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.

Ahold	+ 6.03%
Arden Group	+ 1.59%
A&P	+ 1.26%
United Natural Foods	- 5.85%
Spartan Stores	-4.60%
Costco Cos.	- 4.47%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
68,795,970

Target
19,570,900

Kroger
13,496,079

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

BJ's Wholesale Club
5.32%

United Natural Foods
4.92%

Whole Foods
3.97%

market summary

gainers	11
losers	14
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

retailers
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	22.38	N	A&P	5676	31.99	29.96	30.48	0.38	1.26
17.33	11.66	N	Ahold	31025	14.09	13.29	14.07	0.80	6.03
170.00	112.77	O	Arden Group	34	149.99	135.93	141.52	2.21	1.59
39.15	25.97	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	35182	35.46	33.67	34.67	0.09	0.26
65.57	46.94	O	Costco Cos.	110285	62.19	56.09	58.29	-2.73	-4.47
103.90	75.72	N	Delhaize (ADR)	719	98.40	95.83	96.99	0.12	0.12
42.72	21.58	O	Ingles	2622	30.37	28.54	28.67	-1.24	-4.15
31.94	21.12	N	Kroger	134961	26.80	25.47	25.90	0.22	0.86
55.00	44.41	C	Loblaw Cos.	10766	45.79	44.81	45.10	0.30	0.67
41.78	31.51	C	Metro-Richelieu	9561	37.22	34.25	34.88	0.14	0.40
21.39	12.25	O	North West Co.	640	21.10	20.66	21.00	0.24	1.16
13.36	8.71	O	Pathmark	9154	12.89	12.50	12.72	0.08	0.63
37.28	24.93	N	Ruddick	5183	33.11	31.52	31.90	-0.52	-1.60
38.31	27.41	N	Safeway	79962	32.27	30.25	31.52	0.22	0.70
49.78	28.55	N	Supervalu	34495	42.28	40.40	41.06	-0.39	-0.94
70.75	47.76	N	Target	195709	66.49	61.53	63.39	-0.42	-0.66
52.00	31.26	O	Village	98	48.50	45.34	46.72	-0.59	-1.25
52.15	42.35	N	Wal-Mart	687960	43.94	42.35	42.76	-0.56	-1.29
47.10	37.97	N	Weis Markets	750	43.31	41.22	42.06	-0.41	-0.97
66.25	36.00	O	Whole Foods	55186	44.82	43.07	43.21	-0.94	-2.13
18.81	13.25	O	Wild Oats	1280	18.53	18.48	18.52	-0.02	-0.11
32.40	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	39126	21.74	19.15	21.06	-0.62	-2.86

wholesalers
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	22.62	O	Nash Finch	5117	37.77	35.84	36.24	-0.55	-1.49
34.74	15.61	O	Spartan Stores	6360	26.31	23.81	24.29	-1.17	-4.60
38.40	25.66	O	United Natural Foods	21066	27.77	25.66	25.73	-1.60	-5.85

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	13238.73	13363.35	0.94
S&P 500	1457.64	1478.55	1.43
SN Composite	1897.13	1882.22	-0.79
Retailers	1718.85	1705.58	-0.77
Wholesalers	616.53	598.09	-2.99