THE WEEK IN STOCKS

Chart shows the five stocks with share prices of at least $1 that had the greatest percentage change in price last week, up or down. (There were only two decliners this week.)

A&P	+ 9.52%
Winn-Dixie	+ 5.03%
Ruddick	+ 3.78%
Delhaize	-2.68%
Metro-Richelieu	-0.37%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
57,199,096

Target
31,164,193

Kroger
22,475,435

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Nash Finch
7.13%

United Natural Foods
6.78%

Whole Foods
6.59%

market summary
gainers	25
losers	2
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
High	20.67	N	A&P	41957	34.65	31.52	34.51	3.00	9.52
13.86	7.71	N	Ahold (ADR)	11968	12.66	12.35	12.50	0.10	0.81
144.05	95.00	O	Arden Group	24	132.97	128.82	130.52	1.66	1.29
High	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	34187	37.93	36.77	37.82	0.66	1.78
58.70	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	166774	57.45	55.91	56.47	0.17	0.30
101.62	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	3172	97.47	93.12	95.29	-2.62	-2.68
42.72	15.10	O	Ingles	3128	36.41	34.14	35.69	0.95	2.73
High	19.37	N	Kroger	224754	30.50	29.31	30.32	1.04	3.55
55.00	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	23528	50.23	49.50	50.00	0.25	0.50
41.78	29.15	C	Metro-Richelieu	9062	38.42	37.50	37.60	-0.14	-0.37
20.93	12.25	O	North West Co.	2561	19.75	19.34	19.68	0.27	1.39
High	7.60	O	Pathmark	16545	13.03	12.55	13.00	0.38	3.01
31.66	22.25	N	Ruddick	8050	31.47	30.16	31.29	1.14	3.78
38.31	23.22	N	Safeway	127830	35.08	33.85	34.48	0.60	1.77
22.09	13.78	N	Smart & Final	4297	22.01	21.92	22.01	0.03	0.14
57.79	36.22	C	Sobeys	7668	57.69	57.40	57.56	0.17	0.30
High	26.14	N	Supervalu	76912	48.13	46.85	47.64	0.81	1.73
64.74	44.70	N	Target	311642	62.55	60.15	62.43	2.27	3.77
52.00	28.56	O	Village	258	44.20	42.50	43.18	0.65	1.53
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	571991	47.80	46.47	47.60	0.95	2.04
45.70	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1218	42.93	41.69	42.88	1.38	3.33
66.99	38.38	O	Whole Foods	93155	41.28	40.21	41.10	0.61	1.51
20.50	13.88	O	Wild Oats	10914	17.43	16.91	17.20	0.05	0.29
High	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	32029	31.80	29.73	31.30	1.50	5.03

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
High	18.41	O	Nash Finch	9558	47.53	45.60	47.05	1.44	3.16
29.31	12.17	O	Spartan Stores	13747	26.40	25.80	26.40	0.62	2.40
38.40	Low	O	United Natural Foods	29010	27.60	26.66	27.37	0.76	2.86

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	13525.65	13627.64	0.75
S&P 500	1522.28	1530.62	0.55
SN Composite	1996.92	2044.78	2.40
Retailers	1809.24	1852.71	2.40
Wholesalers	650.31	659.56	1.42