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	+6.97%
Loblaw Cos‥	+2.41%
Metro-Richelieu	+ 1.93%
BJ's Wholesale Club	-17.01%
Village	-10.22%
Supervalu	-9.32%

most active

by Volume

Wal-mart
40,391,400

Target
29,524,205

Kroger
14,609,771

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

A&P
5.73%

Whole Foods
4.99%

Nash Finch
3.76%

market summary

gainers	4
losers	19
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	25.27	N	A&P	27938	31.62	30.04	30.16	-0.91	-2.93
17.33	11.93	N	Ahold	2568	13.95	13.42	13.48	-0.27	-1.96
170.00	113.00	O	Arden Group	57	159.50	140.15	144.00	-4.26	-2.87
39.15	28.02	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	39408	34.88	28.50	28.54	-5.85	-17.01
72.68	51.52	O	Costco Cos.	71429	70.72	66.91	67.12	-2.74	-3.92
103.90	78.06	N	Delhaize (ADR)	965	87.75	83.75	84.35	-1.53	-1.78
42.72	20.42	O	Ingles	2132	27.29	24.34	24.48	-0.94	-3.70
31.94	22.94	N	Kroger	146098	27.36	25.60	25.83	-1.06	-3.94
55.00	30.73	C	Loblaw Cos.	8515	34.98	33.85	34.82	0.82	2.41
41.78	25.30	C	Metro-Richelieu	2609	27.63	26.25	27.42	0.52	1.93
22.68	14.08	O	North West Co.	2135	21.25	20.49	20.81	0.24	1.17
38.03	12.85	N	Ruddick	6162	33.91	12.85	33.32	-2.14	-6.03
38.31	30.10	N	Safeway	94402	35.77	32.73	32.90	-2.25	-6.40
49.78	33.94	N	Supervalu	46675	38.02	33.94	33.95	-3.49	-9.32
70.75	48.85	N	Target	295242	51.64	49.01	49.57	-1.07	-2.11
57.10	38.03	O	Village	144	54.23	48.39	48.39	-5.51	-10.22
51.44	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	403914	48.47	46.23	46.38	-1.39	-2.91
47.10	38.24	N	Weis Markets	1221	40.53	39.11	39.29	-1.10	-2.72
53.65	36.00	O	Whole Foods	69534	41.75	39.38	39.50	-1.85	-4.47
32.40	12.25	O	Winn-Dixie	11314	17.99	16.46	17.66	1.15	6.97

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	26.80	O	Nash Finch	5091	37.22	33.84	34.20	-2.09	-5.76
34.74	18.63	O	Spartan Stores	6927	22.99	20.54	21.06	-0.11	-0.52
36.54	24.10	O	United Natural Foods	13951	31.87	29.49	29.81	-0.75	-2.45

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	13359.61	13056.72	-2.27
S&P 500	1476.27	1447.16	-1.97
SN Composite	1904.01	1844.82	-3.11
Retailers	1725.05	1671.39	-3.11
Wholesalers	620.06	602.85	-2.78