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Profile - Fresh Brands, Inc. (NasdaqNM:FRSH)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 27Price hit new 52-week high ($16.75)
Upcoming Events
Sep  7Dividend payment of $0.09
Location
2215 Union Avenue
Sheboygan, WI 53081
Phone: (920) 457-4433
Fax: (920) 457-6684
Employees (last reported count): 1,750
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Grocery)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 54%
·Institutional: 50% (108% of float)
(46 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 126.0K shares (+4.65%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Fresh Brands, Inc., a holding company, is engaged in distributing food and related products at wholesale and retail. As of December 30, 2000, the Company franchised 71 and owned 19 retail supermarkets under the Piggly Wiggly name. The Company also serves as a wholesaler to a number of smaller, independently operated retail supermarkets and convenience stores in its market areas. As a hybrid retailer and wholesaler, the Company has created a "virtual chain" of retail stores served by a vertically integrated wholesaler. The virtual chain encompasses all Piggly Wiggly supermarkets, both franchised and corporate, in a single, coordinated merchandising and advertising program.
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Financial Summary
Fresh Brands, Inc., a holding company, is engaged in distributing food and related products at wholesale and retail. As of 12/00, the Company franchised 71 and owned 19 retail supermarkets under the Piggly Wiggly name. For the 16 weeks ended 4/21/01, revenues rose 5% to $155.7 million. Net income rose 1% to $1.9 million. Revenues reflect improvements in retail and wholesale sales volume. Net income was partially offset by an increase in professional fees.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 12 weeks ended 07/14/2001, revenues were 131,899; after tax earnings were 1,776. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Walter Winding, 59
Chairman
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Elwood Winn, 50
Pres, CEO
$257K
Michael Houser, 49
Vice Chairman, Exec. VP - Marketing and Merchandising, CMO
287K
Armand Go, 39
CFO, VP, Treasurer, Sec.
125K
William Jacobson, 50
Sr. VP - Retail Operations and Devel. and Assistant Sec.
180K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:FRSHAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 5-Jan-2001
$9.75 
Recent Price$15.15 
52-Week High
on 27-Aug-2001
$16.75 
Beta-0.29 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)5,409 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)12.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+42.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+91.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$78.7M
Shares Outstanding5.20M
Float2.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.36 
Dividend Yield2.38%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 8-Sep-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$9.57 
Earnings (ttm)$1.39 
Earnings (mrq)$0.34 
Sales (ttm)$93.19 
Cash (mrq*)$4.81 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.58 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.92 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.16 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$525.5M
EBITDA (ttm*)$17.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$7.81M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 30
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
21-Apr-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.59%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.48%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.80 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.23 
Total Cash (mrq)$0 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume4,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 21-Apr-2001)

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