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.

Ingles	+4.84%
Loblaw Cos.	+4.46%
Sobeys	+4.02%
Winn-Dixie	-7.72%
North West Co.	-2.09%
Whole Foods	-2.04%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
54,537,200

Kroger
24,021,100

Target
12,707,000

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Wild Oats
5.62%

Whole Foods
5.24%

Ingles
4.93%

market summary

gainers	22
losers	5
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	8976	26.67	25.89	26.29	0.07	0.27
11.02	7.45	N	Ahold (ADR)	9071	10.62	10.41	10.61	0.03	0.28
141.03	82	O	Arden Group	120	123	113.5	120.7	-2.3	-1.87
33.07	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	43200	32.16	30.61	32.01	1.19	3.86
57.94	46	O	Costco Cos.	106112	53.55	51.95	53.4	0.47	0.89
85.1	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	514	83.25	82.04	83.12	0.72	0.87
30.41	15.09	O	Ingles	6010	29.29	27.82	29.23	1.35	4.84
24.48	18.05	N	Kroger	240211	23.49	22.62	23.18	0.13	0.56
58.69	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	11024	51	48.35	50.55	2.16	4.46
High	28.47	C	Metro-Richelieu	4253	38.25	37.16	38.2	1	2.69
18.5	10.64	O	North West Co.	3047	16.8	16.29	16.37	-0.35	-2.09
11.54	7.6	O	Pathmark	23833	11.35	10.83	11.24	0.31	2.84
28.91	20.84	N	Ruddick	5179	28.58	27.35	28.32	0.04	0.14
High	22.23	N	Safeway	109331	35.61	34.04	35.31	1.31	3.85
19.44	12.62	N	Smart & Final	2605	19.27	18.78	18.93	0.15	0.8
High	35.48	C	Sobeys	4125	41.21	39.65	41.17	1.59	4.02
36.59	26.14	N	Supervalu	41070	36.48	35.93	36.39	0.29	0.8
60.34	44.7	N	Target	127070	58.05	56.69	57.47	-0.37	-0.64
84.37	50.25	O	Village	65	83.21	78.98	83.2	2.23	2.75
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	545372	46.29	44.8	46.16	0.29	0.63
46.25	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1147	40.73	39.74	40.6	0.69	1.73
79.9	45.56	O	Whole Foods	74925	48.6	47.01	47.05	-0.98	-2.04
20.6	11.65	O	Wild Oats	16586	14.75	13.92	14.62	0.46	3.25
16.38	10.92	O	Winn Dixie	31674	14.9	13.6	13.75	-1.15	-7.72

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
31.92	18.41	O	Nash Finch	4025	28	27.21	27.9	0.33	1.2
22.62	10.4	O	Spartan Stores	2873	20.65	19.66	20.49	0.48	2.4
38.4	25.38	O	United Natural Foods	11012	37.55	36.39	37.1	0.09	0.24

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	12421.25	12510.57	0.72
S&P 500	1418.31	1426.84	0.6
SN Composite	1916.92	1931.4	0.76
Retailers	1736.21	1749.28	0.75
Wholesalers	655.9	664.25	1.27