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.

Winn-Dixie	+ 25.72%
Spartan Stores	+ 9.40%
Ingles	+ 4.80%
Loblaw Cos.	- 4.93%
Arden Group	- 2.45%
A&P	- 2.31%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
56,624,900

Kroger
26,968,300

Costco Cos.
15,546,066

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Spartan Stores
8.74%

Whole Foods
7.43%

Ingles
6.14%

market summary

gainers1	8
losers	9
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	13623	28.88	27.94	27.95	-0.66	-2.31
11.02	7.58	N	Ahold (ADR)	8906	10.43	10.21	10.41	0.16	1.56
141.03	84.01	O	Arden Group	104	118.00	113.00	115.50	-2.90	-2.45
33.07	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	38731	31.69	30.65	31.37	0.75	2.45
57.94	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	155461	57.45	55.68	56.62	0.23	0.41
86.21	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	910	85.20	83.95	84.60	1.35	1.62
High	15.09	O	Ingles	7504	42.00	38.50	41.92	1.92	4.80
High	18.75	N	Kroger	269683	26.23	25.58	25.95	0.23	0.89
58.69	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	32373	51.89	48.77	48.96	-2.54	-4.93
39.95	28.47	C	Metro-Richelieu	7323	38.95	37.20	38.20	0.81	2.17
18.50	10.64	O	North West Co.	1690	16.75	16.10	16.43	-0.27	-1.62
11.63	7.60	O	Pathmark	12651	11.37	10.93	11.31	0.35	3.19
28.91	21.93	N	Ruddick	9826	27.85	26.97	27.44	-0.41	-1.47
High	22.23	N	Safeway	152620	36.32	35.63	36.05	-0.28	-0.77
19.44	12.89	N	Smart & Final	5106	19.38	18.36	19.26	0.76	4.11
42.99	36.39	C	Sobeys	4711	42.81	41.51	41.72	-0.29	-0.69
High	26.14	N	Supervalu	81257	39.02	38.06	38.19	-0.47	-1.22
High	44.70	N	Target	141960	63.20	61.48	62.26	0.46	0.74
87.39	50.25	O	Village	115	86.75	83.40	86.75	1.52	1.78
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	566249	48.90	47.64	48.31	0.53	1.11
46.25	37.75	N	Weis Markets	2210	44.19	43.20	43.60	-0.56	-1.27
74.00	42.13	O	Whole Foods	106157	45.54	43.87	45.37	1.40	3.18
20.60	13.88	O	Wild Oats	16312	15.69	14.71	15.27	0.52	3.53
High	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	81015	17.73	13.72	17.35	3.55	25.72

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
31.92	18.41	O	Nash Finch	4697	30.34	28.92	30.04	1.05	3.62
High	11.27	O	Spartan Stores	18900	27.07	23.11	25.71	2.21	9.40
38.40	28.70	O	United Natural Foods	22623	33.78	32.63	33.26	0.07	0.21

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	12621.69	12637.63	0.13
S&P 500	1438.24	1448.31	0.70
SN Composite	1990.75	2014.27	1.18
Retailers	1803.81	1824.91	1.17
Wholesalers	638.86	658.92	3.14