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.

Ruddick	+ 11.96%
Costco Cos.	+ 2.65%
United Natural Foods	+ 1.24%
Delhaize (ADR)	- 13.24%
North West Co.	- 12.04%
Ingles	- 8.61%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
63,747,805

Target
47,806,653

Costco Cos.
20,194,365

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

BJ's Wholesale Club
10.24%

Target
5.65%

Spartan Stores
5.17%

market summary
gainers	5
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	16866	31.70	30.00	30.68	-0.28	-0.90
17.33	11.93	N	Ahold	9281	14.80	14.05	14.50	-0.19	-1.29
170.00	113.00	O	Arden Group	34	140.99	130.22	134.05	-3.45	-2.51
39.15	27.95	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	66671	34.90	32.33	33.69	-0.07	-0.21
70.55	51.52	O	Costco Cos.	201944	68.00	63.15	66.58	1.72	2.65
103.90	78.06	N	Delhaize (ADR)	2206	94.58	78.06	81.34	-12.41	-13.24
42.72	21.58	O	Ingles	4503	26.92	22.96	23.47	-2.21	-8.61
31.94	21.12	N	Kroger	160048	28.53	26.74	27.36	-0.84	-2.98
55.00	40.32	C	Loblaw Cos.	12368	43.75	40.32	41.24	-2.31	-5.30
41.78	32.00	C	Metro-Richelieu	11425	35.00	32.00	32.99	-1.55	-4.49
22.68	13.23	O	North West Co.	2549	22.32	19.35	19.65	-2.69	-12.04
13.36	10.28	O	Pathmark	8459	13.01	12.72	12.84	0.05	0.39
37.28	26.30	N	Ruddick	22776	37.00	33.01	35.75	3.82	11.96
38.31	29.21	N	Safeway	161664	33.33	30.40	31.45	-1.41	-4.29
49.78	33.06	N	Supervalu	88613	38.24	36.16	37.24	-0.32	-0.85
70.75	56.06	N	Target	478067	60.64	57.26	58.70	0.23	0.39
55.00	33.11	O	Village	264	54.04	50.93	53.20	-0.25	-0.47
51.44	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	637478	44.59	42.82	43.62	-0.41	-0.93
47.10	38.24	N	Weis Markets	1980	42.47	40.52	41.57	-0.09	-0.22
53.65	36.00	O	Whole Foods	147893	51.06	44.91	45.91	-1.30	-2.75
32.40	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	12681	20.70	19.50	19.74	-0.36	-1.79

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	23.26	O	Nash Finch	3855	35.71	33.22	34.07	-1.14	-3.24
34.74	19.15	O	Spartan Stores	11313	21.25	19.15	19.76	-1.29	-6.13
38.40	24.10	O	United Natural Foods	15338	28.59	26.50	27.66	0.34	1.24

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	13567.87	13266.29	-2.22
S&P 500	1508.44	1474.77	-2.23
SN Composite	1900.92	1874.80	-1.37
Retailers	1723.00	1699.32	-1.37
Wholesalers	576.62	568.68	-1.38