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<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted from Pro-Fac
Cooperative,  Inc.  Form 10-Q for the period  ended  September  25,  1999 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                                         Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc.
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