EXHIBIT 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Fleming Companies, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending July 13, 2002, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Neal J. Rider, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


                                            /s/ Neal J. Rider
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                                            Neal J. Rider
                                            Chief Financial Officer