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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. Spartan Stores +18.17% Ahold (ADR) +3.99% Loblaw Cos. +3.47% North West Co. -5.50% Village -3.80% Wal-Mart -2.46% most active by Volume Wal-Mart85,287,330 Target40,069,710 Kroger31,816,410 AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING Wild Oats14.54% Whole Foods10.76% Nash Finch10.57%

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 +18.17%
Ahold (ADR) +3.99%
Loblaw Cos. +3.47%
North West Co. -5.50%
Village -3.80%
Wal-Mart -2.46%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
85,287,330

Target
40,069,710

Kroger
31,816,410

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Wild Oats
14.54%

Whole Foods
10.76%

Nash Finch
10.57%

market summary

gainers 14
losers 12
unchanged 0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK Sales Amt. Pct.
High Low Ex (00's) High Low Close Change Change
35.52 20.67 N A&P 31221 34.60 33.42 34.00 -0.67 -1.93
13.86 7.83 N Ahold (ADR) 65310 13.22 12.51 12.76 0.49 3.99
144.05 96.10 O Arden Group 58 134.71 129.50 131.89 2.39 1.85
38.39 25.18 N BJ's Wholesale Club 48134 37.64 36.53 37.16 -0.07 -0.19
58.70 46.00 O Costco Cos. 193720 56.30 55.11 55.97 0.15 0.27
101.62 61.98 N Delhaize (ADR) 3106 99.27 95.27 98.70 1.70 1.75
42.72 15.10 O Ingles 3836 36.39 34.12 35.94 1.06 3.04
31.94 19.37 N Kroger 318164 30.43 29.33 30.04 0.14 0.47
55.00 44.92 C Loblaw Cos. 17545 50.50 47.56 50.08 1.68 3.47
41.78 29.15 C Metro-Richelieu 8115 37.79 36.32 37.07 0.27 0.73
20.93 12.25 O North West Co. 2137 19.87 18.29 18.74 -1.09 -5.50
13.13 7.60 O Pathmark 13491 13.05 12.50 12.92 -0.12 -0.92
32.39 22.25 N Ruddick 8208 31.59 30.34 31.46 0.30 0.96
38.31 23.82 N Safeway 141830 34.90 33.71 34.38 -0.28 -0.81
High 36.22 C Sobeys 4869 57.98 57.60 57.91 0.11 0.19
49.29 26.14 N Supervalu 112084 47.44 45.59 46.70 -0.68 -1.44
64.74 44.70 N Target 400697 63.84 62.20 63.47 -0.63 -0.98
52.00 28.56 O Village 208 45.31 43.00 44.10 -1.74 -3.80
52.15 42.31 N Wal-Mart 852873 50.75 48.90 49.50 -1.25 -2.46
45.70 37.75 N Weis Markets 2083 42.82 41.35 42.15 -0.56 -1.31
66.25 Low O Whole Foods 152055 39.51 38.09 39.00 -0.25 -0.64
20.50 13.88 O Wild Oats 43437 17.40 16.82 17.39 0.52 3.08
32.40 10.92 O Winn-Dixie 29068 30.90 29.33 30.09 0.05 0.17
WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK Sales Amt. Pct.
High Low Ex (00's) High Low Close Change Change
High 18.41 O Nash Finch 14165 50.24 47.70 49.15 1.00 2.08
High 12.17 O Spartan Stores 33115 32.20 26.68 32.06 4.93 18.17
38.40 26.43 O United Natural Foods 33089 29.00 27.54 28.31 -0.26 -0.91

Exchange (EX) Symbols:

N — New York Stock Exchange

O — Over the Counter

A — American

C — Canadian

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 13,482.35 13,465.67 -0.12
S&P 500 1,517.38 1,515.67 -0.11
SN Composite 2,106.97 2,084.58 -1.06
Retailers 1,909.01 1,888.08 -1.10
Wholesalers 682.32 712.64 4.44