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                                                                    Exhibit (27)
                             Financial Data Schedule
                       For Period Ended December 23, 2000

                          CENTENNIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                                   (Unaudited)

THIS SCHEDULE  CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL  INFORMATION  EXTRACTED FROM FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS FOR THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD  ENDED  DECEMBER 23, 2000, AND IS QUALIFIED
IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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