<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>                    
  This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from our Form 
10-Q for the twenty-six week period ended November 24, 1996, and is qualified 
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
                               
                           
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