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          shrinkage in the stub period can be fairly approximated by                  
          multiplying the verified shrinkage by the ratio of (i) stub                 
          period sales to (ii) sales for the entire physical inventory                
          cycle.  The following table shows this analysis:                            
                     Verified Shrinkage Allocable to Stub Period                      
                     (in thousands of dollars)                                        
          Stub period sales                                                           
                     1983         1984      1985      1986      Total                 
          Parent      $2,394,894   $3,207,316   $4,147,484 $5,457,379 $15,207,073     
          Kuhn's         230,542299,992      353,714    424,967   1,309,215            
          Edwards        112,265150,491   157,650    182,945     603,351              
          Total       2,737,701 3,657,799 4,658,848  6,065,291  17,119,639            
          Sales between physical inventories that include stub period                 
                     1983         1984      1985      1986      Total                 
          Parent     $4,084,989 $5,063,087 $6,951,462 $8,908,722 $25,008,260          
          Kuhn's     389,005    465,129    551,540    656,671   2,062,345             
          Edwards     190,890   244,489   266,793   296,036     998,208               
          Total       4,664,884 5,772,705 7,769,795  9,861,429  28,068,813            
          Stub period sales as percent of sales between physical inventories          
                     1983      1984      1985       1986      Total                   
          Parent     58.6      63.3      60.0       61.3      60.8                    
          Kuhn's     59.3      64.5      64.1       64.7      63.5                    
          Edwards    58.8      61.6      59.1       61.8      60.4                    
          Overall    58.7      63.4      60.0       61.5      61.0                    
          Total verified shrinkage                                                    
                     1983        1984      1985       1986     Total                  
          Parent     $40,663   $67,543   $68,542    $ 99,253  $276,001                
          Kuhn's        5,532  8,159     6,100      7,302     27,093                  
          Edwards     3,298     3,558     3,353     4,312      14,521                 
          Total       49,493    79,260    77,995    110,867    317,615                





               9(...continued)                                                        
          taken in the following period.  For example, the physical                   
          inventory results for the stub period that ended Jan. 31, 1984,             
          were reflected in the physical inventories taken in the 1984                
          taxable year.                                                               



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