<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
  This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from our 
Form 10-Q for the thirty-nine week period ended February 23, 1997, and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                          
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<PERIOD-END>                    FEB-23-1997
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<DEPRECIATION>               (1,251,600,000)
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