<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
                    Supermarkets General Holdings Corporation

                  301 BLAIR ROAD, WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY 07095


This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Supermarkets
General Holdings Corporation's Consolidated Statements of Operations for the 26
weeks ended July 29, 1995 and Consolidated Balance Sheets as of July 29, 1995
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          FEB-03-1996
<PERIOD-END>                               JUL-29-1995
<CASH>                                           5,121
<SECURITIES>                                     6,000
<RECEIVABLES>                                   13,136
<ALLOWANCES>                                     (483)
<INVENTORY>                                    232,816
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                               318,984
<PP&E>                                         937,898
<DEPRECIATION>                               (349,147)
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               1,009,464
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          479,580
<BONDS>                                      1,271,938
<COMMON>                                            10
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          102,788
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<OTHER-SE>                                 (1,257,377)
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                 1,009,464
<SALES>                                      2,064,045
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                             2,064,045
<CGS>                                        1,472,267
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                1,472,267
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                               506,017
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                   914
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                              86,920
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                 13,462
<INCOME-TAX>                                  (19,840)
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<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
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<CHANGES>                                            0
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<EPS-PRIMARY>                                        0
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