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.

Supervalu	+ 13.67%
North West Co.	+ 8.22%
Whole Foods	+ 6.14%

Nash Finch	-2.40%
Arden Group	- 2.16%
Village	- 2.09%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
76,733,894

Target
27,199,099

Kroger
26,907,617

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
10.25%

A&P
8.83%

Nash Finch
6.21%

market summary
gainers	17
losers	10
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
34.39	20.67	N	A&P	36907	33.55	31.26	33.27	1.46	4.59
High	7.71	N	Ahold (ADR)	33378	12.72	12.28	12.71	0.29	2.33
144.05	89.76	O	Arden Group	89	137.58	132.91	135.24	-2.98	-2.16
35.50	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	30160	35.38	34.60	35.23	0.31	0.89
58.70	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	197266	56.07	53.93	54.27	-0.75	-1.36
98.05	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	765	97.13	95.47	96.80	-0.70	-0.72
42.72	15.10	O	Ingles	6181	40.42	35.75	38.70	-0.42	-1.07
High	19.17	N	Kroger	269076	30.43	29.20	29.91	0.51	1.73
57.83	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	18395	50.37	49.40	50.14	0.35	0.70
40.83	29.15	C	Metro-Richelieu	9700	38.45	37.60	38.08	0.14	0.37
High	12.25	O	North West Co.	5331	20.00	17.71	19.35	1.47	8.22
12.89	7.60	O	Pathmark	19963	12.81	12.48	12.74	0.13	1.03
31.66	21.93	N	Ruddick	9099	31.64	30.76	31.11	-0.10	-0.32
High	22.85	N	Safeway	165089	38.31	36.69	38.00	1.31	3.57
22.09	13.78	N	Smart & Final	5819	21.86	21.68	21.74	-0.03	-0.14
43.17	36.22	C	Sobeys	6176	38.00	37.50	37.80	0.14	0.37
High	26.14	N	Supervalu	234259	45.61	40.80	45.40	5.46	13.67
64.74	44.70	N	Target	271991	62.25	59.45	60.52	-0.29	-0.48
104.00	56.41	O	Village	260	102.00	96.42	98.18	-2.10	-2.09
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	767339	49.95	47.65	48.81	0.84	1.75
45.70	37.75	N	Weis Markets	2170	44.50	42.96	44.28	0.59	1.35
72.53	42.13	O	Whole Foods	144118	48.06	44.57	47.91	2.77	6.14
20.50	13.88	O	Wild Oats	10503	18.43	18.18	18.34	0.12	0.66
20.00	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	12330	19.16	18.25	18.61	-0.24	-1.27

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
37.85	18.41	O	Nash Finch	8327	37.45	36.07	36.26	-0.89	-2.40
27.87	12.17	O	Spartan Stores	8967	27.09	25.40	26.73	0.73	2.81
38.40	28.10	O	United Natural Foods	17063	31.37	30.13	31.28	0.48	1.56

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	12803.84	13089.89	2.23
S&P 500	1472.50	1495.42	1.56
SN Composite	2026.54	2057.32	1.52
Retailers	1836.07	1864.01	1.52
Wholesalers	660.58	667.36	1.03