BJ's Wholesale Club Reports March Sales Results

For March 2008, the Company reported a comparable club sales increase of 6.0%, including a positive impact from gasoline sales of 3.4%. A calendar shift in the timing of pre-Easter holiday sales versus March of 2007 had a negative impact on comparable club sales of approximately 2.5% to 3.0%.

                                   Five Weeks Ended  Nine Weeks Ended
                                   April 4, 2009     April 4, 2009
Merchandise comparable club sales  8.5%              8.4%
Impact of gasoline sales           (8.6%)            (8.2%)
Comparable club sales              (0.1%)            0.2%

Sales Results for March 2009
($ in thousands)
Five Weeks Ended           % Change
April 4,     April 5,      Net    Comp.
2009         2008          Sales  Sales
$ 870,273    $ 855,854     1.7%   (0.1%)
Nine Weeks Ended           % Change
April 4,     April 5,      Net    Comp.
2009         2008          Sales  Sales
$ 1,539,861  $ 1,510,032   2.0%   0.2%

The Company provided the following additional information regarding comparable club sales for March 2009:

-- Sales results by week reflected the calendar shift in the timing of Easter, which fell in week four last year. Merchandise comparable club sales, excluding gasoline, increased in weeks one, two, four and five, and decreased in week three.

-- The Metro New York region had the highest comparable club sales increase and the Southeast region had the largest decrease. However, excluding the negative impact of gasoline, comparable club sales increased in all regions, with the highest increases in Metro New York, the Southeast and Upstate New York regions.

-- Excluding sales of gasoline, traffic increased by approximately 7%, reflecting a positive impact of approximately 2% from the extra day of sales versus last year. The average transaction amount increased by approximately 2%.

-- Sales of food increased by approximately 11% and general merchandise sales increased by about 4%.

-- Departments with the strongest sales increases compared to last year included breakfast foods, candy, canned fruits and vegetables, cigarettes, computer hardware and software, dairy, deli, frozen foods, health and beauty aids, household chemicals, housewares, meat, paper, pasta and pasta sauces, pet foods, prepared foods, produce, small appliances, snacks, televisions and video games. Weaker departments versus last year included apparel, eggs, jewelry, prerecorded video, sporting goods, storage, summer seasonal, trash bags and water.

The Company currently operates 180 BJ's Wholesale clubs in 15 states. 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. BJ's press releases and filings with the SEC are available on the Internet at www.bjs.com.

SOURCE: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.

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