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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20549

                            FORM 8-K

                         CURRENT REPORT
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OR 15(d) OF THE
                SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported):  November 8, 1996


                Kash n' Karry Food Stores, Inc.
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       (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

          Delaware            0-25260             95-4161591
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(State or Other Juris-        (Commission File    (IRS Employer
diction of Incorporation)     Number)        Identification No.)


  6422 Harney Road, Tampa, Florida                     33610
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(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (813)621-0200
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 (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)






                                                              
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Item 5.   Other Events.

      On  October  31, 1996, Kash n' Karry Food Stores,  Inc.,  a
Delaware  corporation (the "Company"), entered into an  Agreement
and  Plan  of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among  Food
Lion,   Inc.,   a  North  Carolina  corporation  ("Parent"),   KK
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Sub") and an indirect
wholly-owned  subsidiary of Parent, and the Company.  The  Merger
Agreement was previously reported on the Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K dated October 31, 1996.

      On  November  8,  1996,  Parent  announced  that  it  would
commence, within five business days, an all-cash tender offer for
all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company at
the  price  of  $26.00  per  share. This  announcement  was  made
pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

      Additional  information with respect to the transaction  is
included  in  the press release issued November 8, 1996  attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.

Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information
          and Exhibits.

(a)  Not Applicable.

(b)  Not Applicable.

(c)  Exhibit No.         Description

     (2)       Agreement  and  Plan  of  Merger,  dated   as   of
               October 31, 1996, by and among Food Lion, Inc., KK
               Acquisition  Corp. and Kash n' Karry Food  Stores,
               Inc.  (previously  filed as  Exhibit  (2)  to  the
               Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October
               31, 1996, which exhibit is hereby incorporated  by
               reference herein).
     
     (99)      Food  Lion,  Inc. and Kash n' Karry  Food  Stores,
               Inc.  Press Release, dated November 8, 1996 (filed
               herewith).

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                           SIGNATURES



          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              KASH N' KARRY FOOD STORES, INC.



Date:  November 11, 1996      By: /s/ Ronald E. Johnson
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                                 Name:  Ronald E. Johnson
                                 Title: Chairman of the Board,
                                        President and Chief
                                        Executive Officer

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                 KASH N' KARRY FOOD STORES, INC.

          EXHIBIT INDEX TO CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

                             Exhibit


(2)  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 31,  1996,
     by  and among Food Lion, Inc., KK Acquisition Corp. and Kash
     n'  Karry Food Stores, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit (2)
     to  the  Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated  October
     31,  1996, which exhibit is hereby incorporated by reference
     herein).

(99) Food  Lion,  Inc. and Kash n' Karry Food Stores, Inc.  Press
     Release, dated November 8, 1996 (filed herewith).