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.

Smart & Final	+10.26%
A&P	+9.18%
Pathmark	+7.13%
Winn-Dixie	-7.12%
United Natural Foods	-3.11%
North West Co.	-1.26%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
82,791,600

Kroger
13,374,400

Whole Foods
13,349,893

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Winn Dixie
8.47%

BJ's Wholesale Club
5.99%

A&P
5.68%

market summary

gainers	16
losers	11
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	23598	31.58	28.52	31.39	2.64	9.18
11.02	7.58	N	Ahold (ADR)	5900	10.54	10.32	10.39	-0.05	-0.48
141.03	84.01	O	Arden Group	23	122.50	119.20	120.51	-0.50	-0.41
High	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	38527	33.69	31.30	33.64	2.03	6.42
High	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	123817	58.70	56.76	58.18	1.13	1.98
86.60	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	491	86.60	84.89	85.36	-0.50	-0.58
High	15.10	O	Ingles	3674	42.72	41.53	41.97	0.26	0.62
High	19.17	N	Kroger	133744	26.69	25.93	26.47	0.38	1.46
58.69	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	21584	48.52	46.70	48.07	1.22	2.60
High	28.95	C	Metro-Richelieu	7700	40.83	37.60	39.80	2.05	5.43
18.50	11.67	O	North West Co.	4072	16.93	16.03	16.49	-0.21	-1.26
High	7.60	O	Pathmark	29291	12.43	11.20	12.32	0.82	7.13
28.91	21.93	N	Ruddick	8975	28.71	27.68	28.27	0.39	1.40
High	22.85	N	Safeway	104647	37.24	36.12	36.96	0.31	0.85
High	13.78	N	Smart & Final	11223	21.85	18.91	21.49	2.00	10.26
43.17	37.01	C	Sobeys	2429	43.17	41.60	42.42	0.02	0.05
39.02	26.14	N	Supervalu	88159	38.08	37.43	37.49	-0.35	-0.92
High	44.70	N	Target	132715	64.74	62.08	63.61	1.17	1.87
87.39	50.25	O	Village	42	84.91	83.75	84.36	-0.48	-0.57
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	827916	50.42	47.82	49.97	2.10	4.39
46.25	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1845	43.88	43.07	43.60	-0.06	-0.14
74.00	42.13	O	Whole Foods	133499	46.67	45.14	45.70	-0.18	-0.39
20.60	13.88	O	Wild Oats	10794	16.13	15.21	15.72	0.32	2.08
18.00	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	45630	18.00	15.89	16.56	-1.27	-7.12

WHOLESALERS

52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
31.92	18.41	O	Nash Finch	5863	31.35	29.65	31.18	1.09	3.62
27.07	11.70	O	Spartan Stores	5566	26.90	25.60	25.72	-0.16	-0.62
38.40	28.70	O	United Natural Foods	20911	35.05	33.01	33.28	-1.07	-3.11

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	12765.01	12738.41	-0.21
S&P 500	1456.81	1457.63	0.06
SN Composite	2021.41	2066.09	2.21
Retailers	1831.05	1872.07	2.24
Wholesalers	680.60	663.45	-2.52