Exhibit 99.2

         Excerpts from presentation materials of Gary Peterson, President and
Chief Operating Officer of OfficeMax, to be delivered on March 7, 2002 at
OfficeMax's vendor and leadership summit meeting.

Note: Statements made in this Form 8-K, other than those concerning historical
information, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are made pursuant to the
"safe harbor" provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements use such
words as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates,"
"estimates," "believes," "thinks," "continues," "indicates," "outlook,"
"looks," "goals," "initiatives," "projects," or variations thereof.
Forward-looking statements are based on management's current beliefs and
assumptions regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as
of the date of this Form 8-K. These statements are likely to address
OfficeMax's growth strategy, future financial performance (including sales and
earnings), strategic initiatives, marketing and expansion plans and the impact
of operating initiatives. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of
risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control
of OfficeMax, that could cause OfficeMax's actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in such statements. These risks and
uncertainties include the following: risks associated with general economic
conditions (including effects of additional terrorist attacks and hostilities,
continued economic slowdown and declining employment rate or other changes in
our customers' business environments); failure to adequately execute plans and
unforeseen circumstances beyond OfficeMax's control in connection with
development, implementation and execution of new business processes, procedures
and programs (including cost and expense control programs, store openings and
closings, OfficeMax's supply-chain management program, enterprise resource
planning computer system and new vendor purchasing operating model); greater
than expected expenses associated with OfficeMax's activities; the effects of
adoption of SFAS 142; and other risks and uncertainties described in Exhibit
99.1 of OfficeMax's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 27, 2001, and in other reports and exhibits to reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (these descriptions are incorporated herein
by reference). You are strongly urged to review such filings for a more
detailed discussion of such risks and uncertainties. OfficeMax's SEC filings
are available, at no charge, at www.sec.gov and www.freeEDGAR.com, as well as
on a number of other Web sites. The foregoing list of important factors is not
exclusive. OfficeMax undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.





SLIDE:  Big goals...delivered!



PETERSON: Convert over 90% of in-store SKU's from Direct-Store Deliveries (DSD)
to Self-Distributed.






























SLIDE:  Big goals...delivered!
Reduce Inventory by $400 Million over two years

PETERSON: Over two years, our goal was to reduce Inventory by $400 Million.
Since October 2000, we have reduced our inventory dollars by $360 million.