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To: Jenna who wrote (6435)	3/24/1998 7:32:00 AM
From: Jenna	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 120523

Reprint of: Companies on the move next week becomes Earnings Plays for this week; This was actually an earnings list for the week of March 23-March 27 Monday: MERX, WLT,TSCC,TCOMA,NPD Tuesday: CXSNF,FDO,FCY,GFS/A,SCSWF Wednesday:DLP,WDFC* Thursday:AM,CXIPY Friday: MWD MERX,WLT,TSCC,TCOMA,NPD Every one of these came into buy territory yesterday (I was in WLT and MERX since Friday) and were nicely up. __________________________ WDFC: This is what happened to WDFC after their last earnings report. They changed their reporting date to April 2nd.. Mark your calendar because this one is a winner. W D 40 CO COM- WDFC - DAILY PRICES DATE OPEN HIGH LOW CLOSE VOLUME --------------------------------------------------------------- 12/22/97 28.000 28.000 27.250 27.437 16,800 12/23/97 27.500 30.250 27.500 29.437 84,700 WDFC is very similar to MCCRK (McCormick).. most everyone has their can of oil in their home as they have those little McCormick spice bottles. It's these household items that belong to strong companies that have had years of consistent earnings acceleration: ___________________ GFS/A.. is Giant Food Inc. ___________________________ GIANT FOOD INC. REPORTS SALES AND EARNINGS FOR PERIODS ENDED NOVEMBER 1, 1997 WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Giant Food Inc. (Amex: GFS.A), a Washington based food-drug chain of 173 units, today announced unaudited sales and earnings for the 12-week and 36-week period ended November 1, 1997 compared with the same periods ended November 2, 1996. FOR THE TWELVE WEEKS ENDED NOVEMBER 1, 1997 -- Sales were $943,932,000, compared with $896,977,000, an increase of 5.2%. -- For stores in operation both years sales increased 2.15%. -- Net income was $12,227,000, 1.30% of sales, compared with $18,860,000, 2.10% of sales. Net income increased over the prior twelve weeks by 60%. -- Earnings per share were 20 cents, compared with 32 cents. (Note: this represents a 7 cent increase compared with the second quarter of this year.) FOR THE THIRTY-SIX WEEKS ENDED NOVEMBER 1, 1997 -- Sales were $2,807,649,000, compared with $2,667,028,000, an increase of 5.3%. -- For stores in operation both years sales increased 1.75%. *Earnings dates supplied by First Call. (www.firstcall.com)