THE WEEK IN STOCKS

Chart shows the six stocks with share prices of at least $1 that had the greatest percentage change in price last week, up or down.

Safeway	+7.90%
Village	+ 7.09%
Ahold (ADR)	+ 5.57%
Costco Cos.	-2.37%
Spartan Stores	-2.37 %
Whole Foods	-1.57%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
74,556,400

Kroger
25,159,700

Safeway
20,813,400

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

BJ's Wholesale Club
7.61

Pathmark
6.77

Whole Foods
6.67

market summary

gainers	16
losers	10
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
37.02	20.67	N	A&P	12904	27.00	26.34	26.84	0.07	0.26
10.85	7.37	N	Ahold (ADR)	20384	10.46	9.86	10.43	0.55	5.57
141.03	82.00	O	Arden Group	25	131.89	126.93	130.99	1.21	0.93
33.07	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	48938	32.10	31.01	31.47	-0.44	-1.38
57.94	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	129585	54.69	52.71	53.14	-1.29	-2.37
85.10	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	868	82.41	79.99	82.36	2.47	3.09
30.41	15.09	O	Ingles	4741	29.30	28.01	28.55	0.06	0.21
24.33	18.05	N	Kroger	251597	24.09	22.95	23.91	0.74	3.19
58.69	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	21264	48.00	47.25	47.59	-0.07	-0.15
37.50	28.47	C	Metro-Richelieu	6860	37.39	35.92	36.77	0.23	0.63
18.50	10.64	O	North West Co.	2983	17.19	16.39	16.70	0.42	2.58
11.54	7.60	O	Pathmark	35319	11.40	10.82	10.97	0.18	1.67
28.91	20.43	N	Ruddick	6361	28.00	27.28	27.77	-0.01	-0.04
High	22.23	N	Safeway	208134	34.12	31.19	33.88	2.48	7.90
19.44	12.62	N	Smart & Final	6780	19.30	17.79	18.99	0.24	1.28
39.97	35.35	C	Sobeys	8568	39.35	38.71	39.35	0.64	1.65
35.05	26.14	N	Supervalu	69493	34.93	34.10	34.70	0.23	0.67
60.34	44.70	N	Target	157749	58.60	57.32	58.50	0.37	0.64
High	50.25	O	Village	253	82.99	77.09	82.58	5.47	7.09
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	745564	46.80	45.58	45.90	-0.64	-1.38
46.25	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1505	40.85	40.00	40.44	-0.07	-0.17
79.90	45.56	O	Whole Foods	95264	49.39	47.75	48.38	-0.77	-1.57
20.60	11.50	O	Wild Oats	25496	14.88	13.91	14.71	-0.05	-0.34

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
331.92	18.41	O	Nash Finch	5270	26.95	25.70	26.66	-0.01	-0.04
22.62	10.40	O	Spartan Stores	4773	20.80	19.59	20.22	-0.49	-2.37
38.40	25.38	O	United Natural Foods	14047	37.55	36.01	36.78	0.21	0.57

Exchange (EX) Symbols:

N — New York Stock Exchange

O — Over the Counter

A — American

C — Canadian

The SN Composite Index

The chart (left) shows the most recent eight weeks of movement of the SN Composite Index — compared with the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The SN Index is a statistical indicator of the industry performance based on share price and number of shares outstanding of the listed stocks.

INDICES	Last Week	This Week	Pct. Change
Dow Jones	12278.41	12317.50	0.32
S&P 500	1407.29	1413.21	0.42
SN Composite	1918.51	1923.85	0.28
Retailers	1737.81	1742.56	0.27
Wholesalers	647.82	654.25	0.99