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.

Costco Cos.	+ 3.26%
Ahold (ADR)	+ 2.52%
Winn-Dixie	+ 2.44%
Village	- 2.22%
Whole Foods	- 1.20%
Kroger	- 0.64%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
42,046,411

Kroger
26,492,155

Target
25,735,111

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
5.68%

Nash Finch
5.42%

A&P
4.88%

market summary

gainers	21
losers	4
unchanged	1

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.70	20.67	N	A&P	20446	34.93	33.39	34.30	0.24	0.70
13.86	8.15	N	Ahold (ADR)	12773	13.02	12.46	13.01	0.32	2.52
144.05	96.10	O	Arden Group	63	138.42	135.26	136.36	1.21	0.90
38.39	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	21204	36.67	35.92	36.57	0.24	0.66
High	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	152239	60.31	58.28	60.12	1.90	3.26
101.62	66.75	N	Delhaize (ADR)	1142	100.27	97.10	99.19	1.00	1.02
42.72	16.58	O	Ingles	3238	35.96	33.91	34.45	0.13	0.38
31.94	21.12	N	Kroger	264922	28.87	27.54	28.09	-0.18	-0.64
55.00	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	8293	53.72	51.40	51.90	0.14	0.27
41.78	29.25	C	Metro-Richelieu	4974	38.50	37.20	37.70	0.10	0.27
20.93	12.25	O	North West Co.	1078	19.30	18.76	19.06	0.01	0.05
High	7.60	O	Pathmark	9549	13.22	12.71	13.12	0.07	0.54
32.39	22.40	N	Ruddick	5705	31.19	29.95	30.90	0.54	1.78
38.31	24.49	N	Safeway	137209	35.03	33.66	34.21	0.16	0.47
58.50	36.22	C	Sobeys	0	57.95	57.95	57.95	0.00	0.00
49.29	26.14	N	Supervalu	56632	46.65	45.65	46.31	0.53	1.16
65.07	44.70	N	Target	257351	64.42	63.00	64.21	0.71	1.12
52.00	28.56	O	Village	194	49.85	45.80	48.17	-1.09	-2.22
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	420464	48.65	47.87	48.09	-0.12	-0.25
45.70	37.97	N	Weis Markets	1736	42.34	40.50	42.00	0.97	2.36
66.25	Low	O	Whole Foods	80346	38.76	37.92	38.03	-0.46	-1.20
20.23	13.88	O	Wild Oats	9118	16.99	16.72	16.88	0.15	0.90
32.40	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	21796	31.45	29.13	30.67	0.73	2.44

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
High	18.41	O	Nash Finch	7264	51.70	49.42	51.01	0.96	1.92
High	12.17	O	Spartan Stores	9975	34.48	32.41	33.70	0.50	1.51
38.40	Low	O	United Natural Foods	24910	27.72	26.10	27.33	0.57	2.13

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	13427.73	13565.84	1.03
S&P 500	1506.34	1525.40	1.27
SN Composite	2059.43	2062.73	0.16
Retailers	1865.29	1868.05	0.15
Wholesalers	704.39	719.15	2.10