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.

Ingles	+ 5.51%
Village	+ 3.97%
Wal-Mart	+ 3.01%

North West	- 9.71%
Safeway	- 5.58%
Whole Foods	- 3.34%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
73,035,100

Kroger
17,981,400

Target
13,108,600

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Ingles
6.90%

Winn-Dixie
5.73%

Village
4.98%

market summary
gainers	8
losers	19
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	11577	26.44	25.69	25.64	-0.65	-2.47
11.02	7.54	N	Ahold (ADR)	10570	10.77	10.57	10.66	0.05	0.47
141.03	82.00	O	Arden Group	113	126.27	119.07	122.00	1.30	1.08
33.07	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	24076	32.20	31.07	31.86	-0.15	-0.47
57.94	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	102041	54.09	52.43	52.84	-0.56	-1.05
High	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	1143	86.21	83.09	85.04	1.92	2.31
High	15.09	O	Ingles	8409	30.97	29.19	30.84	1.61	5.51
24.48	18.05	N	Kroger	179814	23.50	22.76	23.17	-0.01	-0.04
58.69	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	11369	50.99	48.60	50.50	-0.06	-0.12
38.25	28.47	C	Metro-Richelieu	2276	38.23	37.34	37.59	-0.61	-1.60
18.50	10.64	O	North West Co.	2476	16.44	14.77	14.78	-1.59	-9.71
11.54	7.60	O	Pathmark	10886	11.25	10.94	11.19	-0.05	-0.44
28.91	20.84	N	Ruddick	8515	28.50	27.53	27.84	-0.48	-1.69
35.61	22.23	N	Safeway	128948	35.53	33.21	33.34	-1.97	-5.58
19.44	12.62	N	Smart & Final	1879	19.09	18.39	18.55	-0.38	-2.01
High	35.48	C	Sobeys	1602	41.45	40.51	41.30	0.13	0.32
High	26.14	N	Supervalu	56784	36.64	35.69	35.99	-0.40	-1.10
60.34	44.70	N	Target	131086	58.32	56.75	57.18	-0.29	-0.50
High	50.25	O	Village	818	87.39	81.67	86.50	3.30	3.97
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	730351	48.30	45.81	47.55	1.39	3.01
46.25	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1041	40.62	39.81	40.10	-0.50	-1.23
78.27	Low	O	Whole Foods	117145	47.32	45.36	45.48	-1.57	-3.34
20.60	11.65	O	Wild Oats	12311	14.75	14.24	14.44	-0.18	-1.23
16.38	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	30955	13.75	13.07	13.40	-0.35	-2.55

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
31.92	18.41	O	Nash Finch	4059	28.12	27.24	27.54	-0.36	-1.29
22.62	10.46	O	Spartan Stores	6196	21.62	20.40	20.76	0.27	1.32
38.40	25.38	O	United Natural Foods	15620	37.31	35.48	35.90	-1.20	-3.23

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	12510.57	12474.52	-0.29
S&P 500	1426.84	1416.60	-0.72
SN Composite	1931.40	1947.62	0.84
Retailers	1749.28	1764.30	0.86
Wholesalers	664.25	650.35	-2.09