THE WEEK IN STOCKS at the close Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008

Market Quotes

RETAILERS

52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	27.23	N	A&P	26209	30.36	29.14	29.83	-0.04	-0.13
17.33	11.15	N	Ahold	4688	13.10	12.39	12.45	-0.60	-4.60
170.00	114.00	O	Arden Group	51	158.00	144.48	151.90	12.41	8.90
39.15	26.36	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	75188	33.47	29.59	31.19	-1.20	-3.70
72.68	51.52	O	Costco Cos.	257323	68.42	63.31	64.75	-3.19	-4.70
103.90	68.00	N	Delhaize (ADR)	826	79.31	71.93	72.70	-3.35	-4.40
57.14	37.14	C	Empire	2788	56.57	56.57	56.57	0.00	0.01
42.72	20.42	O	Ingles	6015	24.48	22.64	23.89	0.60	2.58
31.94	23.95	N	Kroger	206211	26.22	25.00	25.35	-0.10	-0.39
55.00	29.52	C	Loblaw Cos.	27123	32.31	29.52	30.72	-1.56	-4.83
41.78	22.34	C	Metro-Richelieu	13627	24.31	22.34	22.56	-1.19	-5.01
22.68	12.85	O	North West Co.	3006	19.31	12.85	19.28	0.86	4.67
38.03	26.44	N	Ruddick	21579	35.50	33.06	34.24	0.16	0.47
38.31	30.10	N	Safeway	168645	31.97	30.57	31.16	0.17	0.55
49.78	26.01	N	Supervalu	67939	30.91	28.59	29.23	-0.80	-2.66
70.75	47.01	N	Target	521160	57.32	50.53	54.10	-1.32	-2.38
57.10	38.03	O	Village	340	52.47	48.00	49.85	-1.14	-2.24
52.82	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	1107575	52.82	47.84	49.84	-0.90	-1.77
47.10	36.13	N	Weis Markets	2245	38.59	36.13	37.29	-0.10	-0.27
53.65	34.14	O	Whole Foods	120576	41.29	38.25	38.97	-0.47	-1.19
32.40	14.80	O	Winn-Dixie	9940	18.94	16.93	17.27	-0.45	-2.54

WHOLESALERS

52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	28.07	O	Nash Finch	12049	36.69	35.10	35.62	-0.06	-0.17
34.74	16.73	O	Spartan Stores	16032	21.35	16.93	21.10	3.52	20.02
35.05	23.16	O	United Natural Foods	19065	25.17	23.89	24.46	0.48	2.00

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.

Spartan Stores	+20.02%
Arden Group	+8.90%
North West Co.	+4.67%
Metro-Richelieu	-5.01%
Loblaw Cos.	-4.83%
Costco Cos.	-4.70%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
110,757,489

Target
52,115,999

Costco
25,732,288

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Nash Finch
8.91%

Whole Foods
8.64%

Spartan Stores
7.32%

market summary

gainers	8
losers	16
unchanged	0

The SN Composite Index

The chart (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	12650.36	12247.00	-3.19
S&P 500	1378.50	1336.91	-3.02
SN Composite	1934.88	1893.98	-2.11
Retailers	1754.97	1717.21	-2.15
Wholesalers	519.05	545.72	5.14