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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Richfood
Holdings, Inc. Consolidated Financial Statements for the Twenty-Four Week Period
Ended October 14, 1995, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> RICHFOOD HOLDINGS, INC.
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