. Restaurant Properties        45          0.33      16.70


                                                   MARKET
                                          52-WEEK      CAPITAL
EXCH      COMPANY                          LOW     (1,000'S)

          Rest. NRN Stock Index

NAS       AFC Enterprises Inc.           11.30        451640
NAS       Applebee's Int'l Inc.          19.03       1565975
NAS       Ark Restaurants Corp.           5.26         24017
OTC       Avado Brands Inc.               0.10          9269
NAS       Back Yard Burgers Inc.          3.45         27388
NAS       Benihana Inc.                   9.00         98852
OTC       Big Buck Brewery Inc.           0.21           190
NAS       Bob Evans Farms Inc.           21.18        858627
NAS       Briazz Inc.                     0.10          1378
NYS       Brinker International Inc.     24.07       3267482
NAS       BUCA Inc.                       4.83         98316
NAS       California Pizza Kitchen Inc.  17.85        381241
NAS       CBRL Group Inc.                19.54       1661927
NYS       CEC Entertainment Inc.         23.48        854650
NAS       Champps Entertainment Inc.      4.37         62974
NAS       Checkers Drive-In Rest.         4.52         92669
NAS       Cheesecake Factory Inc.        24.90       1618963
NAS       Chicago Pizza & Brewery         5.30        164865
NYS       CKE Restaurants Inc.            3.01        314852
NAS       Cosi Inc.                       0.95         26510
NAS       Creative Host Services Inc.     1.22         14053
NYS       Darden Restaurants Inc.        16.50       3088599
NYS       Dave & Buster's Inc.            7.36        125220
OTC       Denny's Corp.                   0.32         23631
NAS       Diedrich Coffee Inc.            1.50         17238
NAS       Eateries Inc.                   0.83          8308
NAS       Elmer's Restaurants Inc.        4.83         10741
NAS       Famous Dave's of America        2.76         47428
ASE       Flanigan's Ents. Inc.           4.90         11845
NAS       Fresh Choice Inc.               1.21          8946
ASE       Friendly Ice Cream Corp.        4.60         49064
ASE       Frisch's Restaurants Inc.      15.51         89669
NAS       Garden Fresh Rest. Corp.        7.33         50587
NAS       Good Times Rest. Inc.           2.01          5816
NAS       Grill Concepts Inc.             0.78          9413
OTC       Host America Corp.              1.20          4358
NYS       IHOP Corp.                     20.98        611040
ASE       J. Alexander's Corp.            2.25         21392
NYS       Jack in the Box Inc.           14.25        729099
NYS       Krispy Kreme Doughnuts         26.42       1758548
NYS       Landry's Restaurants Inc.      15.05        537130
NAS       Lone Star Steakhouse           17.35        444866
NYS       Luby's Inc.                     0.95         48265
NAS       Main Street & Main Inc.         0.65         24607
NAS       Max & Erma's Rest. Inc.        11.62         37168
NYS       McDonald's Corp.               12.12      22647189
ASE       Meritage Hospitality Group      4.00         22988
NAS       Mexican Restaurants Inc.        2.78         10967
ASE       Morgan's Foods Inc.             1.29          5844
NAS       Nathan's Famous Inc.            2.95         19621
NAS       O'Charley's Inc.               15.60        366941
NYS       Outback Steakhouse Inc.        24.90       2741812
NAS       P.F. Chang's China Bistro      24.34       1061801
NAS       Panera Bread Co.               23.64        996423
NAS       Papa John's Int'l Inc.         21.85        423335
NAS       Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc.       10.62        214469
ASE       Piccadilly Cafeterias Inc.      0.60          7637
NAS       Pizza Inn Inc.                  0.68         18406
NAS       Quality Dining Inc.             1.79         23218
NAS       Rare Hospitality Int'l Inc.    20.75        603436
NAS       Red Robin Burgers Inc.          9.09        252908
PNK       Roadhouse Grill Inc.            0.15          7305
NAS       Rubio's Restaurants Inc.        4.20         44971
NYS       Ruby Tuesday Inc.              14.24       1425391
NAS       Ryan's Family Steak Houses      9.85        517979
NAS       Schlotzky's Inc.                2.36         21374
OTC       Shells Seafood Rest. Inc.       0.25          2871
NAS       Smith & Wollensky Rest.         3.06         39287
NAS       Sonic Corp.                    19.59        981743
NAS       Star Buffet Inc.                1.71          5487
NAS       Starbucks Corp.                18.44       9150188
NYS       Steak n Shake Co.               8.75        361078
NAS       Total Ent. Rest. Corp.          5.70         76365
NYS       Triarc Companies Inc.          21.98        565778
NAS       Tumbleweed Inc.                 0.50          6330
NYS       Wendy's International Inc.     23.97       3251792
NYS       Worldwide Rest. Concepts        1.65         77611
NYS       YUM! Brands Inc.               20335       7750747

          Hotels, Motels & Casinos

NAS       Arlington Hospitality Inc.      2.56         15023
NYS       Hilton Hotels                   9.56       5052808
NYS       Host Marriott Corp.             6.07       2254656
PNK       Hudson Hotels Corp.             0.11            28
NYS       Marriott International         26.25       8477204
NYS       Prime Motor Inns                4.53        279581
NAS       Sonesta Int'l                   3.30         19230

          Other Cos - Food Serv Oper

NYS       Allied Domecq PLC              17.14      25649190
PNK       Covanta Enurgy                  0.01           598
NAS       Elxsi Corp.                     1.57         11434
PNK       MBC Holding Co.                 0.01            35
NAS       Monterey Pasta Co.              2.93         53687
NAS       ShoLodge                        1.58         16125
NYS       Unilever NV                    48.06      33631532
NYS       Walt Disney Co.                13.48      37252811

          Manuf and Distrib

NYS       American Express Co.           26.55      52555378
NYS       American Italian Pasta Co.     31.50        738432
NYS       Angelica                       14.91        139656
NYS       Anheuser Busch                 43.65      43778397
NAS       Bridgford Foods                 6.45         79300
NYS       Cadbury Schweppes              19.41      48820950
NYS       Campbell Soup                  19.65      10140860
NYS       Chemed Corp.                   29.20        345938
NYS       Clorox Co.                     31.92       9202526
NYS       Coca Cola Co.                  37.01     108851592
NYS       Colgate Palmolive              44.05      31636517
NYS       ConAgra                        17.75      12356922
NYS       Constellation                  21.90       2533432
NYS       Coors, Adolph                  45.85       1888694
NYS       Corning Glass                   1.10       7258766
NYS       Dean Foods                     27.07       4003532
NYS       Dole Food                      24.14       1885527
NYS       Ecolab Inc.                    36.53       6740615
NYS       Fleming Cos.                    0.48         27251
PNK       Fresh America                   0.83             8
NAS       Gardenburger Inc.               0.25          4051
NYS       General Mills                  37.38      17169792
NYS       Grace, W.R.                     0.95        199906
NYS       Heinz, HJ                      28.90      11139539
NYS       Hershey Foods                  56.45       9005026
NYS       Hormel, George                 19.93       3241796
ASE       iDine                           6.73        211784
NYS       Ikon Office Products            6.38       1220237
NYS       Int'l Multifood                16.75        363745
NAS       J & J Snack Foods Corp.        25.31        276769
NYS       Kellogg                        27.85      13639316
NYS       Libbey                         20.30        278995
NYS       Manitowoc                      16.70        508979
NYS       McCormick                      20.70       3618732
NAS       Micros Systems Inc.            18.32        490549
NYS       Oneida Ltd.                     9.72        162123
NYS       PepsiCo Inc.                   34.00      74840784
NAS       Performance Food Group         25.35       1536742
NYS       Philip Morris                  27.70      86035650
NYS       Pilgrim's Pride                 4.05        353983
NYS       Procter & Gamble               74.08     116264509
NYS       Sara Lee                       16.15      13568934
NYS       Sesient Technologies Corp.     17.95       1014022
NYS       Smocker, J.M.                  28.71       1822431
NYS       Sysco                          21.25      19488930
NYS       Tyson Food Inc.                 7.25       3237542
NYS       U.S. Restaurant Properties     12.00        297900

Key: NYS = New York.

ASE = American.

NAS = Nasdaq.

N.A. = Not Available.

(s) = Reflects stock split.

(class a) = preferred stock.

Source: CNET Investor, San Francisco (415) 344-2044
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