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.

Supervalu	+ 3.44%
A&P	+ 1.75%
Ingles	+1.33%
Arden Group	- 9.37%
Nash Finch	- 5.96%
Village	- 4.63%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
85,371,203

Target
32,340,209

Safeway
18,512,300

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
7.03%

BJ's Wholesale Club
6.76%

Supervalu
4.78%

market summary

gainers	9
losers	15
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	19279	30.88	29.31	30.78	0.53	1.75
17.33	11.93	N	Ahold	6878	16.00	15.20	15.60	-0.05	-0.32
170.00	113.00	O	Arden Group	27	156.46	140.77	143.30	-14.81	-9.37
39.15	27.57	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	43978	35.81	33.62	34.21	-1.39	-3.90
70.55	51.40	O	Costco Cos.	173344	67.50	64.30	65.24	-1.28	-1.92
103.90	78.30	N	Delhaize (ADR)	898	96.40	91.70	93.74	-2.54	-2.64
42.72	21.58	O	Ingles	2311	27.60	25.60	27.50	0.36	1.33
31.94	21.12	N	Kroger	147646	28.85	27.87	28.60	0.09	0.32
55.00	43.46	C	Loblaw Cos.	15266	44.92	43.46	43.93	-0.77	-1.72
41.78	33.23	C	Metro-Richelieu	5382	34.85	33.25	34.44	0.14	0.41
21.96	12.25	O	North West Co.	1406	21.30	20.33	20.88	0.13	0.63
13.36	9.89	O	Pathmark	8591	12.89	12.68	12.89	0.03	0.23
37.28	26.30	N	Ruddick	7870	33.66	31.15	32.96	-0.44	-1.32
38.31	28.16	N	Safeway	185123	32.07	31.00	31.40	-0.76	-2.36
49.78	32.78	N	Supervalu	101132	38.87	36.76	38.18	1.27	3.44
70.75	55.74	N	Target	323402	63.08	60.00	61.70	-1.72	-2.71
55.00	33.03	O	Village	226	53.25	47.75	50.51	-2.45	-4.63
51.90	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	853712	46.04	43.27	43.87	-2.12	-4.61
47.10	38.24	N	Weis Markets	2430	42.66	40.93	41.88	-0.50	-1.18
66.25	36.00	O	Whole Foods	97707	48.77	45.92	47.70	-0.75	-1.55
32.40	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	20139	18.35	17.05	18.00	0.11	0.61

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	23.26	O	Nash Finch	5195	39.79	35.78	36.44	-2.31	-5.96
34.74	19.25	O	Spartan Stores	18611	25.21	21.65	22.62	0.12	0.53
38.40	24.10	O	United Natural Foods	13410	28.39	26.50	27.73	-0.76	-2.67

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	13888.96	13675.25	-1.54
S&P 500	1540.08	1515.88	-1.57
SN Composite	1970.24	1917.31	-2.69
Retailers	1785.45	1737.62	-2.68
Wholesalers	619.49	595.38	-3.89