THE WEEK IN STOCKS

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	19746	30.79	29.81	30.34	-0.15	-0.49
13.86	7.71	N	Ahold (ADR)	23911	13.02	12.55	12.83	0.30	2.39
144.05	89.76	O	Arden Group	124	136.02	131.18	132.50	-2.50	-1.85
37.35	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	42525	35.41	34.14	34.75	-0.49	-1.39
58.70	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	175110	55.86	54.05	55.58	0.63	1.15
101.62	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	1358	100.50	98.59	98.79	0.70	0.71
42.72	15.10	O	Ingles	4421	37.00	34.60	35.73	1.22	3.54
30.43	19.17	N	Kroger	355517	29.55	28.70	29.40	0.55	1.91
56.25	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	13204	51.35	50.10	50.38	-0.04	-0.08
41.78	29.15	C	Metro-Richelieu	5561	39.07	37.88	38.63	-0.20	-0.52
20.93	12.25	O	North West Co.	1779	20.39	19.74	20.09	-0.14	-0.69
12.89	7.60	O	Pathmark	25629	12.48	12.24	12.31	-0.06	-0.49
31.66	22.16	N	Ruddick	12218	31.16	30.61	30.72	-0.20	-0.65
38.31	22.85	N	Safeway	172397	35.92	34.52	35.07	0.21	0.60
22.09	13.78	N	Smart & Final	2060	21.91	21.85	21.87	0.04	0.18
57.79	36.22	C	Sobeys	21988	57.45	57.07	57.37	0.17	0.30
47.48	26.14	N	Supervalu	126569	47.25	46.08	46.85	0.78	1.69
64.74	44.70	N	Target	420214	59.03	56.80	57.69	-1.03	-1.75
52.00	28.56	O	Village	284	46.21	42.85	43.59	-0.06	-0.14
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	798191	48.10	46.98	47.11	-0.64	-1.34
45.70	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1475	42.67	40.86	41.26	-0.69	-1.64
69.64	Low	O	Whole Foods	401848	41.51	38.38	39.53	-1.62	-3.94
20.50	13.88	O	Wild Oats	26332	17.99	16.95	17.16	-0.62	-3.49
High	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	179188	28.57	18.40	28.11	9.36	49.92

WHOLESALERS

52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
High	18.41	O	Nash Finch	14645	44.91	43.25	44.24	0.73	1.68
High	12.17	O	Spartan Stores	9041	29.31	26.46	27.34	0.88	3.33
38.40	28.10	O	United Natural Foods	21055	30.25	29.20	29.39	-0.32	-1.08

Exchange (EX) Symbols:

N — New York Stock Exchange

O — Over the Counter

A — American

C — Canadian

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.

Winn-Dixie	+49.92%
Ingles	+3.54%
Spartan Stores	+3.33%
Whole Foods	-3.94%
Wild Oats	-3.49%
Arden Group	-1.85%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
79,819,084

Target
42,021,380

Whole Foods
40,184,765

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
28.43%

Nash Finch
10.92%

Wild Oats
8.81%

market summary

gainers	12
losers	15
unchanged	0

The SN Composite Index

The chart (right) 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	13362.87	13476.72	0.85
S&P 500	1512.58	1512.75	0.01
SN Composite	2034.87	2009.52	-1.25
Retailers	1843.11	1820.25	-1.24
Wholesalers	692.77	678.30	-2.09