Ruby Tuesday deploys sales, service initiatives: chain reintroduces coupon program and increases staffing in effort to drive traffic

Nation's Restaurant News, Oct 21, 2002 by James Peters

Week's top gainers


Champps Entertainment Inc.   27.11%
Nathans Famous Inc.          16.61%
Total Entertainment          13.48%
Meritage Hospitality         10.38%
Sonic Corp                    9.06%
Starbucks                     6.70%
Back Yard Burgers Inc.        4.01%
P.F. Chang's China Bistro     3.94%
Darden Rests. Inc.            3.83%
Steak and Shake Co.           2.91%

Week's top losers

Host America                -27.91%
YUM! Brands Inc.            -21.83%
Eateries Inc.               -20.43%
Rubio's                     -17.87%
J. Alexander's Corp.        -17.24%
CEC Entertainment           -13.94%
Checkers Drive-In Rest      -12.84%
Roadhouse Grill             -12.50%
Star Buffet Inc.            -10.50%
Friendly Ice Cream Corp.    -10.00%
                                                   FOR WEEK ENDED
                                                     10/11/2002
                                        TICKER
EXCH      COMPANY                       SYMBOL     HIGH        LOW

          Rest. - NRN Stock Index

NAS       AFC Enterprises               AFCE      21.65      17.60
NAS       Applebee's Int'l Inc.         APPB      21.78      19.03
NAS       Ark Restaurant Group          ARKR       7.35       6.60
NAS       Avado Brands Inc.             AVDO       0.27       0.17
NAS       Back Yard Burgers Inc.        BYBI       5.19       3.61
NAS       Benihana Inc.                 BNHN      13.40      11.91
NAS       Big Buck Brewery Inc.         BBUCD      0.90       0.50
NAS       Bob Evans Farms               BOBE      24.35      21.65
NAS       Briazz Inc.                   BRZZ       0.87       0.70
NYS       Brinker Int'l                 EAT       27.16      24.55
NAS       BUCA Inc.                     BUCA       8.12       6.61
NYS       California Pizza Kitchen Inc  CPKI      22.66      19.71
NYS       CBRL Group Inc.               CBRL      22.83      19.54
NAS       CEC Entertainment             CEC       34.90      28.75
NAS       Champps Entertainment Inc.    CMPP       9.90       6.15
NAS       Checkers Drive-In Rest.       CHKR       7.90       6.15
NAS       Cheesecake Factory Inc.       CAKE      32.03      27.95
NYS       Chicago Pizza and Brewery     CHGO       7.88       7.11
OTC       CKE Rests. Inc.               CKR        3.77       3.04
NAS       Cooker Restaurant             CGRT       0.02       0.01
NAS       Creative Host Services, Inc   CHST       2.00       1.44
NYS       Darden Rests. Inc.            DRI       23.30      19.80
NYS       Dave & Busters Inc.           DAB       11.05      10.25
NAS       Denny's Corp.                 DNYY       0.83       0.74
NAS       Diedrich Coffee Co.           DDRX       4.66       3.61
NAS       Eateries Inc.                 EATS       2.36       1.92
NAS       Famous Dave's of America      DAVE       5.25       4.52
ASE       Flanigan Ents.                BDL        5.40       4.90
NAS       Fresh Choice                  SALD       1.84       1.46
ASE       Friendly Ice Cream Corp,      FRN        7.20       6.00
ASE       Frisch's Restaurants          FRS       16.50      15.63
ASE       Furr's Restaurant Group       FRG        0.24       0.14
NAS       Garden Fresh Rests.           LTUS       9.30       8.86
NAS       Good Times                    GTIM       2.86       2.30
NAS       Grill Concepts Inc.           GRIL       1.56       1.41
NAS       Host America                  CAFE       2.44       1.70
NYS       IHOP Corp.                    HP        24.36      21.08
NYS       J. Alexander's Corp.          JAX        2.95       2.50
NYS       Jack in the Box               JBX       21.83      18.75
NYS       Krispy Kreme                  KKD       32.00      27.40
NYS       Landry's Seafood              LNY       21.44      17.80
NAS       Lone Star Steak House         STAR      20.85      18.32
NYS       Luby's Cafeterias             LUB        4.20       3.78
NAS       Main St. & Main Inc.          MAIN       3.24       2.75
NAS       Max & Erma's                  MAXE      13.00      11.62
NAS       McDonald's Corp.              MCD       18.04      15.75
NYS       Meritage Hospitality          MHG        5.85       5.30
ASE       Mexican Restaurants           CASA       3.35       3.25
ASE       Morgan's Foods                MR         2.50       2.43
NAS       Nathans Famous Iuc.           NATH       3.45       2.95
NAS       O'Charley's                   CHUX      19.14      16.46
NYS       Outback Steakhouse            OSI       28.30      24.90
NAS       P.F. Chang's China Bistro     PFCB      31.18      27.38
NAS       Panera Bread Co.              PNRA      28.24      25.50
NAS       Papa John's International     PZZA      30.24      28.20
NAS       Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.     PEET      13.10      10.62
NYS       Piccadilly Cafes              PIC        2.15       1.75
NAS       Pizza Inn Inc.                PZZI       1.72       1.61
NAS       Quality Dining Inc.           QDIN       3.40       3.25
NAS       RARE Hospitality              RARE      23.93      21.90
NAS       Red Robin Burgers Inc.        RRGB      10.35       9.09
NAS       Roadhouse Grill               GRLLQ      0.35       0.35
NAS       Rubio's                       RUBO       7.08       5.95
NYS       Ruby Tuesday's                RI        18.80      14.24
NAS       Ryans Family                  RYAN      11.86      10.10
NAS       Scholtzsky's Inc.             BUNZ       3.99       3.60
NAS       Shell's Seafood Rests.        SHLL       0.51       0.42
NAS       Silver Diner Development      SLVR       0.31       0.19
NYS       Smith & Wollensky Group       SWRG       4.02       3.58
NAS       Sonic Corp.                   SONC      24.43      22.01
NAS       Star Buffet Inc.              STRZ       2.38       2.13
NAS       Starbucks                     SBUX      22.28      20.67
NAS       Steak and Shake Co.           SNS       10.65       9.70
NYS       Total Entertainment           TENT       8.28       5.70
NAS       Triarc Companies Inc.         TRY       22.79      22.05
NYS       Tumbleweed Inc.               TWED       1.32       1.16
NYS       Wendys Int'l                  WEN       35.30      29.99
NAS       Worldwide Rest. Concepts      SZ         2.27       1.87
NYS       YUM! Brands Inc.              YUM       30.00      22.55

          Hotels, Motels & Casinos

NAS       Arlington Hospitality Inc.    HOST       3.60       2.91
NYS       Hilton Hotels                 HLT       11.00       9.56
NYS       Host Marriott Corp.           HMT        9.00       7.50
NAS       Hudson Hotels Corp.           HUDS       0.20       0.11
NYS       Marriott International        MAR       28.70      26.25
NYS       Prime Motor Inns              PDQ        8.20       7.51
NAS       Sonesta Int'l                 SNSTA      5.13       4.80

          Other Cos - Food Serv Oper

NAS       Allied Domecq PLC             AED       25.85      23.65
NYS       Covanta Energy                CVGPQ      0.39       0.30
NAS       Elxsi Corp.                   ELXS       3.61       1.57
NAS       MBC Holding Co.               MBRWQ      0.03       0.02
NAS       Monterey Pasta Co.            PSTA       5.83       4.65
NAS       ShoLodge                      LODG       4.55       4.50
NAS       Unilever NV                   UN        62.35      58.53
NYS       Walt Disney Co.               DIS       16.20      13.90

          Manuf and Distrib

NYS       American Express Co.          AXP       30.23      26.55
NYS       American Italian Pasta Co.    PLB       35.50      32.60
NYS       Angelica                      AGL       23.33      21.16
NYS       Anheuser Busch                BUD       53.72      51.30
NAS       Bridgford Foods               BRID      11.30      10.07
NAS       Cadbury Schweppes             CSG       26.79      25.10
NYS       Campbell Soup                 CPB       22.79      21.69
NYS       Chemed Corp.                  CHE       33.48      29.20
NYS       Clorox Co.                    CLX       41.73      39.80
NYS       Coca Cola Co.                 KO        52.82      30.16
NYS       Colgate Palmolive             CL        55.83      53.46
NYS       ConAgra                       CAG       25.30      23.75
NYS       Constellation                 STZ       24.18      21.99
NYS       Coors, Adolph                 RKY       60.45      56.96
NYS       Corning Glass                 GLW        1.45       1.10
NYS       Dean Foods                    DF        40.55      37.50
NYS       Dole Food                     DOL       29.03      26.10
NYS       Ecolab Inc.                   ECL       44.60      41.81
NYS       Fleming Cos.                  FLM        4.68       2.60
NAS       Fresh America                 FRES       0.12       0.05
NAS       Gardenburger Inc.             GBUR       0.80       0.56
NYS       General Mills                 GIS       45.80      42.20
NYS       Grace, W.R.                   GRA        1.55       0.95
NYS       Heinz, HJ                     HNZ       34.26      31.65
NYS       Hershey Foods                 HSY       64.46      61.22
NYS       Hormel, George                HRL       23.31      22.01
ASE       iDine                         IRN        9.20       7.90
NYS       Ikon Office Products          IKN        7.39       6.38
NYS       Int'l Multifood               IMC       19.71      17.91
NAS       J & J Snack Foods Corp.       JJSF      40.25      37.73
NYS       Kellogg                       K         36.00      33.90
NYS       Libbey                        LBY       28.44      27.35
NYS       Manitowoc                     MTW       27.53      22.10
NYS       McCormick                     MKC       24.46      23.43
NAS       Micros Systems Inc.           MCRS      23.27      21.66
NYS       Oneida Ltd.                   OCQ       13.67      11.66
NYS       PepsiCo Inc.                  PEP       42.00      35.59
NAS       Performance Food Group        PFGC      37.00      34.61
NYS       Philip Morris                 MO        40.58      35.40
NYS       Pilgrim's Pride               CHX        7.74       6.61
NYS       Procter & Gamble              PG        90.83      87.37
NYS       Sara Lee                      SLE       21.78      19.25
NYS       Sesient Technologies Corp.    SXT       21.10      19.33
NYS       Smucker, J.M.                 SJM       35.25      32.03
NYS       Sysco                         SYY       30.05      28.22
NYS       Tyson Food Inc.               TSN       11.15       9.27
NYS       U.S. Restaurant Properties    USV       14.13      12.00

                                         FOR WEEK     NET   PERCENT
                                          ENDED
                                        10/11/2002  CHANGE   CHANGE
                                                   IN       IN
EXCH      COMPANY                       CLOSE       WEEK       WEEK

          Rest. - NRN Stock Index

NAS       AFC Enterprises               19.88      -1.27     -6.00%
NAS       Applebee's Int'l Inc.         21.48       0.11      0.51%
NAS       Ark Restaurant Group           6.68      -0.57     -7.86%
NAS       Avado Brands Inc.              0.23       0.06     35.29%
NAS       Back Yard Burgers Inc.         4.41       0.17      4.01%
NAS       Benihana Inc.                 12.99       0.11      0.87%
NAS       Big Buck Brewery Inc.          0.60       0.00      0.00%
NAS       Bob Evans Farms               23.11      -0.60     -2.53%
NAS       Briazz Inc.                    0.76       0.00      0.00%
NYS       Brinker Int'l                 26.63       0.08      0.30%
NAS       BUCA Inc.                      7.88      -0.10     -1.25%
NYS       California Pizza Kitchen Inc  21.05      -1.43     -6.36%
NYS       CBRL Group Inc.               21.03      -0.91     -4.15%
NAS       CEC Entertainment             29.51      -4.78    -13.94%
NAS       Champps Entertainment Inc.     9.19       1.55     27.11%
NAS       Checkers Drive-In Rest.        6.45      -0.95    -12.84%
NAS       Cheesecake Factory Inc.       29.93      -0.50     -1.64%
NYS       Chicago Pizza and Brewery      7.25      -0.60     -7.64%
OTC       CKE Rests. Inc.                3.30      -0.31     -8.59%
NAS       Cooker Restaurant              0.01       0.00      0.00%
NAS       Creative Host Services, Inc    1.75      -0.08     -4.37%
NYS       Darden Rests. Inc.            23.33       0.86      3.83%
NYS       Dave & Busters Inc.           10.70      -0.30     -2.73%
NAS       Denny's Corp.                  0.74      -0.04     -5.13%
NAS       Diedrich Coffee Co.            3.97      -0.37     -8.53%
NAS       Eateries Inc.                  1.87      -0.48    -20.43%
NAS       Famous Dave's of America       4.72      -0.44     -8.56%
ASE       Flanigan Ents.                 5.00      -0.40     -7.41%
NAS       Fresh Choice                   1.74       0.00      0.00%
ASE       Friendly Ice Cream Corp,       5.85      -0.65    -10.00%
ASE       Frisch's Restaurants          15.70      -0.70     -4.27%
ASE       Furr's Restaurant Group        0.25       0.09     56.25%
NAS       Garden Fresh Rests.            9.01       0.06      0.67%
NAS       Good Times                     2.33      -0.15     -6.05%
NAS       Grill Concepts Inc.            1.41       0.00      0.00%
NAS       Host America                   1.55      -0.60    -27.91%
NYS       IHOP Corp.                    22.00      -1.97     -8.22%
NYS       J. Alexander's Corp.           2.40      -0.50    -17.24%
NYS       Jack in the Box               20.16      -0.99     -4.68%
NYS       Krispy Kreme                  30.85      -0.13     -0.42%
NYS       Landry's Seafood              20.25      -0.05     -0.25%
NAS       Lone Star Steak House         19.98      -0.68     -3.29%
NYS       Luby's Cafeterias              4.00       0.08      2.04%
NAS       Main St. & Main Inc.           3.00      -0.24     -7.34%
NAS       Max & Erma's                  12.50      -0.10     -0.79%
NAS       McDonald's Corp.              17.97       0.47      2.69%
NYS       Meritage Hospitality           5.85       0.55     10.38%
ASE       Mexican Restaurants            3.37       0.08      2.40%
ASE       Morgan's Foods                 2.49       0.05      2.05%
NAS       Nathans Famous Iuc.            3.58       0.51     16.61%
NAS       O'Charley's                   17.49      -1.32     -7.02%
NYS       Outback Steakhouse            27.21      -0.49     -1.77%
NAS       P.F. Chang's China Bistro     31.13       1.18      3.94%
NAS       Panera Bread Co.              27.63       0.76      2.83%
NAS       Papa John's International     28.87      -1.16     -3.86%
NAS       Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.     12.20       0.09      0.74%
NYS       Piccadilly Cafes               2.00      -0.06     -2.91%
NAS       Pizza Inn Inc.                 1.63       0.02      1.24%
NAS       Quality Dining Inc.            3.20      -0.15     -4.48%
NAS       RARE Hospitality              23.64       0.62      2.69%
NAS       Red Robin Burgers Inc.         9.62      -0.14     -1.42%
NAS       Roadhouse Grill                0.35      -0.05    -12.50%
NAS       Rubio's                        5.61      -1.22    -17.87%
NYS       Ruby Tuesday's                16.60      -1.78     -9.68%
NAS       Ryans Family                  10.82      -0.76     -6.56%
NAS       Scholtzsky's Inc.              3.54      -0.26     -6.87%
NAS       Shell's Seafood Rests.         0.42      -0.03     -6.67%
NAS       Silver Diner Development       0.25       0.00     -0.40%
NYS       Smith & Wollensky Group        4.00      -0.01     -0.27%
NAS       Sonic Corp.                   25.03       2.08      9.06%
NAS       Star Buffet Inc.               2.13      -0.25    -10.50%
NAS       Starbucks                     22.65       1.42      6.70%
NAS       Steak and Shake Co.           10.60       0.30      2.91%
NYS       Total Entertainment            8.25       0.98     13.48%
NAS       Triarc Companies Inc.         22.65      -0.05     -0.22%
NYS       Tumbleweed Inc.                1.20      -0.10     -7.69%
NYS       Wendys Int'l                  32.59      -1.78     -5.18%
NAS       Worldwide Rest. Concepts       2.00      -0.17     -7.83%
NYS       YUM! Brands Inc.              22.81      -6.37    -21.83%

          Hotels, Motels & Casinos

NAS       Arlington Hospitality Inc.     3.07      -0.18     -5.54%
NYS       Hilton Hotels                 10.25      -0.65     -5.96%
NYS       Host Marriott Corp.            8.15      -0.72     -8.12%
NAS       Hudson Hotels Corp.            0.11       0.08    266.67%
NYS       Marriott International        28.88       0.72      2.56%
NYS       Prime Motor Inns               7.93      -0.08     -1.00%
NAS       Sonesta Int'l                  5.13       0.00      0.00%

          Other Cos - Food Serv Oper

NAS       Allied Domecq PLC             24.35      -1.40     -5.44%
NYS       Covanta Energy                 0.35       0.00      0.00%
NAS       Elxsi Corp.                    3.98       0.37     10.25%
NAS       MBC Holding Co.                0.02       0.00      0.00%
NAS       Monterey Pasta Co.             5.43      -0.26     -4.57%
NAS       ShoLodge                       4.50       0.00      0.00%
NAS       Unilever NV                   60.29      -1.16     -1.89%
NYS       Walt Disney Co.               16.00       0.95      6.31%

          Manuf and Distrib

NYS       American Express Co.          30.87       2.34      8.20%
NYS       American Italian Pasta Co.    35.10       1.10      3.24%
NYS       Angelica                      21.06      -1.76     -7.71%
NYS       Anheuser Busch                52.67      -0.27     -0.51%
NAS       Bridgford Foods               10.50      -0.39     -3.58%
NAS       Cadbury Schweppes             26.90       0.57      2.16%
NYS       Campbell Soup                 22.59       0.53      2.40%
NYS       Chemed Corp.                  30.50      -0.82     -2.62%
NYS       Clorox Co.                    42.10       1.84      4.57%
NYS       Coca Cola Co.                 51.45       0.55      1.08%
NYS       Colgate Palmolive             56.40       2.23      4.12%
NYS       ConAgra                       24.03      -0.49     -2.00%
NYS       Constellation                 23.00      -0.35     -1.50%
NYS       Coors, Adolph                 58.44       1.10      1.92%
NYS       Corning Glass                  1.48       0.15     11.28%
NYS       Dean Foods                    38.50      -1.60     -3.99%
NYS       Dole Food                     27.75      -1.25     -4.31%
NYS       Ecolab Inc.                   46.22       3.19      7.41%
NYS       Fleming Cos.                   4.15      -0.39     -8.59%
NAS       Fresh America                  0.06       0.00      0.00%
NAS       Gardenburger Inc.              0.80       0.03      3.90%
NYS       General Mills                 41.50      -3.10     -6.95%
NYS       Grace, W.R.                    1.45       0.06      4.32%
NYS       Heinz, HJ                     32.16      -1.17     -3.51%
NYS       Hershey Foods                 62.33       0.60      0.97%
NYS       Hormel, George                23.43       1.13      5.07%
ASE       iDine                          8.62      -0.58     -6.30%
NYS       Ikon Office Products           7.15       0.15      2.14%
NYS       Int'l Multifood               18.10      -1.55     -7.89%
NAS       J & J Snack Foods Corp.       37.10      -1.66     -4.28%
NYS       Kellogg                       34.45       0.32      0.94%
NYS       Libbey                        28.50       0.98      3.56%
NYS       Manitowoc                     25.64      -0.47     -1.80%
NYS       McCormick                     24.02       0.36      1.52%
NAS       Micros Systems Inc.           21.75      -1.23     -5.34%
NYS       Oneida Ltd.                   11.98      -1.08     -8.27%
NYS       PepsiCo Inc.                  42.67       5.67     15.32%
NAS       Performance Food Group        35.07      -0.69     -1.93%
NYS       Philip Morris                 37.01       0.42      1.15%
NYS       Pilgrim's Pride                7.01      -0.17     -2.37%
NYS       Procter & Gamble              90.24       1.72      1.94%
NYS       Sara Lee                      21.70       2.18     11.17%
NYS       Sesient Technologies Corp.    20.48       0.64      3.23%
NYS       Smucker, J.M.                 34.14      -0.59     -1.70%
NYS       Sysco                         29.45       0.42      1.45%
NYS       Tyson Food Inc.               10.00      -0.60     -5.66%
NYS       U.S. Restaurant Properties    12.88      -0.87     -6.33%

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

          Rest. - NRN Stock Index

NAS       AFC Enterprises                  13          0.00  34.81
NAS       Applebee's Int'l Inc.            16          1.45  27.66
NAS       Ark Restaurant Group             -4          0.00   7.35
NAS       Avado Brands Inc.                 0          0.00   2.45
NAS       Back Yard Burgers Inc.           17          0.00  12.72
NAS       Benihana Inc.                    12          0.00  20.32
NAS       Big Buck Brewery Inc.             0          0.00   6.65
NAS       Bob Evans Farms                  11          1.91  33.30
NAS       Briazz Inc.                      -3          0.00   1.94
NYS       Brinker Int'l                    17          1.52  36.80
NAS       BUCA Inc.                        15          0.00  20.20
NYS       California Pizza Kitchen Inc     27          0.00  26.67
NYS       CBRL Group Inc.                  13          1.64  34.10
NAS       CEC Entertainment                12          0.00  49.95
NAS       Champps Entertainment Inc.       23          0.40  14.45
NAS       Checkers Drive-In Rest.          10          0.00  13.99
NAS       Cheesecake Factory Inc.          33          1.02  43.55
NYS       Chicago Pizza and Brewery        40          0.00  10.45
OTC       CKE Rests. Inc.                  16          0.00  12.85
NAS       Cooker Restaurant                 0          0.00   0.47
NAS       Creative Host Services, Inc      11          0.00   2.24
NYS       Darden Rests. Inc.               16          1.30  29.76
NYS       Dave & Busters Inc.              21          0.00  13.38
NAS       Denny's Corp.                     0          0.00   1.10
NAS       Diedrich Coffee Co.              16          0.25   6.38
NAS       Eateries Inc.                    12          0.00   3.55
NAS       Famous Dave's of America          6          0.00   9.00
ASE       Flanigan Ents.                    6          0.00   7.20
NAS       Fresh Choice                     40          0.00   3.07
ASE       Friendly Ice Cream Corp,         11          0.00   8.94
ASE       Frisch's Restaurants             10          1.59  24.80
ASE       Furr's Restaurant Group           0          0.00   3.00
NAS       Garden Fresh Rests.              17          0.00  14.50
NAS       Good Times                       52          0.00   5.25
NAS       Grill Concepts Inc.              20          0.00   2.00
NAS       Host America                      0          0.00   4.34
NYS       IHOP Corp.                        0          0.00  36.46
NYS       J. Alexander's Corp.             18          0.00   3.70
NYS       Jack in the Box                   9          2.28  34.20
NYS       Krispy Kreme                     54          8.65  46.90
NYS       Landry's Seafood                 13          0.00  29.10
NAS       Lone Star Steak House            54          0.00  24.81
NYS       Luby's Cafeterias                -3          0.00   7.88
NAS       Main St. & Main Inc.              0          0.00   6.51
NAS       Max & Erma's                     11          0.00  15.69
NAS       McDonald's Corp.                 13          1.46  30.72
NYS       Meritage Hospitality             58          0.00   6.75
ASE       Mexican Restaurants              10          0.00   4.80
ASE       Morgan's Foods                   13          0.00   5.28
NAS       Nathans Famous Iuc.              37          0.00   4.45
NAS       O'Charley's                      17          0.00  26.00
NYS       Outback Steakhouse               15          2.07  39.80
NAS       P.F. Chang's China Bistro        42          0.80  40.22
NAS       Panera Bread Co.                 47          0.70  36.80
NAS       Papa John's International        13          0.00  35.19
NAS       Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.        43          0.00  19.10
NYS       Piccadilly Cafes                  4          0.47   4.00
NAS       Pizza Inn Inc.                   15          0.11   2.08
NAS       Quality Dining Inc.              -3          0.00   5.00
NAS       RARE Hospitality                 18          0.00  29.75
NAS       Red Robin Burgers Inc.           11          0.00  13.85
NAS       Roadhouse Grill                   0          0.00   1.30
NAS       Rubio's                         -10          0.00   9.74
NYS       Ruby Tuesday's                   17          0.88  27.15
NAS       Ryans Family                     10          0.00  18.79
NAS       Scholtzsky's Inc.                12          0.00   6.50
NAS       Shell's Seafood Rests.            4          0.00   1.00
NAS       Silver Diner Development          0          0.00   0.40
NYS       Smith & Wollensky Group          -9          0.00   7.26
NAS       Sonic Corp.                      22          1.14  32.94
NAS       Star Buffet Inc.                -16          0.00   2.99
NAS       Starbucks                        42          0.54  25.70
NAS       Steak and Shake Co.               0          0.00  15.90
NYS       Total Entertainment              12          0.00  17.25
NAS       Triarc Companies Inc.          -157          0.00  28.73
NYS       Tumbleweed Inc.                  -2          0.00   2.22
NYS       Wendys Int'l                     18          1.94  41.60
NAS       Worldwide Rest. Concepts          9          0.16   3.23
NYS       YUM! Brands Inc.                 13          1.90  33.17

          Hotels, Motels & Casinos

NAS       Arlington Hospitality Inc.       25          0.00   4.80
NYS       Hilton Hotels                    27          0.51  17.09
NYS       Host Marriott Corp.             -50          0.02  12.25
NAS       Hudson Hotels Corp.               0          0.00   0.88
NYS       Marriott International           36          1.84  46.45
NYS       Prime Motor Inns                 55          0.00  13.98
NAS       Sonesta Int'l                    -5          0.00  10.15

          Other Cos - Food Serv Oper

NAS       Allied Domecq PLC                10          0.00  26.50
NYS       Covanta Energy                    0          0.00  22.35
NAS       Elxsi Corp.                      -1          0.00  10.25
NAS       MBC Holding Co.                   0          0.00   2.00
NAS       Monterey Pasta Co.               14          0.00  10.42
NAS       ShoLodge                        -28          0.00   6.13
NAS       Unilever NV                      39          3.72  67.09
NYS       Walt Disney Co.                  28          0.53  25.17

          Manuf and Distrib

NYS       American Express Co.             21          1.99  44.91
NYS       American Italian Pasta Co.       17          0.00  52.56
NYS       Angelica                         -7          0.00  23.50
NYS       Anheuser Busch                   25          2.19  54.66
NAS       Bridgford Foods                  29          0.00  15.26
NAS       Cadbury Schweppes                17          0.00  31.91
NYS       Campbell Soup                    17          1.28  31.44
NYS       Chemed Corp.                      0          0.00  39.78
NYS       Clorox Co.                       30          1.37  47.95
NYS       Coca Cola Co.                    31          1.79  57.91
NYS       Colgate Palmolive                27          2.19  59.65
NYS       ConAgra                          16          1.47  27.65
NYS       Constellation                    13          2.04  32.00
NYS       Coors, Adolph                    14          4.55  69.25
NYS       Corning Glass                    -1         -0.30  11.15
NYS       Dean Foods                       18          2.79  40.55
NYS       Dole Food                         8          2.66  33.99
NYS       Ecolab Inc.                      31          1.82  49.02
NYS       Fleming Cos.                      3          1.10  27.90
NAS       Fresh America                     0          0.00   0.40
NAS       Gardenburger Inc.                -1          0.00   2.25
NYS       General Mills                    36          1.35  52.86
NYS       Grace, W.R.                       1          0.00   3.99
NYS       Heinz, HJ                        14          2.36  43.68
NYS       Hershey Foods                    38          3.15  79.49
NYS       Hormel, George                   17          1.36  28.20
ASE       iDine                            15          0.00  12.90
NYS       Ikon Office Products             15          0.95  14.25
NYS       Int'l Multifood                  -6          0.00  28.92
NAS       J & J Snack Foods Corp.          22          0.00  45.15
NYS       Kellogg                          24          1.73  37.00
NYS       Libbey                           14          0.00  40.10
NYS       Manitowoc                        13          0.00  44.39
NYS       McCormick                        22          1.30  27.25
NAS       Micros Systems Inc.              32          0.69  30.78
NYS       Oneida Ltd.                      18          0.00  19.75
NYS       PepsiCo Inc.                     24          1.96  53.50
NAS       Performance Food Group           27          1.49  39.21
NYS       Philip Morris                     8          4.59  57.79
NYS       Pilgrim's Pride                   9          0.00  14.99
NYS       Procter & Gamble                 29          3.09  94.75
NYS       Sara Lee                         18          1.23  23.35
NYS       Sesient Technologies Corp.       13          1.64  25.25
NYS       Smucker, J.M.                    26          1.24  38.84
NYS       Sysco                            28          1.01  31.37
NYS       Tyson Food Inc.                   9          1.05  15.71
NYS       U.S. Restaurant Properties     -125          0.00  16.70


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

          Rest. - NRN Stock Index

NAS       AFC Enterprises               17.60        617175
NAS       Applebee's Int'l Inc.         18.96       1202794
NAS       Ark Restaurant Group           6.60         21249
NAS       Avado Brands Inc.              0.17          8185
NAS       Back Yard Burgers Inc.         2.17         20806
NAS       Benihana Inc.                  8.69        113663
NAS       Big Buck Brewery Inc.          0.50           517
NAS       Bob Evans Farms               17.90        822924
NAS       Briazz Inc.                    0.30          4444
NYS       Brinker Int'l                 22.38       2593176
NAS       BUCA Inc.                      5.60        130461
NYS       California Pizza Kitchen Inc  16.55        392267
NYS       CBRL Group Inc.               19.54       1103802
NAS       CEC Entertainment             28.75        816247
NAS       Champps Entertainment Inc.     6.15        113166
NAS       Checkers Drive-In Rest.        4.90         78509
NAS       Cheesecake Factory Inc.       24.90       1515446
NYS       Chicago Pizza and Brewery      4.20        138780
OTC       CKE Rests. Inc.                3.04        188998
NAS       Cooker Restaurant              0.00            65
NAS       Creative Host Services, Inc    0.90         13731
NYS       Darden Rests. Inc.            19.25       3987004
NYS       Dave & Busters Inc.            5.50        142128
NAS       Denny's Corp.                  0.00             0
NAS       Diedrich Coffee Co.            1.50         28489
NAS       Eateries Inc.                  1.57          5548
NAS       Famous Dave's of America       4.52         53737
ASE       Flanigan Ents.                 4.25          9795
NAS       Fresh Choice                   1.46         10334
ASE       Friendly Ice Cream Corp,       1.85         43120
ASE       Frisch's Restaurants          13.40         77291
ASE       Furr's Restaurant Group        0.11          2442
NAS       Garden Fresh Rests.            5.85         51654
NAS       Good Times                     1.85          5249
NAS       Grill Concepts Inc.            1.10          7807
NAS       Host America                   1.70          3370
NYS       IHOP Corp.                    21.08        450362
NYS       J. Alexander's Corp.           1.80         16241
NYS       Jack in the Box               18.75        788397
NYS       Krispy Kreme                  27.40       1710077
NYS       Landry's Seafood              15.85        564347
NAS       Lone Star Steak House         11.75        438641
NYS       Luby's Cafeterias              3.55         89732
NAS       Main St. & Main Inc.           2.75         42423
NAS       Max & Erma's                   9.30         28975
NAS       McDonald's Corp.              15.75      22916584
NYS       Meritage Hospitality           2.25         31169
ASE       Mexican Restaurants            2.00         11542
ASE       Morgan's Foods                 0.65          6768
NAS       Nathans Famous Iuc.            2.95         22350
NAS       O'Charley's                   14.48        327955
NYS       Outback Steakhouse            24.90       2087143
NAS       P.F. Chang's China Bistro     18.97        775168
NAS       Panera Bread Co.              18.59        801767
NAS       Papa John's International     23.37        563225
NAS       Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.      7.40        146632
NYS       Piccadilly Cafes               1.40         21760
NAS       Pizza Inn Inc.                 0.68         16395
NAS       Quality Dining Inc.            1.80         37149
NAS       RARE Hospitality              16.45        518118
NAS       Red Robin Burgers Inc.         9.09        144550
NAS       Roadhouse Grill                0.11          3500
NAS       Rubio's                        2.90         50782
NYS       Ruby Tuesday's                14.24       1058765
NAS       Ryans Family                  10.10        470778
NAS       Scholtzsky's Inc.              3.40         25859
NAS       Shell's Seafood Rests.         0.12          1871
NAS       Silver Diner Development       0.15             0
NYS       Smith & Wollensky Group        3.05         37407
NAS       Sonic Corp.                   18.96       1011287
NAS       Star Buffet Inc.               2.13          6284
NAS       Starbucks                     15.35       8795924
NAS       Steak and Shake Co.            9.70             0
NYS       Total Entertainment            2.28         84307
NAS       Triarc Companies Inc.         22.03        464484
NYS       Tumbleweed Inc.                0.79          7099
NYS       Wendys Int'l                  26.02       3769457
NAS       Worldwide Rest. Concepts       1.03         54460
NYS       YUM! Brands Inc.              21.63       6774000

          Hotels, Motels & Casinos

NAS       Arlington Hospitality Inc.     1.72         15221
NYS       Hilton Hotels                  7.94       3854256
NYS       Host Marriott Corp.            6.45       2159000
NAS       Hudson Hotels Corp.            0.11           303
NYS       Marriott International        26.25       6983213
NYS       Prime Motor Inns               7.51        357167
NAS       Sonesta Int'l                  3.50         18967

          Other Cos - Food Serv Oper

NAS       Allied Domecq PLC             23.00      26944980
NYS       Covanta Energy                 0.03         17439
NAS       Elxsi Corp.                    1.57         16031
NAS       MBC Holding Co.                0.01            70
NAS       Monterey Pasta Co.             4.25         76558
NAS       ShoLodge                       3.83         23031
NAS       Unilever NV                   48.06      34460257
NYS       Walt Disney Co.               13.48      32654768

          Manuf and Distrib

NYS       American Express Co.          26.55      41023791
NYS       American Italian Pasta Co.    32.45        630221
NYS       Angelica                       8.41        182780
NYS       Anheuser Busch                39.78      45748109
NAS       Bridgford Foods                8.58        109704
NAS       Cadbury Schweppes             23.55      55064300
NYS       Campbell Soup                 21.00       9266418
NYS       Chemed Corp.                  27.40             0
NYS       Clorox Co.                    31.92       9391921
NYS       Coca Cola Co.                 30.16     127715724
NYS       Colgate Palmolive             44.05      30602020
NYS       ConAgra                       20.90      12904927
NYS       Constellation                 18.05       2054958
NYS       Coors, Adolph                 43.85       2115703
NYS       Corning Glass                  1.10       1408587
NYS       Dean Foods                    27.07       3481709
NYS       Dole Food                     19.10       1554999
NYS       Ecolab Inc.                   34.20       5978095
NYS       Fleming Cos.                   2.60        225345
NAS       Fresh America                  0.04           505
NAS       Gardenburger Inc.              0.19          7202
NYS       General Mills                 37.38      15268307
NYS       Grace, W.R.                    0.95         94945
NYS       Heinz, HJ                     31.65      11290733
NYS       Hershey Foods                 56.45       8516148
NYS       Hormel, George                20.02       3248968
ASE       iDine                          2.50        169736
NYS       Ikon Office Products           6.38       1067567
NYS       Int'l Multifood               15.89        346235
NAS       J & J Snack Foods Corp.       19.95        329188
NYS       Kellogg                       28.50      14127807
NYS       Libbey                        25.80        442064
NYS       Manitowoc                     22.10        675922
NYS       McCormick                     20.25       3359413
NAS       Micros Systems Inc.           18.06        379638
NYS       Oneida Ltd.                   11.25        198185
NYS       PepsiCo Inc.                  34.00      75619731
NAS       Performance Food Group        26.21       1576046
NYS       Philip Morris                 35.40      78233811
NYS       Pilgrim's Pride                6.61        288202
NYS       Procter & Gamble              69.73      17356488
NYS       Sara Lee                      16.15      17023542
NYS       Sesient Technologies Corp.    15.55        969462
NYS       Smucker, J.M.                 28.71       1692456
NYS       Sysco                         21.25      19369942
NYS       Tyson Food Inc.                8.72       3531560
NYS       U.S. Restaurant Properties    10.51        255243

Key: NYS = New York.

ASE = American.

NAS = Nasdaq.

N.A. = Not Available.

(s) = Reflects stock split. (class a) = preferred stock.

Source: CNET Investor, Boulder, Colo. (303) 938-1877

 

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