<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 Corporations Consolidated Statement of Operations for the 13 
weeks ended May 4, 1996 and Consolidated Balance Sheet as of May 4, 1996 and is 
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.



</LEGEND>
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