Nation's Restaurant News - January 5, 2009

NRN STOCK INDEX AND OTHER SELECTED INDICES 52 week variability; weekly percent change

12/28/07

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12/26/08

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NRN INDEX

YEAR-AGO: 1,247.51

CLOSE: 973.82 - 6.45%

NYSE COMPOSITE

YEAR-AGO: 9,803.89

CLOSE: 5,538.19 - 1.39%

DOW JONES INDEX

YEAR-AGO: 13,365.87 CLOSE: 8,515.55 -0.74%

S&P 500

YEAR-AGO: 1,478.49

CLOSE: 872.80 - 1.70%

WEEK’S
TOP GAINERS

ARK RESTAURANTS CORP. . . . . . . . . 18.4%

CARROLS RESTAURAN T GROUP INC. . . 11. 2

BURGER KING HOLDINGS . . . . . . . . . . 9. 5

EINSTEIN NOAH REST. GROUP INC. . . . . 9. 4

KONA GRILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 4

LANDRY’S RES TAURANTS INC. . . . . . . . 4. 8

TIM HORTONS INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 5

RUBIO’S RES TAURAN TS INC. . . . . . . . . 2. 5

MCDONALD’S CORP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 2

WENDY’S/ARB Y’S GROUP INC. . . . . . . .0.6

Stock price percentage change,
week ended 12-26-08. Week
included market closures
for the Christmas holiday.

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NRN’S FINANCIAL SCORECARD (PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES; IN MILLIONS)

QTR. TRAILING FOUR Q TRS. TICKER END %

COMPANY SYMBOL DATE CHG. NET CHG.

AFC Enterprises Inc. AFCE 10/5 1.1% $20.6 - 17.9% Ark Restaurants Corp. ARKR 9/27 1.0 7.0 - 46. 4 Benihana Inc. BNHN 10/12 4. 7 10.2 - 27. 2 BJ’s Restaurants Inc. BJRI 9/30 21. 3 11. 7 8. 4 Bob Evans Farms Inc. BOBE 10/24 4. 3 61.2 - 2. 5 Brinker International Inc. EAT 9/24 2. 2 37. 9 -82.8 Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. BWLD 9/28 22. 1 22. 7 11. 1 Burger King Holdings Inc. BKC 9/30 10.6 191.0 21. 7 California Pizza Kitchen Inc. CPKI 9/28 10.1 17. 4 15. 9 Caribou Coffee Inc. CBOU 9/28 1.0 ( 32. 7) -85.5 Carrols Restaurant Group Inc. TAST 9/30 4. 1 11. 9 - 21. 8 CBRL Group Inc. CBRL 10/31 0.1 64.5 -58.8 CEC Entertainment Inc. CEC 9/28 3. 6 53. 6 - 21. 9 The Cheesecake Factory Inc. CAKE 9/30 10.0 58.5 - 27. 8 Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. CMG 9/30 25. 5 78.8 23. 3 CKE Restaurants Inc. CKR 11/3 - 4.0 34. 4 - 16. 6 CosìInc. COSI 9/29 9. 8 ( 14.0) 30. 6 Darden Restaurants Inc. DRI 11/23 23. 9 369.5 84.2 Denny’sCorp. DENN 9/24 - 17. 4 34. 6 70.5 Diedrich Coffee Inc. DDRX 9/17 30. 2 ( 15. 3) N/A DineEquity Inc. DIN 9/30 310.1 ( 31. 6) -231.0 Dominos Pizza Inc. DPZ 9/7 -0.6 59.1 12. 1 Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. BAGL 9/30 4. 5 22. 1 86.3 Famous Dave’s of America Inc. DAVE 9/28 13. 6 3. 4 - 44. 9 Flanigan’s Enterprises Inc. BDL 9/27 5. 1 1. 1 - 16. 6 Frisch’s Restaurants Inc. FRS 9/23 3.0 5. 7 - 40.0 Good Times Restaurants Inc. GTIM 9/30 3. 7 ( 1. 1) N/A Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. GCFB 9/30 28. 8 ( 16. 3) -136.5 Grill Concepts Inc. GRIL 9/28 13. 1 ( 13. 1) N/A J. Alexander’s Corp JAX 9/28 0.3 2.0 -63.8 Jack in the Box Inc. JACK 9/28 - 11. 7 119.3 - 5. 6 Jamba Inc. JMBA 10/7 5. 3 (258.0) N/A Kona Grill Inc. KONA 9/30 9. 1 ( 6.0) -587.1 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. KKD 11/2 - 6. 4 ( 35. 6) 40. 4 Landry’s Restaurants Inc. LNY 9/30 -0.5 ( 8. 3) -150.6 Luby’s Inc. LUB 11/19 - 2. 1 ( 4. 7) -134.2 McCormick & Schmks Sfd Rests. Inc. MSSR 9/27 14.0 2. 8 -80.5 McDonald’s Corp. MCD 9/30 7. 5 4,601.1 94.7 Mexican Restaurants Inc. CASA 9/28 1. 4 0.1 115.1 Morton’s Restaurant Group Inc. MRT 9/28 5.0 ( 53. 2) -536.5 Nathan’s Famous Inc. NATH 9/28 4. 1 7. 3 1. 1 NexCen Brands Inc. NEXC 12/31 N/A ( 4. 6) -119.3 O’Charley’sInc. CHUX 10/5 - 5. 9 (62.0) -631.9 P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. PFCB 9/28 13. 9 29.0 - 14. 1 Panera Bread Co. PNRA 9/23 24. 3 59.7 2.0 Papa John’s International Inc. PZZA 9/28 7. 5 31. 8 - 27. 8 Peet’s Coffee and Tea Inc. PEE T 9/28 15. 9 10.5 44. 8 Pizza Inn Inc. PZZI 9/28 3. 4 2. 8 72.0 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. RRGB 10/5 14. 9 31. 4 7.0 Rubio’s Restaurants Inc. RUBO 9/28 4.0 0.1 104.2 Ruby Tuesday Inc. RT 9/2 - 5. 7 15. 6 -80.8 Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc. RUTH 9/28 24. 2 10.9 - 55. 8 Sonic Corp. SONC 8/31 4. 4 60.3 - 6.0 Star Buffet Inc. STRZ 8/11 35. 9 ( 1. 5) -862.9 Starbucks Corp. SBUX 9/28 10.3 315.5 - 53. 1 The Steak n Shake Co. SNS 9/24 - 6. 7 ( 23.0) -294.6 TexasRoadhouseInc. TXRH 9/23 18. 7 39. 2 - 1. 8 Tim Hortons Inc. THI 9/28 8.0 291.2 11. 3 Triarc Companies Inc. TRY 9/28 - 2. 2 ( 53. 2) -175.8 Wendy’s International Inc. WEN 9/28 - 1. 4 8. 3 -89.2 Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. † WEN

Western Sizzlin Corp. WEST 9/30 4. 4 - 1. 9 - 1. 8 ( 6.0) -306.1 Yum! Brands Inc. YUM 9/6 2,835.0 10.6 9. 7 991.0 8. 9

OTC SNAPSHOT

FamousUncleAl’sInc. FDOG 6/30 0.1 238.4 (0.1) - 9.0 0.2 103.1 ( 1. 7) - 50. 3 Hudson Grill International Inc. HGII 9/30 0.0 -100.0 0.2 N/A 0.1 -84.1 (0.2) -355.8 Morgan’sFoodsInc. MRFD 8/17 23.0 0.8 (0.6) -173.7 95.6 2. 6 ( 1. 8) -160.3 NobleRoman’sInc. NROM 9/30 2. 2 - 25. 3 0.3 - 56. 1 9. 7 - 15. 3 1. 4 - 47. 2 Organic To Go Food Corp. O TGO 9/30 6. 3 70.0 ( 7. 1) -89.7 22. 2 6. 6 ( 16. 8) -0.2 UwinkInc. UWKI 9/30 1.0 53.0 ( 1. 6) - 11.0 2. 7 16. 6 ( 5. 7) 0.6

$% REVS. CHG. $38.3 - 1.5% 34. 6 1. 6 70.0 4. 5 95.8 19. 1 435.5 2. 2 984.4 10.0 106.1 28. 8 497.0 12. 7 174.0 7. 4 60.9 - 1. 7 209.1 2. 7 573.9 - 1. 2 201.9 2. 2 405.1 7. 9 340.5 18. 9 336.6 - 4. 3 34. 9 -0.9

1,668.9 9. 7 189.3 - 21. 6 11. 7 43. 8 391.2 328.2 323.6 - 4. 1 100.9 0.5 35. 1 10.0 15. 6 8.0 89.9 0.4 6. 6 - 8. 1 25. 5 30. 1 24. 4 14. 5 32. 4 - 3.0 582.7 - 14. 1 86.6 3. 6 19. 5 1. 3 94.3 - 8. 7 289.7 - 4.0 68.9 - 6.0 99.9 13. 4 6,267.3 6. 2 20.0 - 4. 5 77.9 - 1. 3 14. 5 3. 3 10.2 N/A 209.6 - 5. 1 298.4 10.1 315.2 15. 4 280.0 6. 6 68.5 12. 5 11. 4 - 5. 7 208.6 10.6 47.0 6. 9 324.0 - 6. 6 99.3 41. 4 226.9 1. 2 24. 2 48. 6 2,515.4 3. 1 138.9 - 8. 1 217.7 14. 9 509.0 3. 8 310.4 - 4. 3 624.9 - 1.0

$
NET CHG. REVS.
$4.0 - 38.5% $170.0
2.0 - 21. 8 125.4
2.0 - 21. 4 304.5
2.0 - 34. 5 360.0
11. 3 - 26. 8 1,761.9
23. 8 - 36. 8 4,324.5
4. 6 7. 1 392.6
50.0 2.0 2,511.0
5.0 253.3 678.2
( 8. 8) - 3. 6 256.0
3. 7 - 24. 3 812.7
12. 8 - 7. 6 2,377.3
9. 9 - 37. 8 814.7
11. 8 - 36. 4 1,612.3
19. 5 - 5. 5 1,275.5
5. 4 - 13. 1 1,493.4
( 3. 1) - 3. 1 136.8
59.7 37. 2 7,080.1
10.6 97.9 795.8
( 1. 8) -560.4 49. 9
( 11. 8) - 1. 6 1,471.7
10.1 - 8. 1 1,442.9
4. 5 - 8. 2 414.8
(0.8) -146.4 139.0
0.1 -64.1 64.2
2. 2 - 11. 2 299.9
(0.3) -193.2 25. 9
( 4. 3) -88.2 94.3
( 11. 1) N/A 100.9
( 2.0) -611.5 141.3
26. 9 -0.5 2,539.6
( 12. 4) -155.2 341.4
( 3. 9) -977.0 75.3
( 5. 9) -637.5 403.2
( 17. 1) -293.6 1,165.4
( 2. 2) -145.9 313.2
1. 4 - 33. 3 391.4
1,191.3 11. 2 23,711.0
(0.5) -668.5 81.2
(63.7) N/A 361.5
1. 9 4. 8 49. 1
( 4. 3) N/A 34. 3
(65.3) N/A 943.5
3.0 - 43. 8 1,201.0
13. 7 15.0 1,241.9
7. 7 60.5 1,136.4
2.0 9. 9 276.6
0.3 - 15. 1 48. 8
6. 2 - 24. 5 854.5
0.8 7. 8 176.0
0.3 -97.4 1,337.5
(0.5) -129.2 395.0
20. 2 - 8. 1 804.7
0.4 N/A 87.8
5. 4 -96.6 10,383.0
( 9. 2) -701.5 610.1
8. 6 - 18. 1 832.6
78.8 16. 9 1,995.4
( 12. 1) -425.6 1,246.9
( 29. 9) -199.8 2,436.0
No data available
2. 9 18. 9 17. 1
282.0 4. 4 11,158.0

WEEK ENDED

12/26/08 MKT. P/E CAP RATIO 110.5 6 38. 3 6 12. 4 – 280.5 23 616.7 10 1,031.6 13 440.7 20 2,987.9 16 236.0 15 29. 1 – 47. 2 4 457.1 7 532.3 – 558.9 11 848.6 24 477.6 12 8. 2 – 3,953.7 11 191.4 6 2.0 – 191.5 – 248.7 5 87.1 4 25.0 8 9.0 8 95.8 17 5. 1 – 5.0 – 2. 6 – 13. 4 7 1,212.6 11 26. 8 – 8. 6 – 116.9 – 192.1 – 129.1 – 61.2 21