SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
______________________
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)*
BIG B, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock - $.001 Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)
088891
(CUSIP Number)
Richard Cohn, Esq., P.O. Box 55727, Birmingham AL 35255
(205) 930-5133
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
December 31, 1995
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement
on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of
this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule
13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box [ ].
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with
this statement [X]. (A fee is not required only if the reporting
person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial
ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities
described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of less than five percent
of such class. See Rule 13d-7.)
Note. Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits
should be filed with the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.
(Cover Page continued on separate page.)
The information required on the remainder of this cover
page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall
be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
CUSIP No. 088891
1) Names of Reporting Person: Vincent J. Bruno
Social Security Number or I.R.S. Identification Number of
Reporting Person:
###-##-####
2) Check the Appropriate Row if a Member of a Group:
(a)
(b)
3) SEC Use Only:
4) Source of Funds: Not applicable.
5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required
Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e):
6) Citizenship or Place of Organization: United States citizen
Number of (7) Sole Voting Power: 522,354 shares
Shares Bene-
ficially (8) Shared Voting Power: 606,076 shares
Owned by
Each (9) Sole Dispositive Power: 522,354 shares
Reporting
Person With (10) Shared Dispositive Power: 606,076 shares
11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting
Person: 1,128,430 shares
12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain
Shares:
13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 7.2%
14) Type of Reporting Person: IN
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Item 1(a) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, $.01
Par Value
Item 1(b) Name of Issuer: Big B, Inc.
Item 1(c) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Office:
2600 Morgan Road, S.E.
Bessemer, Alabama 35023
Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: Vincent J. Bruno
Item 2(b) Residence or Business Address:
2600 Morgan Road, S.E.
Bessemer, Alabama 35023
Item 2(c) Present principal occupation or employment and the
name, principal business and address of any
corporation or other organization in which such
employment is conducted:
Senior Vice President Purchasing and Advertising
and Director of Big B, Inc.
Item 2(d) Criminal convictions during last five years. Give
dates, nature of conviction, name and location of
court, any penalty imposed, or other disposition
of case: None
Item 2(e) Securities violations during last five years:
None
Item 2(f) Citizenship: United States Citizen
Item 3 Not applicable.
Item 4 Not applicable.
Item 5(a) Ownership:
Amount Beneficially Owned: 1,128,430 shares
Percent of Class: 7.2%
Item 5(b) See answers to Cover Page Item Nos. (5), (6), (7)
and (8).
Item 5(c) Transactions during past 60 days or since most
recent filing on Schedule 13D, whichever is less,
by reporting person (including identity of person
effecting the transaction, date of transaction,
amount of securities involved, price per share and
where and how transaction was effected).
5/4/95 - Sale of 80,00 shares of common Stock
owned by Mr. Bruno at $14.00; 5/25/95 - Exercise
of 8,000 options paid for with 2,782 shares of
currently owned stock in the Company; 12/28/95 -
year-end gifts - 15,000 shares
Item 5(d) Names of any other persons having the right to
receive or direct receipt of dividends from, or
proceeds from the sale of, such securities. If
such interest relates to more than five percent of
the class, identify such person. None
Item 5(e) If applicable, state the date on which the
reporting person ceased to be the beneficial owner
of more than five percent of the class of
securities. Not applicable.
Item 6 Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or
Relationships with Respect to Securities of the
Issuer. None
Item 7 Exhibits. None<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in
this statement is true complete and correct.
January 25, 1996
(Date)
/s/ Vincent J. Bruno
(Signature)
Vincent J. Bruno,
Senior Vice President of
Merchandising and Director
(Name and Title)
The original statement shall be signed by each person
on whose behalf the statement is filed or his authorized
representative. If the statement is signed on behalf of a person
by his authorized representative (other than an executive officer
or general partner of this filing person), evidence of the
representative's authority to sign on behalf of such person shall
be filed with the statement; provided, however, that a power of
attorney for this purpose which is already on file with the
Commission may be incorporated by reference. The name and an
title of each person who signs the statement shall be typed or
printed beneath his signature.
Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact
constitute Federal criminal violations (see 18 U.S.C. 1001).
