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	+10.28%
Kroger	+ 7.64%
North West Co.	+ 6.17%

Ingles	-4.74%
Spartan Stores	-4.56%
Wild Oats	-3.70%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
72,426,600

Kroger
37,259,600

Target
17,564,000

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
8.21%

BJ's Wholesale Club
7.46%

Nash Finch
6.58%

market summary

gainers	14
losers	12
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	13375	27.68	26.09	26.76	0.46	1.75
10.85	7.35	N	Ahold (ADR)	19977	9.98	9.70	9.94	-0.08	-0.80
141.03	82.00	O	Arden Group	34	131.99	126.40	129.12	-0.87	-0.67
33.07	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	48408	32.89	31.21	31.46	-0.84	-2.60
57.94	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	132730	54.70	51.73	53.68	1.38	2.64
85.10	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	830	81.44	78.47	81.05	1.53	1.92
30.41	15.09	O	Ingles	5662	29.94	27.71	28.36	-1.41	-4.74
High	18.05	N	Kroger	372596	24.33	21.41	23.10	1.64	7.64
59.45	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	12292	48.30	47.45	47.57	0.12	0.25
37.50	28.47	C	Metro-Richelieu	5225	36.74	35.65	36.74	0.75	2.08
18.50	10.64	O	North West Co.	2221	16.74	15.55	16.69	0.97	6.17
11.54	7.60	O	Pathmark	46990	11.40	10.61	10.91	-0.38	-3.37
28.91	20.05	N	Ruddick	7196	28.55	26.90	27.81	-0.07	-0.25
High	22.23	N	Safeway	156030	32.11	30.36	31.39	0.58	1.88
19.44	12.62	N	Smart & Final	7400	19.10	17.75	18.75	0.69	3.82
39.97	35.35	C	Sobeys	2474	39.50	38.50	39.08	-0.17	-0.43
High	26.14	N	Supervalu	76939	35.05	33.93	34.33	0.07	0.20
60.34	44.70	N	Target	175640	58.63	56.73	58.07	-0.02	-0.03
High	50.25	O	Village	478	77.75	70.19	77.75	7.25	10.28
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	724266	46.80	45.42	46.37	0.27	0.59
46.25	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1745	40.85	39.55	40.53	0.11	0.27
79.90	45.56	O	Whole Foods	114599	49.75	47.84	48.51	-0.29	-0.59
20.60	11.50	O	Wild Oats	19139	15.24	14.38	14.58	-0.56	-3.70

WHOLESALERS

52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
31.92	18.41	O	Nash Finch	8802	26.85	25.93	26.09	-0.36	-1.36
22.62	10.22	O	Spartan Stores	6685	21.37	20.02	20.07	-0.96	-4.56
38.40	24.60	O	United Natural Foods	14038	37.30	34.75	36.60	1.16	3.28

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	12221.93	12278.41	0.46
S&P 500	1400.65	1407.29	0.47
SN Composite	1901.59	1918.51	0.89
Retailers	1722.50	1737.81	0.89
Wholesalers	641.20	647.82	1.03