JAMESWAY CORP
SC 13D/A, 1996-03-12
VARIETY STORES
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SCHEDULE 13D  
  
Amendment No. 1  
Jamesway Corporation  
Common Stock   
Cusip # 470737107  
Filing Fee: No  
 
 
Cusip # 470737107  
Item 1:	Reporting Person - FMR Corp. - (Tax ID:  04-2507163)  
Item 4:	PF  
Item 6:	Commonwealth of Massachusetts  
Item 7:	775,447  
Item 8:	None  
Item 9:	775,447  
Item 10:	None  
Item 11:	775,447  
Item 13:	6.46%  
Item 14:	HC  
 
 
PREAMBLE  
  
	The filing of this Schedule 13D is not, and should not be  
deemed to be, an admission that such Schedule 13D is required to  
be filed.  See the discussion under Item 2.  
  
Item 1.	Security and Issuer.  
  
	This statement relates to shares of the Common Stock, $0.01  
par value (the "Shares") of Jamesway Corporation, a New York  
corporation (the "Company").  The principal executive offices of  
the Company are located at 40 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07096-1526.  
  
Item 2.	Identity and Background.  
  
	Item 2 is amended as follows:  
  
	This statement is being filed by FMR Corp., a Massachusetts  
Corporation ("FMR").  FMR is a holding company one of whose  
principal assets is the capital stock of a wholly-owned  
subsidiary, Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"),  
which is also a Massachusetts corporation.  Fidelity is an  
investment advisor which is registered under Section 203 of the  
Investment Advisors Act of 1940 and which provides investment  
advisory services to more than 30 investment companies which are  
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940  
and serves as investment advisor to certain other funds which are  
generally offered to limited groups of investors (the "Fidelity  
Funds").  Fidelity Management Trust Company ("FMTC"), a wholly- 
owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a bank as defined in Section  
3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, serves as trustee  
or managing agent for various private investment accounts,  
primarily employee benefit plans and serves as investment adviser  
to certain other funds which are generally offered to limited  
groups of investors (the "Accounts").  Various directly or  
indirectly held subsidiaries of FMR are also engaged in  
investment management, venture capital asset management,  
securities brokerage, transfer and shareholder servicing and real  
estate development.  The principal offices of FMR, Fidelity, and  
FMTC are located at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts  
02109.  
  
	Members of the Edward C. Johnson 3d family are the  
predominant owners of Class B shares of common stock of FMR  
representing approximately 49% of the voting power of FMR.  Mr.  
Johnson 3d owns 12.0% and Abigail Johnson owns 24.5% of the  
aggregate outstanding voting stock of FMR.  Mr. Johnson 3d is the  
Chairman of FMR.  The Johnson family group and all other Class B  
shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement  
under which all Class B shares will be voted in accordance with  
the majority vote of Class B shares.  Accordingly, through their  
ownership of voting common stock and the execution of the  
shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may  
be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a  
controlling group with respect to FMR.  The business address and  
principal occupation of Mr. Johnson 3d is set forth in Schedule A  
hereto.  
  
	The Shares to which this statement relates are owned  
directly by one of the Accounts.  
  
	The name, residence or business address, principal  
occupation or employment and citizenship of each of the executive  
officers and directors of FMR are set forth in Schedule A hereto.  
  
	Within the past five years, none of the persons named in  
this Item 2 or listed on Schedule A has been convicted in any  
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar  
misdemeanors) or has been a party to any civil proceeding and as  
a result thereof was or is subject to any judgment, decree or  
final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or  
mandating activities subject to federal or state securities laws  
or finding any violations with respect to such laws.  
  
Item 3.	Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.  
  
	Item 3 is amended as follows:  
  
	The Fidelity Fund which owns shares to which this statement  
relates, received 564,554 Shares of common stock pursuant to the  
Company's plan of reorganization filed under Chapter 11 of the  
United States Bankruptcy Code (the "Plan").  The Account, which  
owns shares to which this statement relates, received 775,447  
Shares of common stock pursuant to the Plan.  The Shares were  
received as a distribution in partial exchange for the Company  
bank debt and trade claims.  Proceeds from 162,000 Shares sold  
aggregated $229,312.  
  
	On March 1, 1996, the Shares beneficially owned by the  
Fidelity Funds and the Accounts decreased by 402,554 Shares as a  
result of the event described in Item 5(c) below.  
  
Item 4.	Purpose of Transaction.  
  
	Item 4 is amended as follows:  
  
	The Fidelity Fund and Account acquired the Shares through  
conversion of trade claims and bank debt to equity in the  
Company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding.  The Fidelity Fund  
and Account hold the Shares for investment purposes.  
  
	Fidelity and FMTC, respectively, intend to review  
continuously the equity position of the Fidelity Fund and Account  
in the Company.  Depending upon future evaluations of the  
business prospects of the Company and upon other developments,  
including, but not limited to, general economic and business  
conditions and money market and stock market conditions, Fidelity  
and FMTC may determine to increase or decrease the equity  
interest in the Company by acquiring additional Shares, or by  
disposing of all or a portion of the Shares.  
  
	Neither Fidelity nor FMTC has any present plan or proposal  
which relates to or would result in (i) an extraordinary  
corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization,  
liquidation, or sale of transfer of a material amount of assets  
involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any change  
in the Company's present Board of Directors or management, (iii)  
any material changes in the Company's present capitalization or  
dividend policy or any other material change in the Company's  
business or corporate structure, (iv) any change in the Company's  
charter or by-laws, or (v) the Company's common stock becoming  
eligible for termination of its registration pursuant to Section  
12(g)(4) of the 1934 Act.  
  
Item 5.	Interest in Securities of Issuer.  
  
	Item 5 is amended as follows:  
  
	FMR, Fidelity, and FMTC, beneficially own all 775,447  
Shares.  
  
	(a)	FMR beneficially owns, through FMTC, the managing agent  
for the Accounts, 775,447 Shares, or approximately 6.46% of the  
outstanding Shares of the Company.  Neither FMR, Fidelity, FMTC,  
nor any of its affiliates nor, to the best knowledge of FMR, any  
of the persons named in Schedule A hereto, beneficially owns any  
other Shares.  The combined holdings of FMR, Fidelity, and FMTC,  
are 775,447 Shares, or approximately 6.46% of the outstanding  
Shares of the Company.  
  
	(b)	FMR, through its control of FMTC, investment manager to  
the Accounts, and the Accounts each has sole dispositive power  
over 775,447 Shares and sole power to vote or to direct the  
voting of 775,447 Shares, and no power to vote or to direct the  
voting of 0 Shares owned by the Accounts.    
  
	(c)	On March 1, 1996, the reporting person's beneficial  
ownership of Shares decreased by 402,554 Shares as a result of  
(i) the termination of the reporting person's interest in a  
Fidelity Fund (a private investment partnership) and (ii) the  
termination of investment management agreements Fidelity had with  
such Fidelity Fund.  
  
	(d)	Except as set forth in Schedule B, neither FMR, or any  
of its affiliates, nor, to the best knowledge of FMR, any of the  
persons named in Schedule A hereto has effected any transaction  
in Shares during the past sixty (60) days.  
  
Item 6.	Contract, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships  
With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.  
  
	DDJ Capital Management, LLC or an affiliate of such Company  
("DDJ"), provides investment advisory consulting services for  
FMTC's use in connection with FMTC's investment management of two  
Accounts.  DDJ is not a direct or indirect subsidiary or  
affiliate of FMR Corp. or FMTC;  DDJ has no shared or sole voting  
or dispositive power or any other investment discretion with  
respect to such securities or any other securities owned by  
Accounts managed by FMTC.  
  
	Other than the margin agreements described in Item 3 above  
and except as may otherwise be described herein, neither FMR nor  
any of its affiliates nor, to the best knowledge of FMR, any of  
the persons named in Schedule A hereto has any joint venture,  
finder's fee, or other contract or arrangement with any person  
with respect to any securities of the Company.  
  
	The Funds and Accounts may from time to time own debt  
securities issued by the Company or its direct or indirect  
subsidiaries, and may from time to time purchase and/or sell such  
debt securities.  
  
Item 7.	Material to be Filed as Exhibits.  
  
	Not Applicable.  
  
	This statement speaks as of its date, and no inference  
should be drawn that no change has occurred in the facts set  
forth herein after the date hereof.  
  
Signature  
  
	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.  
  
						FMR Corp.  
  
  
  
DATE:	March 12, 1996	By:	/s/Arthur  
Loring			  
	Arthur Loring  
	Vice President-Legal  
 
 
SCHEDULE A  
  
	The name and present principal occupation or employment of  
each executive officer and director of FMR Corp. are set forth  
below.  The business address of each person is 82 Devonshire  
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, and the address of the  
corporation or organization in which such employment is conducted  
is the same as his business address.  All of the persons listed  
below are U.S. citizens.  
  
POSITION WITH  
									PRINCIPAL  
NAME	FMR CORP.	OCCUPATION  
  
Edward C. Johnson 3d	President, 
	Chairman of the  
Director, CEO	Board and CEO, FMR  
Chairman &  
Mng. Director  
  
J. Gary Burkhead	Director	President-Fidelity  
  
Caleb Loring, Jr.	Director,	Director, FMR  
	Mng. Director  
  
James C. Curvey	Director, 	Sr. V.P., FMR  
	Sr. V.P.  
  
William L. Byrnes	Vice Chairman	Vice Chairman, FIL  
Director & Mng.  
Director  
  
Abigail P. Johnson	Director	Portfolio Mgr -  
Fidelity  
		Management &  
Research  
		Company  
  
Robert C. Pozen	Sr. V.P. & Gen'l	Sr. V.P. & Gen'l  
	Counsel	Counsel, FMR  
  
David C. Weinstein	Sr. Vice President	Sr. Vice President  
Administration	Administration  
  
Gerald M. Lieberman	Sr. Vice Pres. - 	Sr. Vice Pres. -  
Chief Financial	Chief Financial   
Officer	Officer  
  
 


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