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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 27, 1998 (Unaudited) and the Consolidated
Statements of Income for the twenty-six weeks ended June 27, 1998 (Unaudited)
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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