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.

Ingles	+ 10.30%
Kroger	+ 8.61%
Village	+ 8.14%
Spartan Stores	- 2.96%
Supervalu	- 1.84%
Metro-Richelieu	- 0.43%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
56,785,180

Kroger
21,887,320

Target
17,517,390

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

BJ's Wholesale Club
7.08%

United Natural Foods
4.79%

Whole Foods
3.68%

market summary

gainers	20
losers	4
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	22.83	N	A&P	12352	32.50	29.81	31.60	1.15	3.78
17.33	11.93	N	Ahold	55452	14.88	13.93	14.68	0.50	3.53
170.00	113.00	O	Arden Group	33	141.82	131.90	141.80	5.29	3.88
39.15	27.07	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	46089	35.62	32.85	35.11	1.54	4.59
65.57	47.89	O	Costco Cos.	111488	62.74	59.09	61.92	1.97	3.29
103.90	78.21	N	Delhaize (ADR)	822	98.07	91.75	97.48	2.53	2.66
42.72	21.58	O	Ingles	3490	30.25	26.08	30.21	2.82	10.30
31.94	21.12	N	Kroger	218873	29.50	26.49	29.00	2.30	8.61
55.00	44.41	C	Loblaw Cos.	7280	45.32	44.66	44.85	-0.03	-0.07
41.78	33.23	C	Metro-Richelieu	7016	35.40	34.66	35.11	-0.15	-0.43
21.96	12.25	O	North West Co.	1375	21.96	21.11	21.43	0.16	0.75
13.36	9.75	O	Pathmark	9475	13.12	12.67	12.94	0.15	1.17
37.28	25.20	N	Ruddick	8861	33.96	30.83	33.52	1.87	5.91
38.31	27.41	N	Safeway	117465	34.25	31.68	33.59	1.44	4.48
49.78	29.09	N	Supervalu	50103	40.91	39.43	40.00	-0.75	-1.84
70.75	53.84	N	Target	175174	68.29	63.32	66.18	1.76	2.73
52.00	32.13	O	Village	85	51.54	46.00	50.46	3.80	8.14
52.15	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	567852	45.05	42.65	44.75	1.69	3.92
47.10	38.24	N	Weis Markets	1247	42.95	40.11	42.82	1.92	4.69
66.25	36.00	O	Whole Foods	51115	45.99	42.20	45.04	1.14	2.60
32.40	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	14572	21.38	19.03	19.70	0.09	0.46

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	22.74	O	Nash Finch	4486	38.63	34.41	38.45	2.53	7.04
34.74	15.61	O	Spartan Stores	15972	22.50	20.67	21.97	-0.67	-2.96
38.40	24.10	O	United Natural Foods	20526	26.35	24.19	26.16	1.55	6.30

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 four 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	13291.65	13815.56	3.94
S&P 500	1471.56	1529.03	3.91
SN Composite	1871.11	1954.73	4.47
Retailers	1696.06	1771.99	4.48
Wholesalers	562.75	580.15	3.09