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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
                                    FORM 8-K
 
                                 CURRENT REPORT
 
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
                DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
                                 APRIL 7, 1997
 
                        PUEBLO XTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 

                                                      
              DELAWARE                    33-63372                   65-0415593
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    (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION         (COMMISSION              (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
         OF INCORPORATION)              FILE NUMBER)            (IDENTIFICATION NO.)
         1300 N.W. 22ND STREET, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA                 33069
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            (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)                 (ZIP CODE)

 
       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (954) 977-2500
 
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         (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
 
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
 
     The information set forth in the press release issued by Pueblo Xtra
International, Inc., attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated herein by
reference.
 
ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
  (c) Exhibits.
 
      99.1  Press release of Pueblo Xtra International, Inc., dated April 7,
            1997.
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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.
 
                                          PUEBLO XTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
                                          /s/  DAN CAMMARATA
 
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                                          Dan Cammarata
                                          Controller and Chief Accounting
                                            Officer
 
Dated: April 11, 1997
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 


EXHIBIT NO.                                      DESCRIPTION
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    99.1      Press release of Pueblo Xtra International, Inc. dated April 7, 1997.