<ARTICLE>                                           5
<LEGEND>
This  schedule   contains  summary  financial  information  extracted  from  the
financial statements  contained in the body of the accompanying Form 10-K and is
qualified in it's entirety by reference to such financial statements
</LEGEND>
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<PERIOD-START>                                      SEP-28-1998
<PERIOD-END>                                        SEP-25-1999
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