EXHIBIT 24

                         POWER OF ATTORNEY                        
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     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and
officers of SUPERVALU INC., a Delaware corporation, which is about to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 26, 1994 under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, hereby constitutes and appoints Michael W.
Wright and Vernon H. Heath, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
(including without limitation, as Director and/or principal Executive Officer,
principal Financial Officer, principal Accounting Officer or any other officer
of the Company), to sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K which is about to be
filed, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file such Annual Report on
Form 10-K and each such amendment thereto so signed, with all exhibits thereto,
and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney on
this 13th day of April, 1994.


/s/Herman Cain                             /s/Richard D. McCormick
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Herman Cain                                Richard D. McCormick


/s/Stephen I. D'Agostino                   /s/Harriet Perlmutter
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Stephen I. D'Agostino                      Harriet Perlmutter


/s/Edwin C. Gage                           /s/Carole F. St. Mark
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Edwin C. Gage                              Carole F. St. Mark


/s/Sumner H. Goldman                      /s/Winston R. Wallin
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Sumner H. Goldman                         Winston R. Wallin


/s/Vernon H. Heath                        /s/Michael W. Wright
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Vernon H. Heath                           Michael W. Wright


/s/William A. Hodder                      /s/Jeffrey Girard
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William A. Hodder                         Jeffrey Girard


/s/Garnett L. Keith, Jr.                  /s/Isaiah Harris
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Garnett L. Keith, Jr.                     Isaiah Harris