THE WEEK IN STOCKS at the close Thursday, April 3, 2008

THE WEEK IN STOCKS

Market Quotes RETAILERS 52-WEEK Sales Amt. Pct. High Low Ex (00's) High Low Close Change Change 35.89 23.92 N A&P 22528 27.10 25.30 26.06 0.41 1.60 17.33 11.15 N Ahold 5807 15.00 14.60 14.80 0.02 0.14 170.00 124.46 O Arden Group 72 144.77 133.18 139.56 -0.44 -0.31 39.15 26.36 N BJ's Wholesale Club 74115 37.14 34.17 36.28 1.66 4.79 72.68 53.00 O Costco Cos. 160964 67.05 63.74 66.87 1.61 2.47 103.90

Apr 07, 2008

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	23.92	N	A&P	22528	27.10	25.30	26.06	0.41	1.60
17.33	11.15	N	Ahold	5807	15.00	14.60	14.80	0.02	0.14
170.00	124.46	O	Arden Group	72	144.77	133.18	139.56	-0.44	-0.31
39.15	26.36	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	74115	37.14	34.17	36.28	1.66	4.79
72.68	53.00	O	Costco Cos.	160964	67.05	63.74	66.87	1.61	2.47
103.90	68.00	N	Delhaize (ADR)	834	82.29	78.32	80.20	0.72	0.91
57.14	35.69	C	Empire	1959	56.57	56.57	56.57	0.00	0.01
41.98	20.42	O	Ingles	3606	26.56	23.29	24.73	-0.20	-0.80
31.94	23.95	N	Kroger	267054	25.99	24.76	25.38	0.63	2.55
55.00	26.75	C	Loblaw Cos.	20170	32.99	30.00	30.80	0.85	2.84
41.78	21.00	C	Metro	10474	25.28	24.08	24.94	0.75	3.10
22.68	12.85	O	North West Co.	2394	18.90	12.85	18.70	0.14	0.75
39.79	27.53	N	Ruddick	21661	39.79	35.82	37.80	1.90	5.29
38.31	27.79	N	Safeway	165808	30.14	28.27	29.14	0.58	2.03
49.78	26.01	N	Supervalu	84707	31.34	28.90	30.83	2.01	6.97
70.75	47.01	N	Target	423875	54.14	49.22	53.25	2.27	4.45
57.10	42.29	O	Village	271	53.41	47.00	50.47	-0.77	-1.50
55.20	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	820706	55.20	51.63	54.93	2.56	4.89
47.10	31.54	N	Weis Markets	3849	37.09	34.01	35.21	1.04	3.04
53.65	29.99	O	Whole Foods	113361	34.81	32.23	33.67	0.50	1.51
32.40	14.45	O	Winn-Dixie	11909	18.34	17.50	17.98	0.16	0.90

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	30.15	O	Nash Finch	7427	35.72	33.83	34.02	-1.36	-3.84
34.74	16.73	O	Spartan Stores	12537	22.65	20.22	21.48	0.90	4.37
33.33	15.60	O	United Natural Foods	23704	19.22	17.97	18.73	0.29	1.57

Exchange (EX) Symbols:

N — New York Stock Exchange

O — Over the Counter

A — American

C — Canadian

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.

Supervalu	+6.97%
Ruddick	+5.29%
Wal-Mart	+4.89%
Nash Finch	-3.84%
Village	-1.50%
Ingles	-0.80%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
82,070,608

Target
42,387,498

Kroger
26,705,433

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
8.13%

Nash Finch
5.81%

Spartan Stores
5.72%

market summary

gainers	20
losers	4
unchanged	0

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	12422.86	12626.03	1.64
S&P 500	1341.13	1369.31	2.10
SN Composite	1953.14	1991.81	1.98
Retailers	1772.50	1807.74	1.99
Wholesalers	468.14	469.18	0.22