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.

Village	+ 6.02%
Arden Group	+ 2.81%
North West Co.	+ 2.08%
Wal-Mart	- 4.02%
United Natural Foods	- 3.46%
Wild Oats	- 3.32%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
77,544,200

Target
20,899,400

Kroger
18,457,100

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
8.52%

Nash Finch
7.18%

Spartan Stores
6.43%

market summary

gainers	8
losers	18
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	15347	26.88	25.84	26.30	-0.39	-1.46
10.85	7.35	N	Ahold (ADR)	12525	10.17	9.92	10.02	-0.11	-1.09
141.03	82.00	O	Arden Group	29	129.99	122.23	129.99	3.55	2.81
33.07	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	63492	32.85	31.52	32.30	-0.18	-0.55
57.94	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	127588	54.39	52.01	52.30	-1.46	-2.72
85.10	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	580	80.95	78.30	79.52	-2.51	-3.06
30.41	15.09	O	Ingles	5443	30.04	28.15	29.77	0.22	0.74
24.15	18.05	N	Kroger	184571	21.99	21.12	21.46	-0.39	-1.78
63.78	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	18845	47.99	47.15	47.58	0.31	0.66
37.50	28.47	C	Metro-Richelieu	14426	36.74	35.50	35.99	-0.32	-0.88
18.50	10.64	O	North West Co.	5860	16.85	15.30	15.72	0.32	2.08
11.54	7.60	O	Pathmark	15877	11.43	10.74	11.29	0.10	0.89
28.91	20.05	N	Ruddick	6780	28.27	27.28	27.88	-0.31	-1.10
31.42	22.23	N	Safeway	109372	31.15	29.92	30.81	0.32	1.05
19.44	12.62	N	Smart & Final	2794	18.38	17.75	18.06	-0.29	-1.58
39.97	35.35	C	Sobeys	1089	39.58	38.61	39.25	0.35	0.90
34.75	26.14	N	Supervalu	59100	34.57	33.75	34.26	-0.05	-0.15
60.34	44.70	N	Target	208994	58.50	56.40	58.09	-0.33	-0.56
70.90	50.25	O	Village	258	70.50	66.69	70.50	4.00	6.02
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	775442	48.05	46.02	46.10	-1.93	-4.02
46.25	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1646	40.75	39.37	40.42	-0.06	-0.15
79.90	45.56	O	Whole Foods	118890	49.49	46.61	48.80	-0.54	-1.09
20.60	11.50	O	Wild Oats	15308	15.76	14.85	15.14	-0.52	-3.32

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
31.92	18.41	O	Nash Finch	9612	26.71	25.38	26.45	-0.15	-0.56
22.62	9.94	O	Spartan Stores	13829	21.62	19.38	21.03	-0.41	-1.91
38.40	24.60	O	United Natural Foods	20862	36.92	34.55	35.44	-1.27	-3.46

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	12326.95	12221.93	-0.85
S&P 500	1406.09	1400.65	-0.39
SN Composite	1952.53	1901.59	-2.61
Retailers	1768.64	1722.50	-2.61
Wholesalers	658.73	641.20	-2.66