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.

BJ's Wholesale Club	+ 8.06%
Winn-Dixie	+ 7.07%
Nash Finch	+ 3.35%
United Natural	-8.07%
Spartan Stores	- 5.52%
Ingles	-3.93%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
72,348,983

Target
52,033,754

Kroger
29,930,090

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Nash Finch
12.69%

Whole Foods
12.46%

BJ's Wholesale Club
9.76%

market summary

gainers	14
losers	12
unchanged	1

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
34.39	20.67	N	A&P	22095	31.27	30.06	30.90	0.21	0.68
13.86	7.71	N	Ahold (ADR)	54526	12.96	12.59	12.61	-0.32	-2.47
144.05	89.76	O	Arden Group	66	134.00	131.23	131.76	-1.24	-0.93
High	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	63774	37.60	34.20	37.15	2.77	8.06
58.70	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	210552	56.86	54.74	56.02	1.21	2.21
101.62	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	2619	99.54	97.67	98.62	-0.73	-0.73
42.72	15.10	O	Ingles	3064	37.00	34.97	35.20	-1.44	-3.93
30.43	19.37	N	Kroger	299301	29.72	29.22	29.52	0.07	0.24
55.00	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	7055	50.77	50.16	50.36	0.00	0.00
41.78	29.15	C	Metro-Richelieu	5352	38.67	38.02	38.35	0.06	0.16
20.93	12.25	O	North West Co.	2596	20.20	19.50	19.75	-0.26	-1.30
12.89	7.60	O	Pathmark	13155	12.59	12.21	12.51	0.05	0.40
31.66	22.25	N	Ruddick	7221	30.93	30.40	30.46	-0.54	-1.74
38.31	22.85	N	Safeway	159440	35.22	33.53	34.66	-0.54	-1.53
22.09	13.78	N	Smart & Final	1879	21.98	21.87	21.95	0.05	0.23
57.79	36.22	C	Sobeys	3030	57.60	57.30	57.40	0.07	0.12
47.48	26.14	N	Supervalu	110613	47.44	46.05	46.96	0.07	0.15
64.74	44.70	N	Target	520338	60.63	57.58	58.60	1.29	2.25
52.00	28.56	O	Village	202	44.68	42.75	43.30	-0.45	-1.03
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	723490	47.47	46.32	46.33	-0.85	-1.80
45.70	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1424	42.11	41.00	41.71	-0.43	-1.02
68.67	38.38	O	Whole Foods	176112	41.00	38.82	40.37	0.55	1.38
20.50	13.88	O	Wild Oats	21683	17.42	16.95	17.32	0.08	0.46
High	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	49844	30.54	27.42	30.00	1.98	7.07

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
High	18.41	O	Nash Finch	17006	46.29	43.71	46.01	1.49	3.35
29.31	12.17	O	Spartan Stores	17548	29.31	26.04	26.04	-1.52	-5.52
38.40	Low	O	United Natural Foods	67624	30.86	27.05	27.10	-2.38	-8.07

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	13476.72	13525.65	0.36
S&P 500	1512.75	1522.28	0.63
SN Composite	2009.52	1996.92	-0.63
Retailers	1820.25	1809.24	-0.61
Wholesalers	678.30	650.31	-4.13