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The Week in Stocks

FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009 MARKET SUMMARY gainers 8 losers 16 unchanged 0 MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME Wal-Mart 64,350,952 Target 38,220,495 Kroger 29,909,757 AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING BJ's Wholesale Club 10.84% Nash Finch 6.78% Safeway 6.24% Whole Foods +14.92% Metro +4.73% Spartan Stores +3.81% BJ's Wholesale Club -7.71% Ingles -7.58%

FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009

MARKET SUMMARY

gainers 8
losers 16
unchanged 0

MOST ACTIVE

BY VOLUME

Wal-Mart 64,350,952
Target 38,220,495
Kroger 29,909,757

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

BJ's Wholesale Club 10.84%
Nash Finch 6.78%
Safeway 6.24%
Whole Foods +14.92%
Metro +4.73%
Spartan Stores +3.81%
BJ's Wholesale Club -7.71%
Ingles -7.58%
Nash Finch -6.22%

Continuously updated stock quotes of 19 retailers and wholesalers at http://supermarketnews.com/profiles/stocks/sn_composite/

The SN Composite Index

The chart shows the most recent four 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.
DATA SOURCE: DATA NETWORK, HUNTINGTON, N.Y.

INDICES Last Week This Week Pct. Change
Dow Jones 9154.46 9256.26 1.11
S&P 500 986.75 997.08 1.05
SN Composite 1681.34 1653.75 -1.64
Retailers 1523.99 1498.98 -1.64
Wholesalers 508.85 501.24 -1.50