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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Supermarkets
General Holdings Corporation's Consolidated Statements of Operations for the
26 weeks ended October 29, 1994 and the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of
October 29, 1994 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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