SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20449


                                    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)   January 21, 2002
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                               RSI Holdings, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                 North Carolina
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                          (State of Other Jurisdiction
                                of Incorporation)

         0-18091                                        56-1200363
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(Commission File Number)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)


28 East Court Street, Post Office Box 6847, Greenville, South Carolina    29606
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (864) 271-7171
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                         (Registrant's Telephone Number
                              Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
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                         (Former Name or Former Address,
                          if Changed Since Last Report)









ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     On January 21,  2002,  Mrs.  Minor H. Mickel,  the mother of the  Company's
President  and Chief  Executive  Officer Buck A. Mickel,  elected to convert the
full  amount of an 8.0%  Convertible  Note due 2005 in the  principal  amount of
$500,000,  into the Company's  common stock at a conversion  price of $0.075 per
share. As a result, the Company issued her 6,666,666 shares of its common stock.
The Note was  issued to Ms.  Mickel  on  December  20,  2000 and is set forth as
Exhibit  10.1 to the  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal
quarter  ended  February  29,  2000  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission.  Following this  conversion,  Mrs.  Mickel owned  15,238,058  shares
(approximately 64.9%) of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock.

     On  January  28,  2002,  Ms.  Mickel  transferred  8,090,666  shares of the
Company's  common stock to her son Buck A. Mickel,  3,333,333  shares to her son
Charles C. Mickel  (a director  of the  Company),  and  3,333,333  shares to her
daughter  Minor M.  Shaw,  in each case for  consideration  of $0.005 per share.
Following  these  transfers,  the  beneficial  share  ownership of the Company's
common  stock of these  members of the Mickel  family is as follows  (based on a
total of 23,464,820 shares outstanding as of the date hereof):

          Minor H. Mickel                     480,726                2.0%
          Buck A. Mickel                    9,975,427   (1)         42.5%
          Charles C. Mickel                 4,401,556               18.8%
          Minor M. Shaw                     4,161,020   (2)         17.7%
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          Total                            19,018,729               81.0%

(1)  Includes  100,000 shares  underlying  currently  exercisable  options.  Mr.
     Mickel's  options  include  20,000  shares that  expire  June 4, 2002.
(2)  Includes  19,934 held by Ms. Shaw  and/or her husband as  custodian(s)  for
     their minor  children.  Ms. Shaw  disclaims  beneficial  ownership of these
     shares.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                  RSI HOLDINGS, INC.


Date:  March 1, 2002              By: /s/ Buck A. Mickel
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                                      Buck A. Mickel
                                      President & Chief Executive Officer