BJ's Shares Fall 9%

An analyst downgraded shares of BJ's Wholesale Club on Wednesday after rival Costco Wholesale Corp. offered an earnings outlook below Wall Street expectations, citing rising energy costs and plans to refrain from raising prices.Shares of BJ's fell $3.86, or 9.5 percent, to $36.89, while rival Costco declined $8.57, or 11.9 percent, to $63.43.

BJ's in the news...

NJ-Local officials have given their initial approval for a 280,000-sf shopping center at the intersection of Route 9 and Lanes Mill Road here. Proposed by YCC Development Inc., a locally based group, the project named Tropicana Commercial Center would be anchored by an 118,000-sf BJ's Wholesale Club.

A BJs employee triggered a dry chemical at a BJs Gas pump.

Beef at BJ's Wholesale Club Recalled...

Fairbank Farms, a national ground beef producer has issued a voluntary beef recall for some of their products produced in its Ashville, NY facility.
Some of the beef includes ones sold at Bj's Wholesale Club and Wilson Farms.
Fairbank Farms decided to recall the products after some customers complained about the beef containing small pieces of plastic.

The recall includes:
--BJ's Ground Beef Patty - 85% Lean and 15% fat (16 Count) 5.3 pound with a sell by date 5/15/08.

Read the entire story here.

Legal Notice to all Current and Former BJ's Managers

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URGENT LEGAL NOTICE TO ALL CURRENT AND FORMER BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB
OVERNIGHT MANAGERS AND DEPARTMENT MANAGERS

YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BACK PAY FOR UNPAID OVERTIME WAGES

The Levin Law Firm, a class action law firm, requests
all current and former BJ's Wholesale Club
Overnight Managers and Department Managers
to contact the Firm immediately
as it seeks to recover unpaid overtime wages for these managers.

If you are currently, or were recently, a BJ's Overnight or Department Manager
please contact the Levin Law Firm at 1-877-677-4529 or info@levinclients.com.

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Earnings, is that all BJ's cares about?

BJs Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) will release the first quarter earnings for 2008 on Wednesday, May 21. A conference call will be held on that day. The time of the call is still to be determined. A live webcast of the presentation will be available at bjsinvestor.com/medialist.cfm.

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (BJ's) is a warehouse club operator in the eastern United States. As of February 2, 2008, the Company operated 177 warehouse clubs in 16 states, 100 of which operated gasoline stations.

BJ's revenues are derived from the sale of a range of food and general merchandise items, the sale of gasoline and from membership fees. During the fiscal year ended February 2, 2008 (fiscal 2007), food accounted for approximately 61% of BJ’s total food and general merchandise sales. The remaining 39% consisted of a variety of general merchandise items.

That's a lot of Stock....BJ's CFO Sells 55,930 Shares of Stock

BJ's CFO Sells 55,930 Shares of Stock

BJ's Wholesale Club's Chief Financial Officer Frank D. Forward Sells 55,930 Shares of Stock

March 13, 2008: 11:59 AM EST

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - The chief financial officer of BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. exercised options for 50,00 shares of common stock and then sold 55,930 shares, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday.

In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Frank D. Forward reported he exercised options for $15.01 apiece Tuesday and then sold the shares for $34.27 to $35 apiece the same day.

The stock sale was conducted under a prearranged 10b5-1 trading plan which allows a company insider to set up a program in advance for such transactions and proceed with them even if he or she comes into possession of material non-public information.

Insiders file Form 4s with the SEC to report transactions in their companies' shares. Open market purchases and sales must be reported within two business days of the transaction.

BJ's Wholesale Club is a Natick, Mass.-based discount warehouse club.

BJ's Wholesale Club to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year-End Results on March 5, 2008

NATICK, Mass., Feb 25, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE:BJ) plans to announce financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 2, 2008 on March 5, 2008 at approximately 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Also on March 5, 2008, BJ's management plans to hold a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the fourth quarter and fiscal year-end results and the outlook for 2008. The dial-in number for the conference call is 913-312-1474. There will be no dial-in replay.

To access a webcast of the conference call, visit www.bjsinvestor.com/medialist.cfm. An archive of the webcast will remain available for approximately 90 days.

BJ's introduced the wholesale club concept to New England in 1984, and has since expanded to become a leading warehouse chain in the eastern United States. The Company currently operates 177 BJ's Wholesale Clubs in 16 states. BJ's press releases and filings with the SEC are available on the Internet at www.bjsinvestor.com.

SOURCE: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
Cathy Maloney, 508-651-6650
Vice President, Investor Relations
cmaloney@bjs.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008

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