AGM Trading Statement

22 May 2002

                            MFI Furniture Group Plc                            

                            Annual General Meeting                             

                               Trading Statement                               

Ian Peacock, Chairman, MFI Furniture Group Plc, at today's Annual General
Meeting, will make the following comment about current trading :

'In the first 20 weeks of the year, total orders for the Group were up 12% on a
like-for-like basis and are in line with our expectations.'

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Contacts:

MFI Furniture Group Plc

Martin Clifford-King, Finance Director 020 7404 5959, morning of 22 May

020 8913 5350, thereafter

Brunswick Group Limited

Charlotte Elston/ Katya Reynier 020 7404 5959