BJ's Wholesale Club Executives to Speak at Conference.

NATICK, Mass. -- BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE: BJ) today announced that Herb Zarkin, Chairman and CEO; Laura Sen, President and COO and Frank Forward, CFO will speak at the Lehman Brothers 11th Annual Retail and Restaurant Conference on April 29, 2008, at 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.

To access the webcast, visit www.bjsinvestor.com/medialist.cfm. The webcast will be available on the site 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 clubs in 16 states.