THE WEEK IN STOCKS

Market Quotes

RETAILERS

52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	20.72	N	A&P	43200	33.97	29.13	33.03	2.58	8.47
13.86	8.82	N	Ahold (ADR)	35568	12.58	12.05	12.08	-0.47	-3.75
144.05	103.02	O	Arden Group	40	134.76	127.08	132.32	1.72	1.32
39.15	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	85343	33.47	28.65	29.83	-3.75	-11.17
High	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	252693	65.57	60.41	63.24	2.40	3.94
103.90	72.73	N	Delhaize (ADR)	2492	92.70	83.54	88.66	-5.66	-6.00
42.72	21.50	O	Ingles	10175	34.36	25.01	25.24	-4.92	-16.31
31.94	21.12	N	Kroger	348434	26.86	23.95	24.83	-1.97	-7.35
55.00	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	12146	48.80	48.06	48.22	-0.78	-1.59
41.78	29.25	C	Metro-Richelieu	5183	38.86	37.00	37.30	-1.00	-2.61
21.39	12.25	O	North West Co.	2309	21.20	20.00	20.25	-0.68	-3.25
13.36	8.65	O	Pathmark	24681	13.19	12.25	12.83	0.23	1.83
High	22.40	N	Ruddick	29444	34.97	30.88	33.17	4.87	17.21
38.31	27.41	N	Safeway	197710	33.60	30.39	30.56	-1.73	-5.36
49.78	26.14	N	Supervalu	118751	42.70	38.55	40.53	-1.08	-2.60
70.75	45.18	N	Target	454772	66.26	59.22	62.52	-0.58	-0.92
52.00	28.95	O	Village	367	47.34	42.81	43.57	-3.81	-8.04
52.15	43.48	N	Wal-Mart	832038	48.42	45.50	46.45	-0.28	-0.60
45.70	37.97	N	Weis Markets	2177	43.92	38.24	42.54	2.01	4.96
66.25	36.00	O	Whole Foods	213473	46.74	40.31	44.85	4.40	10.88
18.81	13.88	O	Wild Oats	7840	16.00	14.67	15.03	-0.63	-4.02
32.40	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	25090	28.48	25.29	25.90	-2.07	-7.40

WHOLESALERS

52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	20.37	O	Nash Finch	29788	39.66	30.15	31.62	-7.34	-18.84
34.74	15.61	O	Spartan Stores	21666	28.41	21.90	23.27	-4.99	-17.66
38.40	26.10	O	United Natural Foods	48950	33.33	26.95	31.65	4.08	14.80

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.

Ruddick	+17.21%
United Natural	+14.80%
Whole Foods	+10.88%
Nash Finch	-18.84%
Spartan Stores	-17.66%
Ingles	-16.31%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
83,203,800

Target
45,477,200

Kroger
34,843,395

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
15.36%

BJ's Wholesale Club
12.91%

United Natural Foods
11.43%

market summary

gainers	8
losers	17
unchanged	0

The SN Composite Index

The chart at 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	13463.33	13270.68	-1.43
S&P 500	1472.20	1453.11	-1.30
SN Composite	2000.99	1979.47	-1.08
Retailers	1813.05	1793.58	-1.07
Wholesalers	644.82	635.72	-1.41