THE WEEK IN STOCKS

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.

Ingles	+ 11.19%
Village	+ 10.03%
Winn-Dixie	+ 9.51%
North West Co.	- 5.24%
Sobeys	- 4.44%
Loblaw Cos.	- 2.54%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
74,908,760

Kroger
49,287,849

Costco Cos.
21,551,269

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
9.05%

BJ's Wholesale Club
7.71%

Kroger
6.99%

market summary

gainers	21
losers	6
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
37.02	20.67	N	A&P	43560	34.32	31.17	33.22	0.66	2.03
High	7.58	N	Ahold (ADR)	28561	11.13	10.45	11.01	0.56	5.36
141.03	84.99	O	Arden Group	195	129.76	122.97	127.01	-0.94	-0.73
High	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	49635	34.32	31.90	33.71	1.45	4.49
58.70	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	215513	54.66	52.71	54.24	1.05	1.97
High	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	3083	92.30	89.43	91.69	2.19	2.45
42.72	15.10	O	Ingles	5224	41.32	37.10	41.32	4.16	11.19
High	19.17	N	Kroger	492878	28.58	26.45	28.35	1.60	5.98
57.83	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	19073	48.00	46.25	46.40	-1.21	-2.54
40.83	29.15	C	Metro-Richelieu	19138	37.85	36.53	37.11	-0.70	-1.85
18.50	12.25	O	North West Co.	18555	17.60	16.01	16.65	-0.92	-5.24
12.78	7.60	O	Pathmark	24139	12.75	12.38	12.64	0.05	0.40
High	21.93	N	Ruddick	16918	29.93	28.26	29.34	0.42	1.45
37.24	22.85	N	Safeway	144877	36.97	34.44	36.23	1.23	3.51
21.85	13.78	N	Smart & Final	9686	21.71	21.48	21.67	0.17	0.79
43.17	37.01	C	Sobeys	6357	38.88	37.12	37.27	-1.73	-4.44
High	26.14	N	Supervalu	91355	39.46	37.48	39.07	1.25	3.31
64.74	44.70	N	Target	210753	62.26	59.31	61.23	1.65	2.77
High	56.00	O	Village	380	94.25	85.31	94.01	8.57	10.03
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	749088	48.20	45.75	48.01	2.01	4.37
45.40	37.75	N	Weis Markets	2832	45.40	43.43	44.89	1.14	2.61
74.00	42.13	O	Whole Foods	127253	44.88	43.47	43.94	-0.51	-1.15
20.60	13.88	O	Wild Oats	14657	18.32	18.11	18.26	0.13	0.72
19.75	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	23749	17.75	15.71	17.61	1.53	9.51

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
High	18.41	O	Nash Finch	4730	34.22	31.70	34.14	2.20	6.89
27.07	12.17	O	Spartan Stores	7371	24.92	22.43	24.82	1.82	7.91
38.40	28.10	O	United Natural Foods	24983	31.78	29.75	31.49	1.28	4.24

Exchange (EX) Symbols:

N — New York Stock Exchange

O — Over the Counter

A — American

C — Canadian

The SN Composite Index

The chart (left) 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	12133.40	12461.14	2.70
S&P 500	1387.17	1434.54	3.41
SN Composite	1928.87	2011.98	4.31
Retailers	1747.86	1822.97	4.30
Wholesalers	612.29	650.49	6.24