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To: Grommit who wrote (38164)	6/5/2010 4:27:23 PM
From: rllee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78625

Below are the top five companies in the Food Retail industry as measured by the price to sales per share ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors. Susser Holdings (NASDAQ:SUSS) has a price/sales ratio of 0.05x based on a current price of $9.38 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $195.26. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea (NYSE:GAP) has a price/sales ratio of 0.05x based on a current price of $8.6 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $171.73. The Pantry (NASDAQ:PTRY) has a price/sales ratio of 0.05x based on a current price of $15.29 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $291.95. SUPERVALU (NYSE:SVU) has a price/sales ratio of 0.08x based on a current price of $16.15 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $191.5. Winn-Dixie Stores (NASDAQ:WINN) has a price/sales ratio of 0.1x based on a current price of $13.38 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $132.88. SmarTrend is bullish on shares of WINN and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on February 18, 2010 at $10.84. The stock has risen 23.4% since the alert was issued. mysmartrend.com Looking into scaling into SUSS, not a widely-followed stock but OK with me. Recent insider purchases also a plus.

To: Grommit who wrote (38164)	7/21/2010 7:03:39 PM
From: E_K_S	Respond to of 78625

Hi Grommit RE: Corning Inc. (GLW) Lot's of expansion in China that should pay dividends in the future. China is a big growth market for the company too. Corning Announces New Capacity Investments of $800 mln (GLW) 16.80 +0.14 : The company will invest approximately $800 mln to construct a new LCD glass substrate facility in the People's Republic of China. With the support of the Beijing municipal government, co will locate the new facility in the Beijing Digital TV Industry Park within the Beijing Economic Technological Development Area. The manufacturing plant will have up to Generation 8.5 glass-melting and finishing capabilities. Groundbreaking is planned for September of this year, with production slated to begin in the first half of 2012. finance.yahoo.com 4:01PM Corning to expand clean-air auto product manufacturing in China (GLW) 16.80 +0.14 : Co announced that its board of directors has approved a capital expenditure plan to increase manufacturing capacity in the company's Environmental Technologies and Life Sciences segments in the People's Republic of China. Corning will invest ~$125 mln to expand its Corning Shanghai Company Limited automotive substrate facility and ~$40 mln to build a new manufacturing and distribution facility for Corning Life Sciences in the Yangtze River Delta. Final site selection for the life sciences facility is now underway. These investments will be part of Corning's 2011 capital expenditures. ================================================================== EKS