<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from our Form
10-Q for the thirteen week period ended August 25, 1996, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                                            
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                                 MAY-25-1997
<PERIOD-END>                                      AUG-25-1996
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<PP&E>                                          2,447,800,000
<DEPRECIATION>                                 (1,194,900,000)
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