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	+ 7.32%
Loblaw Cos.	+ 2.97%
North West Co.	+ 1.82%

Weis Markets	- 3.60%
Arden Group	- 3.39%
Ahold (ADR)	- 2.75%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
45,529,088

Kroger
28,661,082

Target
15,326,175

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

BJ's Wholesale Club
5.29%

Whole Foods
4.77%

Spartan Stores
4.61%

market summary

gainers	10
losers	17
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS

52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.20	20.67	N	A&P	18158	33.69	32.71	32.34	-0.57	-1.73
12.40	7.58	N	Ahold (ADR)	36017	12.33	12.03	12.03	-0.34	-2.75
144.05	89.76	O	Arden Group	14	138.02	133.03	133.11	-4.67	-3.39
High	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	34392	34.89	33.13	34.15	0.33	0.98
58.70	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	113206	55.12	53.84	54.03	-0.42	-0.77
High	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	790	96.47	94.05	95.85	0.15	0.16
42.72	15.10	O	Ingles	3523	41.98	39.83	40.54	-0.56	-1.36
High	19.17	N	Kroger	286611	29.91	28.81	28.90	-0.45	-1.53
57.83	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	9372	47.58	45.85	47.50	1.37	2.97
40.83	29.15	C	Metro-Richelieu	5529	37.34	36.51	36.95	-0.20	-0.54
18.50	12.25	O	North West Co.	5542	17.65	16.90	17.35	0.31	1.82
12.89	7.60	O	Pathmark	14417	12.84	12.59	12.61	-0.11	-0.86
High	21.93	N	Ruddick	9315	31.66	30.47	30.76	-0.08	-0.26
37.67	22.85	N	Safeway	119474	37.42	36.21	36.44	-0.40	-1.09
22.09	13.78	N	Smart & Final	2541	21.93	21.70	21.77	0.06	0.28
43.17	36.22	C	Sobeys	5477	37.51	36.50	36.86	-0.30	-0.81
High	26.14	N	Supervalu	86083	40.20	38.55	39.51	0.61	1.57
64.74	44.70	N	Target	153262	61.67	59.29	59.68	-0.91	-1.50
High	56.41	O	Village	115	103.77	96.70	99.75	0.51	0.51
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	455291	48.55	47.06	47.27	-0.78	-1.62
45.70	37.75	N	Weis Markets	2115	44.84	43.03	43.17	-1.61	-3.60
74.00	42.13	O	Whole Foods	67033	45.76	44.01	44.13	-0.96	-2.13
20.50	13.88	O	Wild Oats	8130	18.25	18.15	18.15	-0.02	-0.11
19.75	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	31097	19.42	17.74	19.21	1.31	7.32

WHOLESALERS

52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
High	18.41	O	Nash Finch	4787	36.65	35.99	36.39	0.20	0.55
27.87	12.17	O	Spartan Stores	9973	27.22	25.52	25.85	-0.68	-2.56
38.40	28.10	O	United Natural Foods	10697	30.30	29.54	30.04	0.16	0.54

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	12530.05	12484.62	-0.36
S&P 500	1439.37	1438.87	-0.03
SN Composite	2017.14	1991.78	-1.26
Retailers	1827.69	1804.59	-1.26
Wholesalers	649.26	647.82	-0.22