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THE WEEK IN STOCKS at the close Thursday, April 17, 2008

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 + 6.04% Nash Finch + 5.10% North West Co. + 4.59% United Natural Foods - 3.81% Arden Group - 3.71% Safeway - 3.70% most active by Volume Wal-Mart87,227,646 Target27,488,690 Kroger23,386,282 AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING Whole Foods7.42% Nash Finch6.36% Spartan

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 + 6.04%
Nash Finch + 5.10%
North West Co. + 4.59%
United Natural Foods - 3.81%
Arden Group - 3.71%
Safeway - 3.70%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
87,227,646

Target
27,488,690

Kroger
23,386,282

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
7.42%

Nash Finch
6.36%

Spartan Stores
5.98%

market summary

gainers 12
losers 12
unchanged 0

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK Sales Amt Pct.
High Low Ex (00's) High Low Close Change Change
35.89 23.91 N A&P 18677 25.16 23.91 24.83 -0.31 -1.23
17.33 11.15 N Ahold 3694 15.53 14.51 15.45 0.88 6.04
170.00 122.50 O Arden Group 58 132.41 122.50 127.10 -4.90 -3.71
39.15 26.36 N BJ's Wholesale Club 46355 37.30 35.80 36.78 0.02 0.05
72.68 53.00 O Costco Cos. 142203 68.59 64.97 68.49 1.97 2.96
103.90 68.00 N Delhaize (ADR) 719 81.49 77.98 81.10 1.97 2.49
57.14 35.69 C Empire 1756 56.57 56.57 56.57 0.00 0.01
40.52 20.42 O Ingles 2145 24.45 22.87 23.77 -0.87 -3.53
31.94 23.39 N Kroger 233863 24.80 23.39 24.67 0.13 0.53
55.00 26.75 C Loblaw Cos. 8378 32.00 30.43 31.52 -0.01 -0.03
41.78 21.00 C Metro 5550 25.19 23.46 24.84 -0.07 -0.28
22.68 12.85 O North West Co. 3514 19.25 12.85 18.90 0.83 4.59
39.79 27.53 N Ruddick 10810 37.47 35.64 36.55 -1.24 -3.28
38.31 25.75 N Safeway 141663 29.05 25.75 27.83 -1.07 -3.70
49.78 26.01 N Supervalu 99722 31.39 28.79 30.65 -0.15 -0.49
70.75 47.01 N Target 274887 53.68 51.73 53.41 0.25 0.47
57.10 42.29 O Village 394 49.00 47.10 48.35 -0.65 -1.33
57.12 42.09 N Wal-Mart 872276 57.12 54.13 56.67 2.01 3.68
47.10 31.54 N Weis Markets 2048 34.78 33.39 34.45 -0.09 -0.26
53.65 29.99 O Whole Foods 103587 33.32 31.56 33.18 0.19 0.58
32.40 14.45 O Winn-Dixie 6947 17.46 16.39 17.27 -0.08 -0.46
WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK Sales Amt Pct.
High Low Ex (00's) High Low Close Change Change
51.87 30.15 O Nash Finch 8149 34.48 30.80 34.00 1.65 5.10
34.74 16.73 O Spartan Stores 13092 20.16 18.36 19.67 0.08 0.41
33.33 15.60 O United Natural Foods 18389 19.56 18.17 18.96 -0.75 -3.81

Exchange (EX) Symbols:

N — New York Stock Exchange

O — Over the Counter

A — American

C — Canadian

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 12581.98 12620.49 0.31
S&P 500 1360.55 1365.56 0.37
SN Composite 1974.87 2026.68 2.62
Retailers 1792.40 1839.67 2.64
Wholesalers 463.56 461.23 -0.50