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EXHIBIT 23
Consent of KPMG LLP
The Board of Directors
Factory Card Outlet Corp.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in Registration Statement #333-30437
of Factory Card Outlet Corp. of our report dated June 2, 2000, relating to the
statements of net assets available for plan participants of the Factory Card
Outlet of America Ltd. Incentive Savings Plan as of December 31, 1999 and 1998
and the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan
participants for the years then ended, which report appears in the Form 11-K
of the Factory Card Outlet of America Ltd. Incentive Savings Plan for the year
ended December 31, 1999.
June 26, 2000
Chicago, Illinois
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