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.

Spartan	+ 9.59%
Ahold	+ 4.00%
Nash Finch	+ 2.64%

Wal-Mart	- 2.85%
Sobeys	- 2.20%
Target	- 2.09%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
49,224,950

Kroger
33,346,520

Safeway
14,303,050

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

A&P
6.96%

Pathmark
5.64%

BJ's Wholesale Club
5.33%

market summary

gainers	15
losers	11
unchanged	1

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	28927	34.39	32.80	33.42	0.20	0.60
High	7.58	N	Ahold (ADR)	30619	11.68	10.83	11.45	0.44	4.00
141.03	Low	O	Arden Group	24	131.32	0.00	130.10	3.09	2.43
High	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	34318	34.62	33.45	33.48	-0.23	-0.68
High	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	120388	55.02	53.69	53.71	-0.53	-0.98
High	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	2229	93.93	91.07	91.90	0.21	0.23
High	15.10	O	Ingles	3336	42.03	39.69	41.05	-0.27	-0.65
High	19.17	N	Kroger	333465	28.71	27.80	28.35	0.00	0.00
57.83	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	10038	47.50	46.00	46.05	-0.35	-0.75
High	29.15	C	Metro-Richelieu	12342	37.30	36.50	36.80	-0.37	-1.00
18.50	12.25	O	North West Co.	5082	16.89	16.25	16.63	0.10	0.60
High	7.60	O	Pathmark	29446	12.89	12.54	12.75	0.11	0.87
High	21.93	N	Ruddick	12995	30.06	29.12	29.98	0.64	2.18
High	22.85	N	Safeway	143031	37.58	36.03	37.15	0.92	2.54
High	13.78	N	Smart & Final	7006	21.85	21.55	21.69	0.02	0.09
High	36.22	C	Sobeys	2322	37.84	36.45	36.45	-0.82	-2.20
High	26.14	N	Supervalu	59577	39.61	38.92	39.44	0.37	0.95
High	44.70	N	Target	135614	61.94	59.95	59.95	-1.28	-2.09
High	56.41	O	Village	144	95.76	93.21	95.76	1.75	1.86
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	492250	48.20	46.64	46.64	-1.37	-2.85
45.70	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1472	45.70	44.71	44.71	-0.18	-0.40
74.00	Low	O	Whole Foods	116255	45.84	43.77	44.43	0.49	1.12
20.60	13.88	O	Wild Oats	7372	18.32	18.13	18.17	-0.09	-0.49
High	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	22979	18.35	16.31	17.98	0.37	2.10

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
High	18.41	O	Nash Finch	4272	35.17	33.49	35.04	0.90	2.64
High	12.17	O	Spartan Stores	3957	27.20	24.41	27.20	2.38	9.59
38.40	Low	O	United Natural Foods	16582	31.78	30.83	30.84	-0.65	-2.06

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	12416.14	12300.36	-0.93
S&P 500	1434.54	1417.23	-1.21
SN Composite	2011.98	1970.77	-2.0
Retailers	1822.97	1785.23	-2.07
Wholesalers	650.49	660.40	1.52