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CATEGORY PERFORMANCE: SNACK NUTS & SEEDS & CORN NUTS

Dollar Sales $1,093,728,000 % Change From Last Year 17.47the snack nuts/seeds/corn nuts categories, generating $1.1 billion in sales for the 52 weeks ended June 13, a 17.5% increase over the prior calendar year. Indeed, 2003 was also a good year for the categories, with sales growing by 14.5% in this channel to just over $1 billion. The slowest growth in sales took place in calendar year 2002, with

Dollar Sales $1,093,728,000 % Change From Last Year 17.47

the snack nuts/seeds/corn nuts categories, generating $1.1 billion in sales for the 52 weeks ended June 13, a 17.5% increase over the prior calendar year. Indeed, 2003 was also a good year for the categories, with sales growing by 14.5% in this channel to just over $1 billion. The slowest growth in sales took place in calendar year 2002, with sales jumping only 0.8% to $883.3 million.

Of the three subcategories, snack nuts remained the most popular with supermarket shoppers, experiencing a sales increase of 18.7%, and accounting for $993.9 million of the total sales in supermarkets. Sunflower/pumpkin seeds followed at a distant second, generating sales of $93.5 million, an increase of 6.4%. Toasted corn nut snacks completed the category with sales of $6.4 million, a 7.3% increase.

Subcategories: 52-week sales; % change

SNACK NUTS: $993,876,900; 18.69

SUNFLOWER/PUMPKIN SEEDS: $93,450,180; 6.44

TOASTED CORN NUT SNACKS: $6,400,835; 7.29

Latest 52 weeks ending June 13, 2004

Dollar Sales Latest 52 Weeks Ended June 13, 2004; % Change; Dollar Sales Calendar Year Ended Dec. 28, 2003; % Change; Dollar Sales Calendar Year Ended Dec. 29, 2002; % Change

Supermarkets: $1,093,728,000; 17.47; $1,010,860,000; 14.45; $883,264,600; 0.81

Drug: $229,711,200; 18.73; $211,822,800; 17.02; $181,018,300; 7.42

F/D/MX: $1,436,987,000; 16.25; $1,333,815,000; 13.46; $1,175,626,000; -0.31