THE WEEK IN STOCKS

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	20.72	N	A&P	62519	34.65	29.99	30.84	-3.26	-9.56
13.86	8.69	N	Ahold (ADR)	57261	13.68	12.91	13.07	-0.42	-3.11
144.05	97.79	O	Arden Group	95	140.89	130.55	130.55	-5.82	-4.27
39.15	25.18	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	59440	38.54	34.50	35.00	-2.77	-7.33
63.07	46.00	O	Costco Cos.	211253	62.20	58.34	59.05	-3.13	-5.03
103.90	70.15	N	Delhaize (ADR)	1874	102.25	93.49	94.43	-6.37	-6.32
42.72	17.47	O	Ingles	4921	33.03	29.00	29.47	-3.59	-10.86
31.94	21.12	N	Kroger	316651	28.84	26.61	26.80	-1.95	-6.78
55.00	44.92	C	Loblaw Cos.	19148	51.89	50.26	51.00	-0.80	-1.54
41.78	29.25	C	Metro-Richelieu	11738	39.27	37.72	38.58	-0.21	-0.54
20.99	12.25	O	North West Co.	3381	20.99	20.05	20.50	-0.40	-1.91
13.36	8.11	O	Pathmark	13790	13.22	12.40	12.59	-0.50	-3.82
32.39	22.40	N	Ruddick	15220	31.91	28.78	29.20	-2.66	-8.35
38.31	27.41	N	Safeway	277290	34.76	31.11	31.50	-3.61	-10.28
49.78	26.14	N	Supervalu	253686	47.90	41.02	41.62	-5.90	-12.42
70.75	45.11	N	Target	520628	69.52	61.47	62.22	-6.67	-9.68
52.00	28.56	O	Village	482	46.18	43.03	44.04	-1.62	-3.55
52.15	43.47	N	Wal-Mart	955128	48.87	46.53	46.82	-1.97	-4.04
45.70	37.97	N	Weis Markets	4223	43.95	41.02	41.49	-1.62	-3.76
66.25	Low	O	Whole Foods	200905	40.37	36.01	36.45	-3.63	-9.06
18.81	13.88	O	Wild Oats	18973	16.46	14.40	14.59	-1.30	-8.18
32.40	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	21943	30.81	26.57	27.49	-3.19	-10.40

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	20.37	O	Nash Finch	16622	50.06	42.83	43.08	-7.05	-14.06
High	12.97	O	Spartan Stores	15122	34.74	29.19	29.58	-4.47	-13.13
38.40	26.10	O	United Natural Foods	41870	29.12	26.87	27.17	-1.40	-4.90

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.

None of the companies tracked by SN gained in stock price through Thursday last week.

Nash Finch	-14.06%
Spartan Stores	-13.13%
Supervalu	-12.42%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
95,512,755

Target
52,062,831

Kroger
31,665,076

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
14.21%

Nash Finch
12.35%

Supervalu
11.91%

market summary

gainers	0
losers	25
unchanged	0

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	14000.41	13474.87	-3.75
S&P 500	1553.08	1483.16	-4.50
SN Composite	2116.51	1998.76	-5.56
Retailers	1916.83	1810.69	-5.54
Wholesalers	733.54	663.44	-9.56