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THE WEEK IN STOCKS at the close Thursday, April 17, 2008

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. Ahold + 6.04% Nash Finch + 5.10% North West Co. + 4.59% United Natural Foods - 3.81% Arden Group - 3.71% Safeway - 3.70% most active by Volume Wal-Mart87,227,646 Target27,488,690 Kroger23,386,282 AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING Whole Foods7.42% Nash Finch6.36% Spartan

April 21, 2008

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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.

Ahold

6.04%

Nash Finch

5.10%

North West Co.

4.59%

United Natural Foods

- 3.81%

Arden Group

- 3.71%

Safeway

- 3.70%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
87,227,646

Target
27,488,690

Kroger
23,386,282

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
7.42%

Nash Finch
6.36%

Spartan Stores
5.98%

market summary

gainers

12

losers

12

unchanged

0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS

52-WEEK

Sales

Amt

Pct.

High

Low

Ex

(00's)

High

Low

Close

Change

Change

35.89

23.91

N

A&P

18677

25.16

23.91

24.83

-0.31

-1.23

17.33

11.15

N

Ahold

3694

15.53

14.51

15.45

0.88

6.04

170.00

122.50

O

Arden Group

58

132.41

122.50

127.10

-4.90

-3.71

39.15

26.36

N

BJ's Wholesale Club

46355

37.30

35.80

36.78

0.02

0.05

72.68

53.00

O

Costco Cos.

142203

68.59

64.97

68.49

1.97

2.96

103.90

68.00

N

Delhaize (ADR)

719

81.49

77.98

81.10

1.97

2.49

57.14

35.69

C

Empire

1756

56.57

56.57

56.57

0.00

0.01

40.52

20.42

O

Ingles

2145

24.45

22.87

23.77

-0.87

-3.53

31.94

23.39

N

Kroger

233863

24.80

23.39

24.67

0.13

0.53

55.00

26.75

C

Loblaw Cos.

8378

32.00

30.43

31.52

-0.01

-0.03

41.78

21.00

C

Metro

5550

25.19

23.46

24.84

-0.07

-0.28

22.68

12.85

O

North West Co.

3514

19.25

12.85

18.90

0.83

4.59

39.79

27.53

N

Ruddick

10810

37.47

35.64

36.55

-1.24

-3.28

38.31

25.75

N

Safeway

141663

29.05

25.75

27.83

-1.07

-3.70

49.78

26.01

N

Supervalu

99722

31.39

28.79

30.65

-0.15

-0.49

70.75

47.01

N

Target

274887

53.68

51.73

53.41

0.25

0.47

57.10

42.29

O

Village

394

49.00

47.10

48.35

-0.65

-1.33

57.12

42.09

N

Wal-Mart

872276

57.12

54.13

56.67

2.01

3.68

47.10

31.54

N

Weis Markets

2048

34.78

33.39

34.45

-0.09

-0.26

53.65

29.99

O

Whole Foods

103587

33.32

31.56

33.18

0.19

0.58

32.40

14.45

O

Winn-Dixie

6947

17.46

16.39

17.27

-0.08

-0.46

WHOLESALERS

52-WEEK

Sales

Amt

Pct.

High

Low

Ex

(00's)

High

Low

Close

Change

Change

51.87

30.15

O

Nash Finch

8149

34.48

30.80

34.00

1.65

5.10

34.74

16.73

O

Spartan Stores

13092

20.16

18.36

19.67

0.08

0.41

33.33

15.60

O

United Natural Foods

18389

19.56

18.17

18.96

-0.75

-3.81

Exchange (EX) Symbols:

N — New York Stock Exchange

O — Over the Counter

A — American

C — Canadian

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.

INDICES

Last Week

This Week

Pct. Change

Dow Jones

12581.98

12620.49

0.31

S&P 500

1360.55

1365.56

0.37

SN Composite

1974.87

2026.68

2.62

Retailers

1792.40

1839.67

2.64

Wholesalers

463.56

461.23

-0.50

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