EXHIBIT 21 FLEMING COMPANIES, INC. AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT The following table sets forth Fleming's active wholly owned subsidiaries: JURISDICTION OF NAME ORGANIZATION ---- --------------- Baker's Supermarkets, Inc. Nebraska Fleming Holdings, Inc. (1) Delaware Fleming Supermarkets, Inc. Wisconsin Fleming International, Ltd. Oklahoma Fleming Transportation Service, Inc. Oklahoma <FN> (1) Includes: (a) Scrivner, Inc., which has 12 wholly owned subsidiaries; (b) Scrivner-Food Holdings, Inc. which is 50% owned by Fleming Holdings, Inc. and 50% owned by Scrivner, Inc.; and Gateway Foods, Inc., which has 15 subsidiaries and is wholly owned by Scrivner-Food Holdings, Inc. Not included above are 7 retail equity store corporations in which Fleming owns more than 50% of the voting securities as described under "Capital Invested in Retailers" in Item 1 hereto. In addition, the company has other subsidiaries that are not reflected herein. In the aggregate, these are not significant.