THE WEEK IN STOCKS

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	26.41	N	A&P	24804	29.46	26.41	26.55	-2.59	-8.89
17.33	11.15	N	Ahold	5845	14.00	12.75	13.69	0.44	3.32
170.00	117.50	O	Arden Group	123	147.00	134.11	137.00	-1.22	-0.88
39.15	26.36	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	49030	34.52	31.65	33.64	1.20	3.70
72.68	51.52	O	Costco Cos.	269624	67.18	62.91	64.49	-0.07	-0.11
103.90	68.00	N	Delhaize (ADR)	990	78.96	73.12	78.32	3.52	4.71
57.14	35.69	C	Empire	2211	56.57	56.57	56.57	0.00	0.01
42.28	20.42	O	Ingles	3737	24.83	23.31	24.19	-0.27	-1.10
31.94	23.95	N	Kroger	244290	26.49	25.26	25.46	-0.84	-3.19
55.00	28.80	C	Loblaw Cos.	21364	29.96	28.80	29.03	-0.53	-1.79
41.78	21.28	C	Metro	18579	23.65	21.28	21.56	-1.79	-7.67
22.68	12.85	O	North West Co.	2074	18.39	12.85	18.34	0.21	1.16
38.03	26.44	N	Ruddick	16757	36.00	33.67	33.87	-1.47	-4.16
38.31	28.80	N	Safeway	352567	32.19	28.80	29.60	-2.34	-7.33
49.78	26.01	N	Supervalu	113350	29.09	27.28	27.66	-0.91	-3.19
70.75	47.01	N	Target	523364	55.48	50.65	54.83	1.43	2.68
57.10	38.03	O	Village	374	48.74	44.15	45.01	-1.11	-2.41
51.57	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	966463	51.57	49.47	51.43	1.73	3.48
47.10	32.96	N	Weis Markets	3511	35.72	32.96	33.40	-1.73	-4.92
53.65	34.14	O	Whole Foods	132089	37.63	35.94	36.29	-1.36	-3.61
32.40	14.45	O	Winn-Dixie	21073	18.57	16.98	17.38	-0.87	-4.77

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt.	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	28.07	O	Nash Finch	15736	37.85	34.80	35.16	-2.19	-5.86
34.74	16.73	O	Spartan Stores	7870	23.21	21.38	21.93	-1.21	-5.23
33.33	16.64	O	United Natural Foods	119004	24.30	16.64	18.00	-6.07	-25.22

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.

Delhaize (ADR)	+4.71%
BJ's Wholesale Club	+3.70%
Wal-Mart	+3.48%
United Natural Foods	-25.22%
A&P	-8.89%
Metro	-7.67%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
966,463,37

Target
52,336,418

Safeway
35,256,700

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Nash Finch
11.63%

Whole Foods
9.47%

Safeway
8.01%

market summary

gainers	7
losers	17
unchanged	0

The SN Composite Index

The chart 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	12284.30	12694.28	3.34
S&P 500	1342.53	1380.02	2.79
SN Composite	1878.91	1924.24	2.41
Retailers	1703.49	1746.07	2.50
Wholesalers	544.71	473.34	-13.10