DATA FOR 23 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19, 2011

MARKET SUMMARY

gainers 15
decliners 7
unchanged 1
Village +6.09%
Whole Foods +3.75%
Costco Cos. +3.64%
Arden Group -4.63%
United Natural Foods -3.80%
Nash Finch -3.48%

MOST ACTIVE

BY VOLUME

Safeway 44,871,039
Wal-Mart 42,848,208
Supervalu 39,669,319

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Supervalu 18.69%
Safeway 13.20%
Winn-Dixie 5.28%

Continuously updated stock quotes of 19 retailers and wholesalers at http://supermarketnews.com/profiles/stocks/sn_composite/

The SN Composite Index

The chart 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.

DATA SOURCE: DATA NETWORK, HUNTINGTON, N.Y.

INDICES Last
Week		 This
Week		 Pct.
Change
Dow Jones 11518.85 11504.62 -0.12
S&P 500 1207.90 1209.30 0.12
SN Composite 1805.35 1835.57 1.67
Retailers 1633.72 1661.63 1.71
Wholesalers 699.75 679.71 -2.86