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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Michael W. Wright, David L.
Boehnen, and John P. Breedlove, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form
S-3, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto,
relating to the offer and sale of up to $850,000,000 of Debt Securities of
SUPERVALU INC., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 30th Day
of June, 1999 by the following persons:
/s/ Michael W. Wright /s/ Carole F. St. Mark
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Michael W. Wright Carole F. St. Mark
/s/ Steven S. Rogers
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Pamela K. Knous Steven S. Rogers
/s/ Richard L. Knowlton /s/ Harriet Perlmutter
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Richard L. Knowlton Harriet Perlmutter
/s/ Charles M. Lillis /s/ Lawrence A. Del Santo
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Charles M. Lillis Lawrence A. Del Santo
/s/ Edwin C. Gage /s/ Garnett L. Keith, Jr.
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Edwin C. Gage Garnett L. Keith, Jr.
/s/ William A. Hodder
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William A. Hodder
