Giant Food Inc.  
                                 Key Facts        
                          Updated April 7, 1994
  
  
     Giant Food Inc. operates a chain of 157 supermarkets and drug 
stores in the Washington, D.C. area. Fiscal year ends last Saturday
in February


  Giant Food Inc.                                  Ticker symbol:  GFS.A
  6300 Sheriff Rd.                                 Primary Exchange: ASE
  Landover, MD 20785                               Cusip No.  0003744781
  
  
                       Current annual div: 00.70
  
  Investor Contact: 
  David B. Sykes                                Next annual meeting to be
  Tel: 301-341-8480                             at company headquarters on
  Fax: 301-618-4970                             Sept. 8 1994. 
  
                         
                         5-Year Financial Summary    
                
                Sales                  Net Inc.         Net per 
                (000$)                 (000$)           Share  
                                                     
  1994            3,567,468             95,231          1.60
  1993            3,472,581             81,506          1.37
  1992            3,489,762             87,180          1.47
  1991            3,349,546            118,891          2.01
  1990            3,248,942            108,399          1.80


  Outstanding shares at   Feb. 26, 1993:  59,586,839   
  
  Number of employees at  Dec 31, 1993:       23,700



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