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The Week in Stocks

FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009 MARKET SUMMARY gainers 17 losers 7 unchanged 0 MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME Wal-Mart 117,717,576 Target 50,076,904 Kroger 39,538,652 AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING Whole Foods 11.70% Nash Finch 11.61% Supervalu 7.34% A&P +42.72% Whole Foods +19.78% Delhaize (ADR) +16.49% Nash Finch -16.20% Spartan Stores -10.80%

FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009

MARKET SUMMARY

gainers 17
losers 7
unchanged 0

MOST ACTIVE

BY VOLUME

Wal-Mart 117,717,576
Target 50,076,904
Kroger 39,538,652

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods 11.70%
Nash Finch 11.61%
Supervalu 7.34%
A&P +42.72%
Whole Foods +19.78%
Delhaize (ADR) +16.49%
Nash Finch -16.20%
Spartan Stores -10.80%
Empire -4.22%

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

INDICES Last Week This Week Pct. Change
Dow Jones 6875.84 7170.06 4.28
S&P 500 712.87 750.74 5.31
SN Composite 1542.60 1572.33 1.93
Retailers 1399.67 1427.06 1.96
Wholesalers 384.40 368.59 -4.11