EXHIBIT 24.1


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Jeffrey Noddle, David L. Boehnen, John P. Breedlove and Warren E. Simpson, and
each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in
such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including the
undersigned's capacity as Director and/or Principal Executive Officer, Principal
Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer or any other officer of
SUPERVALU INC.), to sign SUPERVALU's Annual Report on Form 10-K to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, for the fiscal year ended February 22, 2003, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of the 9th
day of April, 2003, by the following persons:


/s/ Lawrence A. Del Santo                   /s/ Charles M. Lillis
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Lawrence A. Del Santo                       Charles M. Lillis


/s/ Susan E. Engel                          /s/ Jeffrey Noddle
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Susan E. Engel                              Jeffrey Noddle


/s/ Edwin C. Gage                           /s/ Harriet Perlmutter
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Edwin C. Gage                               Harriet Perlmutter


/s/ William A. Hodder                       /s/ Steven S. Rogers
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William A. Hodder                           Steven S. Rogers


/s/ Garnett L. Keith
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Garnett L. Keith


/s/ Richard L. Knowlton
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Richard L. Knowlton


/s/ Pamela K. Knous
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Pamela K. Knous