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.

Costco Cos.	+ 3.39%
Village	+ 3.28%
Ruddick	+ 1.52%
Ahold	- 3.66%
A&P	- 3.24%
Ingles	- 3.16%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
48,778,110

Target
23,779,170

Whole Foods
23,243,735

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Nash Finch
13.39%

A&P
4.76%

Ingles
4.34%

market summary
gainers	13
losers	13
unchanged	1

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
34.39	20.67	N	A&P	19894	32.07	30.17	31.02	-1.04	-3.24
13.86	7.71	N	Ahold (ADR)	29647	13.15	12.75	12.90	-0.49	-3.66
144.05	89.76	O	Arden Group	97	138.39	131.56	136.02	1.94	1.45
37.35	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	20515	36.30	35.56	35.98	0.11	0.31
58.70	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	179872	56.21	53.29	54.94	1.80	3.39
101.62	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	900	101.16	98.22	99.54	-1.76	-1.74
42.72	15.10	O	Ingles	5358	37.09	34.00	34.99	-1.14	-3.16
30.43	19.17	N	Kroger	190440	30.02	28.62	29.08	-0.63	-2.12
56.32	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	17768	50.69	49.82	50.30	0.14	0.28
41.78	29.15	C	Metro-Richelieu	6074	38.80	37.78	38.40	0.07	0.18
20.93	12.25	O	North West Co.	1505	20.34	19.95	19.95	-0.03	-0.15
12.89	7.60	O	Pathmark	15414	12.63	12.35	12.48	-0.13	-1.03
31.66	21.93	N	Ruddick	7745	31.56	30.69	31.43	0.47	1.52
38.31	22.85	N	Safeway	99551	36.16	34.80	35.35	-0.64	-1.78
22.09	13.78	N	Smart & Final	3131	21.92	21.79	21.86	0.05	0.23
57.79	36.22	C	Sobeys	16493	57.25	57.10	57.19	0.00	0.00
High	26.14	N	Supervalu	81172	47.48	45.71	46.30	-0.63	-1.34
64.74	44.70	N	Target	237792	60.00	58.29	59.16	0.58	0.99
52.00	28.56	O	Village	300	45.73	43.85	45.33	1.44	3.28
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	487781	48.88	47.45	47.93	-0.43	-0.89
45.70	37.75	N	Weis Markets	1454	43.51	41.79	43.03	-0.47	-1.08
71.30	Low	O	Whole Foods	232437	46.49	40.00	45.80	0.49	1.08
20.50	13.88	O	Wild Oats	8648	18.18	17.61	18.10	0.06	0.33
20.00	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	8788	18.74	17.95	18.60	0.24	1.31

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
High	18.41	O	Nash Finch	17957	44.09	43.12	43.75	0.57	1.32
High	12.17	O	Spartan Stores	4544	28.10	26.51	27.54	-0.20	-0.72
38.40	28.10	O	United Natural Foods	12808	31.70	29.54	30.66	-0.87	-2.76

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	13241.38	13362.87	0.92
S&P 500	1502.39	1512.58	0.68
SN Composite	2046.39	2034.87	-0.56
Retailers	1853.45	1843.11	-0.56
Wholesalers	702.20	692.77	-1.34