THE WEEK IN STOCKS at the close Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008

Market Quotes RETAILERS 52-WEEK Sales Amt Pct. High Low Ex (00's) High Low Close Change Change 35.89 27.23 N A&P 34125 30.73 27.23 30.21 0.61 2.06 17.33 11.15 N Ahold 4058 12.30 11.15 11.85 0.05 0.42 170.00 113.00 O Arden Group 35 149.97 133.38 136.97 -5.25 -3.69 39.15 26.36 N BJ's Wholesale Club 70390 32.64 26.80 31.21 3.47 12.51 72.68 51.52 O Costco Cos. 233902 69.00 62.38 67.15 2.85 4.43 103.90

Jan 28, 2008

Market Quotes

RETAILERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
35.89	27.23	N	A&P	34125	30.73	27.23	30.21	0.61	2.06
17.33	11.15	N	Ahold	4058	12.30	11.15	11.85	0.05	0.42
170.00	113.00	O	Arden Group	35	149.97	133.38	136.97	-5.25	-3.69
39.15	26.36	N	BJ's Wholesale Club	70390	32.64	26.80	31.21	3.47	12.51
72.68	51.52	O	Costco Cos.	233902	69.00	62.38	67.15	2.85	4.43
103.90	68.00	N	Delhaize (ADR)	1584	73.26	68.00	72.46	-1.09	-1.48
57.14	38.60	C	Empire	1280	56.57	39.06	56.57	16.47	41.08
42.72	20.42	O	Ingles	4614	25.01	21.08	22.73	-1.46	-6.04
31.94	23.87	N	Kroger	239938	26.99	24.23	25.94	0.33	1.29
55.00	30.73	C	Loblaw Cos.	27420	34.33	32.55	33.25	-0.66	-1.95
41.78	25.13	C	Metro-Richelieu	14731	26.89	25.13	26.48	0.80	3.12
22.68	12.85	O	North West Co.	5378	18.50	12.85	18.36	-0.94	-4.87
38.03	26.44	N	Ruddick	12572	35.30	32.52	33.09	-0.57	-1.69
38.31	30.10	N	Safeway	139842	34.31	30.38	31.71	-1.23	-3.73
49.78	26.01	N	Supervalu	102044	29.90	26.51	29.50	1.50	5.36
70.75	47.01	N	Target	639863	56.17	47.01	53.01	3.07	6.15
57.10	38.03	O	Village	194	50.51	44.58	49.25	3.87	8.53
51.44	42.09	N	Wal-Mart	1145450	50.36	46.09	48.91	1.43	3.01
47.10	37.12	N	Weis Markets	3782	39.27	37.36	38.30	-0.07	-0.18
53.65	34.14	O	Whole Foods	138703	40.52	34.14	38.72	3.46	9.81
32.40	12.84	O	Winn Dixie	7712	17.84	15.52	17.05	0.53	3.21

WHOLESALERS
52-WEEK				Sales				Amt	Pct.
High	Low	Ex		(00's)	High	Low	Close	Change	Change
51.87	27.04	O	Nash Finch	7521	35.01	31.72	34.12	0.47	1.40
34.74	16.94	O	Spartan Stores	6560	18.39	16.94	17.31	-0.15	-0.86
35.05	23.16	O	United Natural Foods	24922	25.99	23.16	24.44	-0.65	-2.59

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 Indexcompared 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	12159.05	12378.61	1.81
S&P 500	1333.36	1352.07	1.40
SN Composite	1828.95	1879.51	2.76
Retailers	1658.31	1704.52	2.79
Wholesalers	523.84	517.05	-1.30

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.

Empire	+41.08%
BJ's Wholesale Club	+12.51%
Whole Foods	+9.81%
Ingles	-6.04%
North West Co.	-4.87%
Safeway	-3.73%

most active

by Volume

Wal-Mart
114,544,982

Target
63,986,313

Kroger
23,993,843

AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

Whole Foods
9.95%

Target
7.70%

A&P
5.98%

market summary

gainers	14
losers	10
unchanged	0