Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> February 24, 2003

Food & Drug Retailers: Steve Chick – J.p. Morgan

STEVE C. CHICK joined J.P. Morgan in 2000 as a Vice President to lead J.P. Morgan's Food & Drug Retail equity research team. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, he was a Research Associate in the Food & Drug Retail sector at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and before that he was a CPA at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Chick was voted 'The Next Generation' for Food & Drug Chains in the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team poll for 2001 and 2002. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He received his BS from Babson College in 1992. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a quick overview of your coverage?

Mr. Chick: My coverage includes the large cap food retailers,

Safeway (SWY), Kroger (KR), Albertson's (ABS); some of the