SUPERVALU INC
11-K, 2000-08-28
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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 11-K

(Mark One)

          [X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended February 29, 2000

                                      OR

          [_]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to _______


Commission file number:  1-5418


     A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from
          that of the issuer named below:

                  SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING
                     AND SUPER SAVER PLAN TRUST AGREEMENT,
                                  AS AMENDED


     B.   Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the
          address of its principal executive office:

                                SUPERVALU INC.
                            11840 Valley View Road
                         Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344
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                       FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     The following financial statements of SUPERVALU Retail Operations Profit
Sharing and Super Saver Plan Trust Agreement, as Amended are included herein:

1.   Independent Auditors' Report of KPMG LLP dated August 11, 2000.

2.   Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits January 31, 2000 and
     February 28, 1999.

3.   Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits for the
     eleven months ended January 31, 2000 and the Year Ended February 28, 2000.

4.   Notes to the Financial Statements for the Eleven Months Ended January 31,
     2000 and February 28, 1999.

5.   Independent Auditors' Consent of KPMG LLP.

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                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
plan administrator of the SUPERVALU Retail Operations Profit Sharing and Super
Saver Plan Trust Agreement, as Amended has duly caused this annual report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                 SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING AND
                                 SUPER SAVER PLAN TRUST AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED

DATE: August 24, 2000            By: SUPERVALU INC., the plan administrator


                                     By: /s/ Pamela K. Knous
                                         -------------------
                                         Pamela K. Knous
                                         Executive Vice President and
                                         Chief Financial Officer

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        SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING AND SUPER SAVER PLAN

                               Table of Contents

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   Page
<S>                                                                <C>
Independent Auditors' Report                                          1

Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits                  2

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits       3

Notes to Financial Statements                                         4
</TABLE>
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                         Independent Auditors' Report

Administrative Committee
SUPERVALU INC.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan
benefits of the SUPERVALU Retail Operations Profit Sharing and Super Saver Plan
(the Plan) as of January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999, and the related
statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the eleven
months ended January 31, 2000 and fiscal year ended February 28, 1999. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as
of January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999, and the changes in net assets
available for plan benefits for the eleven months ended January 31, 2000 and the
fiscal year ended February 28, 1999, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.


/s/ KPMG LLP

August 11, 2000

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        SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING AND SUPER SAVER PLAN

             Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits

                    January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                2000            1999
                                                                                           -----------     -----------
<S>                                                                                        <C>             <C>
Assets:
    Investments in SUPERVALU INC. 401(k) Master Trust, at fair value                       $        --       2,562,861

    Contributions receivable from employees                                                         --           2,089

Liabilities:
    Expenses payable                                                                                --         (17,009)
                                                                                          ------------     -----------

Net assets available for plan benefits                                                    $         --       2,547,941
                                                                                          ============     ===========
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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        SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING AND SUPER SAVER PLAN

        Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits

          Eleven months ended January 31, 2000 and fiscal year ended
                               February 28, 1999


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            2000              1999
                                                                                        -------------     ------------
<S>                                                                                     <C>               <C>
Additions:
    Investment income from SUPERVALU INC. 401(k) Master Trust:
      Interest and dividends                                                            $      15,378           14,779
      Net appreciation in fair market value of investments                                    252,777        1,093,209
                                                                                        -------------     ------------

                                                                                              268,155        1,107,988
                                                                                        -------------     ------------

    Contributions:
      Participants'                                                                            96,130          108,025
                                                                                        -------------     ------------

             Total additions                                                                  364,285        1,216,013

Deductions:
    Distributions to participants                                                            (244,315)        (285,265)
    Administrative expenses                                                                    (1,213)         (23,838)
                                                                                        -------------     ------------

             Total deductions                                                                (245,528)        (309,103)

Transfers to other plans                                                                   (2,666,698)      (8,157,396)
                                                                                        -------------     ------------

             Net decrease                                                                  (2,547,941)      (7,250,486)

Net assets available for plan benefits:

    Beginning of period                                                                     2,547,941        9,798,427
                                                                                        -------------     ------------

    End of period                                                                       $          --        2,547,941
                                                                                        =============     ============
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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        SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING AND SUPER SAVER PLAN

                         Notes to Financial Statements

                    January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999

(1) Summary Description of the Plan

    The following description of the SUPERVALU Retail Operations Profit Sharing
    and Super Saver Plan (the Plan) is provided for general information purposes
    only. Participants should refer to the summary plan description for a more
    complete description of the Plan's provisions.

    The Plan is a defined contribution plan and is subject to the provisions of
    Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

    The Plan was established for employees of Twin Valu Stores, Inc. and
    SUPERVALU Pharmacies, Inc. (SUPERVALU). For fiscal 1999, all nonunion
    employees, unless such union agreement specifically provides for their
    inclusion in the Plan, age 21 or older who have completed one year of
    service with SUPERVALU with at least 1,000 hours in each year may
    participate. Eligible employees may enroll in the Plan on the next open
    enrollment date.

    The Plan allows for employee contributions under Section 401(k) of the
    Internal Revenue Code, under which participants may contribute from 1% to 9%
    of their recognized compensation to the Plan. A discretionary contribution
    may be made by SUPERVALU at any time as determined by the Administrative
    Committee, depending upon the performance of each profit center. To receive
    this additional contribution, the participant must have worked 1,000 hours
    during the plan year and be employed on the last day of the plan year,
    except in the case of death, disability, or retirement after age 62 during
    the plan year. No employer contributions were made for fiscal plan years
    ended January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999.

    All amounts contributed by employees are 100% vested at all times. Employer
    contributions are vested 20% after three years, 40% after four years, 60%
    after five years, 80% after six years, and 100% at seven years. Forfeitures
    of nonvested amounts shall be used to restore forfeited accounts of rehired
    participants. Any remaining amounts are used to reduce the employer
    contributions. Participant and employer contributions may be directed into
    one or more of four funds within the SUPERVALU INC. 401(k) Master Trust (the
    401(k) Master Trust) for fiscal 1999: (a) the SUPERVALU INC. Fixed Fund, (b)
    the Equity Index Fund, (c) the Brinson Global Equity Fund, or (d) the Wedge
    Small Cap Fund. Effective March 1, 1999, three additional funds were added
    as options to participants. The three funds are the Roxbury Mid Cap Equity
    Fund, the Nicholas Applegate International Fund, and the SUPERVALU Common
    Stock Fund.

    Effective February 1, 2000, the Plan merged into the SUPERVALU Retail
    Employees' 401(k) Plan (formerly the Cub Foods Retail Clerks 401(k) Plan).
    Net transfers to other plans of $2,666,698 in fiscal 2000 represent the
    activity of this plan merger. As a result, the assets of the Plan at January
    31, 2000 are zero and the Plan is terminated.

    Effective December 1, 1998, the Plan accounts of participants who had
    previously transferred among plans within the 401(k) Master Trust were
    consolidated, resulting in each participant having only one account within
    the Master Trust. Transfers to other plans of $8,157,396 in fiscal 1999
    reflect the net results of this activity in the Plan.

    Benefits under the Plan are payable in a lump sum.

                                                                     (Continued)

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        SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING AND SUPER SAVER PLAN

                         Notes to Financial Statements

                    January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999

    Participants currently employed by SUPERVALU can withdraw their employee
    contributions and rollover contributions at any time. Participants may
    receive an in-service hardship distribution from the vested portion of their
    accounts after completing the appropriate application forms and receiving
    approval from the Administrative Committee.

    Loans are available to all participants of the Plan and may not exceed the
    lesser of 50% of the vested amount of the borrower's total account or
    $50,000. The interest rate on any loan shall be equal to the prime rate as
    published by the Wall Street Journal for the last business day of the
    calendar month in which the loan was granted, plus 1%. Principal and
    interest are repaid monthly through payroll deductions, and the maximum term
    of any loan is five years. Loan interest rates ranged from 8.75% to 10.00%.

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

    (a) Basis of Presentation

        The financial statements of the Plan are presented on the accrual basis
        of accounting.

    (b) Investments

        Investment assets of the Plan are stated at current fair value.
        Investments in various funds represent the Plan's pro rata share of the
        quoted market value of the funds' net assets as reported by the Trustee.

        Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.

    (c) Use of Estimates

        The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
        accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
        assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for
        plan benefits and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
        date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of changes in
        net assets available for plan benefits during the reporting period.
        Actual results could differ from those estimates.

    (d) Expenses

        The reasonable expenses of administering the Plan shall be payable out
        of the Plan's funds except to the extent that the Company, in its
        discretion, directly pays the expenses. The Company has paid certain
        administrative expenses of the Plan.

(3) Trustee

    Bankers Trust Company (the Trustee) has been appointed as Trustee and
    custodian of the Plan's assets. The trust agreement stipulates that the
    Trustee may resign at any time by giving 30 days' written notice to the
    Administrative Committee. The Administrative Committee may remove the
    Trustee at any time by giving 30 days' written notice of such action to the
    Trustee.

                                                                     (Continued)

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        SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING AND SUPER SAVER PLAN

                         Notes to Financial Statements

                    January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999

(4) Investments

    Under the terms of the trust agreement, the Trustee manages investments on
    behalf of the plans. In accordance with the trust agreement, certain assets
    of the Plan are held together with assets of other plans sponsored by
    SUPERVALU INC. in the 401(k) Master Trust. The Trustee has been granted
    discretionary authority concerning the purchases and sales of the
    investments.

    The 401(k) Master Trust administers the SUPERVALU Wholesale Employees'
    401(k) Plan, the SUPERVALU Retail Employees' 401(k) Plan, the SUPERVALU Pre-
    tax Savings and Profit Sharing Plan, the Pittsburgh Division Profit Sharing
    Plan, the Wetterau Incorporated Moneybuilder Plan and Trust for Collective
    Bargaining Employees, and the SUPERVALU Retail Operations Profit Sharing and
    Super Saver Plan. On February 1, 2000, the Wetterau Incorporated
    Moneybuilder Plan and Trust for Collective Bargaining Employees merged into
    the SUPERVALU Wholesale Employees' 401(k) Plan. Also on February 1, 2000,
    the SUPERVALU Retail Operations Profit Sharing and Super Saver Plan merged
    into the SUPERVALU Retail Employees' 410(k) Plan.

    The Trustee allocates interest and investment income, and net appreciation
    (depreciation) in fair value to each of the funds in the 401(k) Master Trust
    based on the actual performance of each fund. The plans' assets are invested
    in the SUPERVALU INC. Fixed Fund, the Equity Index Fund, the Brinson Global
    Equity Fund, the Wedge Small Cap Fund, the Roxbury Mid Cap Equity Fund, the
    Nicholas Applegate International Equity Fund and the SUPERVALU Common Stock
    Fund. The Trustee also maintains a Short-Term Investment Fund, which is
    utilized as a clearing account for transactions. Financial information
    related to the 401(k) Master Trust is prepared and filed in accordance with
    the Department of Labor's regulations.

    The Plan recordkeeper (Hewitt Associates LLC) allocates interest and
    investment income, net realized (unrealized) gains and losses, and
    administrative expenses to each of the plans in the 401(k) Master Trust. The
    Loan Fund, however, is based on the actual participant loan activity for
    each plan. Separate accounts are maintained by the recordkeeper for
    participants in each plan, and funds may be distributed to or withdrawn by
    participants in accordance with the appropriate plan's terms.

                                                                     (Continued)

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        SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING AND SUPER SAVER PLAN

                         Notes to Financial Statements

                    January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999

    Fair values of investments in the 401(k) Master Trust are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        February 29,      February 28,
                                                                                            2000              1999
                                                                                       ---------------   ---------------
      <S>                                                                              <C>               <C>
      Investments at fair value:
         Collective investment fund held by:
            SUPERVALU INC. Fixed Fund                                                  $   154,108,534       151,850,543
            Equity Index Fund (BT Pyramid
              Equity Index Fund)                                                           216,357,672       220,402,391
            Brinson Global Equity Fund                                                      12,059,937        15,578,580
            Wedge Small Ca Fund (BT                                                            779,076
              Pyramid Russell 2000 Fund)                                                                         481,962
            Roxbury Mid Cap Equity Fund                                                      1,308,973                --
            Nicholas Applegate International Equity Fund                                    36,144,020                --
         SUPERVALU Common Stock Fund                                                           813,509           827,811

         Common stock held by:
            Wedge Small Cap Fund                                                            23,332,609        25,510,678
            Roxbury Mid Cap Equity Fund                                                     23,310,628                --
            SUPERVALU Common Stock Fund                                                     23,584,877        23,961,328

         Cash and cash equivalents                                                             547,254           330,965
         Accrued income                                                                        240,375         1,918,371
         Due from (to) broker                                                                   77,906        (2,188,734)
         Loans receivable from participants                                                 14,505,298        12,247,152
                                                                                       ---------------   ---------------
                                                                                       $   507,170,668       450,921,047
                                                                                       ===============   ===============
</TABLE>

Investment income for the 401(k) Master Trust for the fiscal years ended
February 29, 2000 and February 28, 1999, is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                February 29,         February 28,
                                                                    2000                 1999
                                                              ---------------      ---------------
      <S>                                                     <C>                  <C>
      Net appreciation (depreciation) in
         fair value of investments:
           Collective investment funds                        $    42,654,079           36,507,740
           Common stock                                            (1,967,946)          (7,351,854)
                                                              ---------------      ---------------
                                                                   40,686,133           29,155,886
      Interest                                                      1,390,999              995,478
      Dividends                                                     2,274,881            2,833,827
                                                              ---------------      ---------------

                                                              $    44,352,013           32,985,191
                                                              ===============      ===============
</TABLE>

                                                                     (Continued)

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        SUPERVALU RETAIL OPERATIONS PROFIT SHARING AND SUPER SAVER PLAN

                         Notes to Financial Statements

                    January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999

    At January 31, 2000 and February 28, 1999, the Plan held 0% and 0.6%,
    respectively, of the 401(k) Master Trust assets.

(5) Federal Income Tax Status

    The Plan received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue
    Service dated April 24, 1996, indicating that the Plan met the requirements
    of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and that the trust
    established in connection therewith is exempt from federal income tax under
    Section 501(a) of the Code. The Company believes the Plan met the
    requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code through the date it was merged
    into the SuperValu Retail Employees' 401(K) Plan (see Note 1) and that the
    related trust is exempt from income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code.
    Therefore, no provisions for income taxes have been made.

(6) Party-in-interest Transactions

    The Plan engages in transactions involving the acquisition and disposition
    of investment funds with Bankers Trust Company, the Trustee, and the 401(k)
    Master Trust, who are parties-in-interest with respect to the Plan. These
    transactions are covered by an exemption from the "prohibited transactions"
    provision of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.

(7) Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

    The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per
    the financial statements to Form 5500:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             January 31,       February 28,
                                                                                2000               1999
                                                                          -----------------   ---------------
          <S>                                                             <C>                 <C>
          Net assets available for benefits per the
             financial statements                                         $            --           2,547,941
          Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants                                --              (5,148)
                                                                          -----------------   ---------------
                Net assets available for benefits
                    per Form 5500                                         $            --           2,542,793
                                                                          =================   ===============
 </TABLE>

    The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants per the
    financial statements to Form 5500 for the fiscal year ended:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         January 31,
                                                                            2000
                                                                        ------------
<S>                                                                     <C>
Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements              $    244,315
Less: Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at
    February 28, 1999                                                         (5,148)
                                                                        ------------

             Benefits paid to participants per Form 5500                $    239,167
                                                                        ============
</TABLE>

    Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded on Form 5500 for
    benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to
    February 28, 1999 but not paid as of that date.

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