THE WEEK IN STOCKS

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	22058	28.04	25.27	27.82	2.18	8.50
11.02	7.58	N	Ahold (ADR)	32890	10.73	10.24	10.33	-0.33	-3.10
141.03	82.00	O	Arden Group	38	122.40	116.21	118.03	-3.97	-3.25
33.07	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	90129	31.20	28.56	30.32	-1.54	-4.83
57.94	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	175249	54.43	53.02	54.41	1.57	2.97
86.21	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	1255	85.99	83.75	85.97	0.93	1.09
High	15.09	O	Ingles	7902	33.26	30.68	33.11	2.27	7.36
24.48	18.05	N	Kroger	272635	23.89	22.96	23.70	0.53	2.29
58.69	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	24899	51.50	50.08	50.49	0.05	0.10
38.25	28.47	C	Metro-Richelieu	8923	37.60	35.67	37.24	-0.16	-0.43
18.50	10.64	O	North West Co.	9507	14.93	14.08	14.54	-0.24	-1.62
11.54	7.60	O	Pathmark	13961	11.35	11.00	11.17	-0.02	-0.18
28.91	20.95	N	Ruddick	10739	27.94	26.30	27.05	-0.79	-2.84
35.61	22.23	N	Safeway	244013	33.80	32.86	33.75	0.41	1.23
19.44	12.89	N	Smart & Final	2478	18.83	18.30	18.39	-0.16	-0.86
High	35.48	C	Sobeys	2829	41.70	40.24	41.70	0.40	0.97
36.64	26.14	N	Supervalu	139628	36.47	34.46	34.66	-1.33	-3.70
60.34	44.70	N	Target	163057	58.45	56.61	58.31	1.13	1.98
87.39	50.25	O	Village	252	87.28	82.44	83.50	-3.00	-3.47
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	750178	47.99	46.51	47.28	-0.27	-0.57
46.25	37.75	N	Weis Markets	2876	41.69	39.76	41.67	1.57	3.92
78.27	Low	O	Whole Foods	106602	47.26	45.27	46.38	0.90	1.98
20.60	11.65	O	Wild Oats	17369	14.72	13.88	14.18	-0.26	-1.80
16.38	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	29408	14.00	12.25	13.26	-0.14	-1.04

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
31.92	18.41	O	Nash Finch	9914	28.19	26.80	27.72	0.18	0.65
22.62	10.48	O	Spartan Stores	5132	21.42	19.98	20.45	-0.31	-1.49
38.40	26.98	O	United Natural Foods	19598	35.98	34.50	35.17	-0.73	-2.03

Exchange (EX) Symbols:

N — New York Stock Exchange
O — Over the Counter
A — American
C — Canadian

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.

A&P	+8.50%
Ingles	+7.36%
Weis Markets	+3.92%

BJ's Wholesale	-4.83
Supervalu	-3.70%
Village	-3.47%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
75,017,800

Kroger
27,263,500

Safeway
24,401,300

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
7.46%

Nash Finch
7.41%

Supervalu
6.78%

market summary
gainers	12
losers	15
unchanged	0

The SN Composite Index

The chart (left) shows the most recent eight weeks of movement of the SN Composite Indexcompared 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	12474.52	12442.16	-0.26
S&P 500	1416.60	1414.85	-0.12
SN Composite	1947.62	1950.03	0.12
Retailers	1764.30	1766.66	0.13
Wholesalers	650.35	640.55	-1.51