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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
directors and officers of SUPERVALU INC., a Delaware corporation, which is about
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 1998 under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, hereby
constitutes and appoints Michael W. Wright and John P. Breedlove, his or her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities (including without limitation, as Director
and/or principal Executive Officer, principal Financial Officer, principal
Accounting Officer or any other officer of the Company), to sign such Annual
Report on Form 10-K which is about to be filed, and any and all amendments
thereto, and to file such Annual Report on Form 10-K and each such amendment
thereto so signed, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of
Attorney on this 8th day of April, 1998.


/s/  Herman Cain                                /s/ Richard L. Knowlton
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Herman Cain                                     Richard L. Knowlton


/s/  Stephen I. D'Agostino                      /s/  Charles M. Lillis
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Stephen I. D'Agostino                           Charles M. Lillis


/s/  Lawrence A. Del Santo                      /s/  Harriet Perlmutter
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Lawrence A. Del Santo                           Harriet Perlmutter


/s/  Edwin C. Gage                              /s/  Carole F. St. Mark
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Edwin C. Gage                                   Carole F. St. Mark


/s/  William A. Hodder                          /s/  Michael W. Wright
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William A. Hodder                               Michael W. Wright


s/  Garnett L. Keith, Jr.                       /s/  Pamela K. Knous
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Garnett L. Keith, Jr.                           Pamela K. Knous