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.

Whole Foods	+ 7.00%
Nash Finch	+ 6.94%
Spartan Stores	+ 3.32%
North West Co.	- 6.10%
Target	- 5.93%
Winn-Dixie	- 3.69%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
73,147,698

Target
41,403,300

Costco Cos.
17,535,190

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Nash Finch
7.48%

Spartan Stores
6.18%

Whole Foods
5.34%

market summary

gainers	11
losers	12
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	23.32	N	A&P	10622	31.75	29.86	31.10	0.02	0.06
170.00	113.00	O	Arden Group	61	145.30	134.80	141.10	1.24	0.89
39.15	27.57	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	53717	34.95	32.40	33.65	-0.56	-1.64
65.57	47.89	O	Costco Cos.	175352	61.48	58.17	61.12	-0.03	-0.05
103.90	78.21	N	Delhaize (ADR)	1023	100.50	95.36	97.34	-0.46	-0.47
42.72	21.58	O	Ingles	3078	30.34	28.75	29.70	0.11	0.37
31.94	21.12	N	Kroger	160862	28.90	27.71	28.58	-0.04	-0.14
55.00	44.05	C	Loblaw Cos.	15502	45.78	44.28	45.25	0.90	2.03
41.78	33.23	C	Metro-Richelieu	9568	35.49	34.41	34.71	-0.14	-0.40
21.96	12.25	O	North West Co.	1518	21.88	20.33	20.33	-1.32	-6.10
13.36	9.75	O	Pathmark	15864	12.98	12.66	12.74	-0.12	-0.93
37.28	25.20	N	Ruddick	8853	34.08	32.27	34.04	0.86	2.59
38.31	27.41	N	Safeway	136039	33.87	32.53	33.52	0.38	1.15
49.78	29.09	N	Supervalu	95909	40.18	37.40	39.28	-0.58	-1.46
70.75	54.60	N	Target	414033	66.33	61.00	61.70	-3.89	-5.93
53.89	32.15	O	Village	245	53.89	48.88	51.41	-1.08	-2.06
52.15	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	731477	44.79	42.68	43.61	-0.71	-1.60
47.10	38.24	N	Weis Markets	1477	43.44	41.72	43.38	0.72	1.69
66.25	36.00	O	Whole Foods	74174	48.98	44.44	48.14	3.15	7.00
32.40	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	27710	19.26	17.10	18.29	-0.70	-3.69

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	23.08	O	Nash Finch	10073	40.67	37.81	40.51	2.63	6.94
34.74	15.61	O	Spartan Stores	13484	23.27	21.25	22.72	0.73	3.32
38.40	24.10	O	United Natural Foods	16911	27.21	25.90	27.07	0.81	3.08

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	13815.56	13912.94	0.70
S&P 500	1529.03	1531.38	0.10
SN Composite	1954.73	1809.09	-7.45
Retailers	1771.99	1638.82	-7.52
Wholesalers	580.15	602.97	3.93