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.

Arden Group	+2.09%
Safeway	+1.72%
Nash Finch	+0.80%
Spartan Stores	-10.71%
Kroger	-6.83%
Target	-5.52%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
68,526,581

Target
42,068,429

Kroger
34,209,037

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Costco Cos.
7.41%

BJ's Wholesale Club
7.29%

Whole Foods
6.53%

market summary

gainers	3
losers	20
unchanged	1

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	52780	30.58	27.76	28.87	-1.41	-4.66
17.33	11.93	N	Ahold	3787	14.75	14.11	14.26	-0.35	-2.40
170.00	113.00	O	Arden Group	42	149.99	137.50	149.50	3.06	2.09
39.15	28.02	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	46723	37.92	34.98	35.89	-1.69	-4.50
72.68	51.52	O	Costco Cos.	321677	72.68	65.10	68.54	-2.29	-3.23
103.90	78.06	N	Delhaize (ADR)	756	90.87	85.77	86.38	-3.90	-4.32
42.72	20.42	O	Ingles	2437	25.63	23.46	24.34	-1.04	-4.10
31.94	22.62	N	Kroger	342090	28.91	25.51	26.21	-1.92	-6.83
55.00	30.94	C	Loblaw Cos.	38343	32.58	30.94	31.63	-0.07	-0.22
41.78	26.15	C	Metro-Richelieu	16184	28.42	27.14	27.38	-0.92	-3.25
22.68	14.08	O	North West Co.	3910	21.89	20.65	21.04	-0.49	-2.28
13.36	10.70	O	Pathmark	0	12.85	12.85	12.85	0.00	0.00
38.03	26.30	N	Ruddick	8095	38.03	34.86	35.74	-1.91	-5.07
38.31	30.10	N	Safeway	167364	35.85	34.07	35.50	0.60	1.72
49.78	34.46	N	Supervalu	74560	40.92	37.44	37.83	-1.96	-4.93
70.75	50.25	N	Target	420684	56.29	51.40	52.50	-3.07	-5.52
57.10	38.03	O	Village	178	57.10	54.38	54.55	-1.20	-2.15
51.44	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	685266	50.05	47.61	48.33	-0.94	-1.91
47.10	38.24	N	Weis Markets	1485	42.73	39.64	41.02	-0.53	-1.28
53.65	36.00	O	Whole Foods	91054	44.07	40.60	41.50	-1.43	-3.33
32.40	12.25	O	Winn-Dixie	14678	18.40	16.61	17.24	-0.91	-5.01

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	26.49	O	Nash Finch	7803	39.47	36.79	37.58	0.30	0.80
34.74	18.65	O	Spartan Stores	13179	21.40	18.84	19.00	-2.28	-10.71
37.87	24.10	O	United Natural Foods	11467	28.82	27.72	28.11	-0.21	-0.74

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	13619.89	13517.96	-0.75
S&P 500	1507.34	1488.41	-1.26
SN Composite	1973.33	1918.87	-2.76
Retailers	1788.64	1739.26	-2.76
Wholesalers	598.03	583.08	-2.50