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	+7.47%
Safeway	+4.72%
Supervalu	+4.14%
Winn-Dixie	-6.21%
Whole Foods	-3.85%
Pathmark	-3.45%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
63,090,600

Target
26,141,100

Kroger
20,135,300

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Nash Finch
6.20%

BJ's Wholesale Club
5.43%

Wild Oats
5.36%

market summary

gainers	19
losers	8
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	17560	29.03	28.06	28.90	0.69	2.45
11.02	7.58	N	Ahold (ADR)	16580	10.42	10.07	10.13	-0.13	-1.27
141.03	84.01	O	Arden Group	26	126.00	120.00	123.86	2.47	2.03
33.07	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	34957	31.20	30.19	30.85	0.61	2.02
57.94	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	146389	57.25	55.89	57.06	0.38	0.67
86.21	61.98	N	Delhaize (ADR)	1070	84.39	82.14	82.71	-2.61	-3.06
34.37	15.09	O	Ingles	3284	34.24	32.59	34.00	0.57	1.71
High	18.05	N	Kroger	201353	24.58	23.69	24.36	0.64	2.70
58.69	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	31827	51.75	49.62	51.18	0.11	0.22
High	28.47	C	Metro-Richelieu	7986	39.95	37.43	38.17	0.39	1.03
18.50	10.64	O	North West Co.	7091	15.55	14.66	15.35	0.01	0.07
11.63	7.60	O	Pathmark	17500	11.31	10.81	10.92	-0.39	-3.45
28.91	21.93	N	Ruddick	13125	27.90	27.09	27.74	0.34	1.24
35.61	22.23	N	Safeway	136076	35.14	33.52	35.09	1.58	4.72
19.44	12.89	N	Smart & Final	3852	18.46	17.83	18.45	0.42	2.33
42.99	35.48	C	Sobeys	2283	42.65	41.30	41.35	-0.90	-2.13
36.64	26.14	N	Supervalu	85683	36.21	34.50	36.20	1.44	4.14
High	44.70	N	Target	261411	62.96	59.57	61.48	1.12	1.86
87.39	50.25	O	Village	203	85.71	81.05	83.50	0.50	0.60
52.15	42.31	N	Wal-Mart	630906	48.78	47.46	48.61	0.41	0.85
46.25	37.75	N	Weis Markets	2554	42.50	41.77	42.26	0.24	0.57
74.09	Low	O	Whole Foods	174835	46.02	43.50	44.00	-1.76	-3.85
20.60	11.75	O	Wild Oats	15807	14.91	14.50	14.70	-0.07	-0.47
16.38	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	21406	14.95	13.32	13.59	-0.90	-6.21

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
31.92	18.41	O	Nash Finch	8297	28.33	27.04	28.07	0.25	0.90
High	10.95	O	Spartan Stores	9868	23.60	22.00	23.46	1.63	7.47
38.40	28.70	O	United Natural Foods	15700	35.04	33.92	34.05	-0.91	-2.60

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	12577.15	12621.77	0.35
S&P 500	1430.62	1440.13	0.66
SN Composite	1985.60	2004.48	0.95
Retailers	1798.98	1816.20	0.96
Wholesalers	646.68	646.59	-0.01

DATA SOURCE: DATA NETWORK, HUNTINGTON, N.Y.