Arden Group, Inc. Announces New Director and Results of 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

LOS ANGELES -- Arden Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARDNA) announced that at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held today that the stockholders of the Company had re-elected Robert A. Davidow as a director with a term of office expiring with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2008 and ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2005.

The Company also announced that today, prior to the meeting, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Steven C. Gordon as a director to fill the vacancy on the Board of Directors with a term expiring with the annual meeting in 2006. That position became vacant upon the death of one of the Company directors, Ben Winters, in February 2005. Mr. Gordon was also elected a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Gordon is presently President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Domino Realty, a privately held real estate investment and development firm in Southern California. Mr. Gordon is independent as defined in the NASDAQ listing standards and meets the criteria for independence set forth in the rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a result of his election to the Audit Committee, the Company is now in compliance with NASDAQ Rule 4350 which requires at least three (3) independent Board members on the Audit Committee.

Arden Group, Inc. is the parent company of Gelson's Markets, which operates 18 full-service supermarkets in Southern California carrying both perishable and grocery products.