EXHIBIT 99.1


                                                           OMB NUMBER: 3235-0569
                                                       EXPIRES: JANUARY 31, 2003


STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Mark S. Hansen, state and attest that:

(1)   To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
      Fleming Companies, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
      subsequent covered report:

      o     no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact
            as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
            of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
            date on which it was filed); and

      o     no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
            the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
            under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the
            period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form
            8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was
            filed).

(2)   I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
      committee.

(3)   In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
      the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

      o     report on Form 10-K filed on March 6, 2002 of Fleming Companies,
            Inc.;

      o     all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
            proxy materials of Fleming Companies, Inc. filed with the Commission
            subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

      o     any amendments to any of the foregoing.

      /s/ Mark S. Hansen                             Subscribed and sworn to
      -----------------------                        before me this 12th day of
      Mark S. Hansen                                 August 2002.

      Date: August 12, 2002
            -----------------                        /s/ Renee Greaves
                                                     -----------------
                                                     Notary Public of the State
                                                            Of Texas

                                                     Commission Expires
                                                      October 22, 2005
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