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.

Nash Finch	+ 8.83%
Supervalu	+ 6.90%
Wal-Mart	+ 5.91%
Loblaw Cos.	- 13.76%
Target	- 6.30%
Metro-Richelieu	- 6.12%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
108,282,687

Target
44,240,868

Kroger
20,193,077

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
8.44

BJ's Wholesale Club
8.41

Spartan Stores
6.26

market summary

gainers	14
losers	10
unchanged	0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	25.27	N	A&P	20709	31.06	29.75	29.90	-0.78	-2.54
17.33	11.93	N	Ahold	9677	14.80	13.95	14.55	0.05	0.34
170.00	113.00	O	Arden Group	27	141.88	131.08	140.50	6.45	4.81
39.15	28.02	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	54761	35.99	32.72	35.05	1.36	4.04
70.55	51.52	O	Costco Cos.	192071	68.09	65.00	66.34	-0.24	-0.36
103.90	78.06	N	Delhaize (ADR)	1217	86.00	82.14	84.11	2.77	3.41
42.72	21.58	O	Ingles	4044	23.50	21.74	22.13	-1.34	-5.71
31.94	21.12	N	Kroger	201931	28.79	26.61	27.69	0.33	1.21
55.00	35.51	C	Loblaw Cos	34743	41.72	35.51	35.60	-5.68	-13.76
41.78	30.63	C	Metro-Richelieu	9749	33.00	30.63	30.97	-2.02	-6.12
22.68	14.00	O	North West Co.	2040	20.85	19.61	20.25	0.55	2.79
13.36	10.61	O	Pathmark	7089	12.96	12.72	12.77	-0.07	-0.55
37.36	26.30	N	Ruddick	18272	37.36	33.55	36.43	0.68	1.90
38.31	29.92	N	Safeway	186046	33.50	30.55	32.56	1.11	3.53
49.78	33.75	N	Supervalu	100717	40.56	36.40	39.81	2.57	6.90
70.75	54.62	N	Target	442409	59.76	54.62	55.00	-3.70	-6.30
55.00	33.11	O	Village	207	53.95	50.75	51.00	-2.20	-4.14
51.44	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	1082827	47.08	42.50	46.20	2.58	5.91
47.10	38.24	N	Weis Markets	1673	42.66	40.57	42.38	0.81	1.95
53.65	36.00	O	Whole Foods	117335	47.76	43.32	45.80	-0.11	-0.24
32.40	10.92	O	Winn-Dixie	12139	20.13	17.88	18.72	-1.02	-5.17

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	25.38	O	Nash Finch	11627	41.25	33.10	37.08	3.01	8.83
34.74	18.65	O	Spartan Stores	13703	21.23	18.65	20.91	1.15	5.82
38.32	24.10	O	United Natural Foods	11602	28.53	27.18	27.85	0.19	0.69

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	13266.29	13110.05	-1.18
S&P 500	1474.77	1451.15	-1.60
SN Composite	1874.80	1912.77	2.03
Retailers	1699.32	1733.58	2.02
Wholesalers	568.68	589.55	3.67