Exhibit 23





INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the incorporation by reference in:

    (i)        Registration Statement No. 2-98602 (1985 Stock Option Plan) on
               Form S-8;

   (ii)        Registration Statement No. 33-18867 (Godfrey Company 1981 Stock
               Option Plan and 1984 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan) on Form S-8;

  (iii)        Registration Statement No. 33-36586 (1990 Fleming Stock Option
               Plan) on Form S-8;

   (iv)        Registration Statement No. 33-45190 (Dividend Reinvestment and
               Stock Purchase Plan) on Form S-3;

    (v)        Registration Statement No. 33-61860 ($350,550,000 Debt
               Securities, Series C) on Form S-3 dated April 30, 1993


of our report dated February 10, 1994, appearing in the Annual Report on Form
10-K of Fleming Companies, Inc. for the year ended December 25, 1993.






Deloitte & Touche

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March 23, 1994









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