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Fleming Gains New Business During Second Period Year 2001

    DALLAS, March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Fleming (NYSE: FLM) today announced the
second period's new and existing customers that initiated new business.
    The goal for 2001 is $1 billion in new gross annualized business.  This
total is in addition to the previous announced $4.5 billion alliance with
Kmart.  Fleming has exceeded $1 billion in new gross annualized business in
1999 and 2000.  These sales came from a variety of retail channels, including
independent supermarket retailers and other formats that represent emerging
growth markets ideally suited to Fleming's core competencies in procurement
and logistics.
    Fleming's second period new business wins included new and existing
customers as follows:

     Altoona, PA
     --  Sheetz
         Madison, VA
     --  Wa Dehart
         New Columbia, PA
     --  High's
         Elkton, MD

     Fresno
     --  Mana Del Cielo
         Ivanhoe, CA
     --  Best Deal Market #1
         Hanford, CA
     --  Best Deal Market #2
         Corcoran, CA
     --  My Probeedor
         Woodlake, CA
     --  Fast Nutritional Foods
         Visalia, CA

     Geneva, AL
     --  K-Stone Foods
         Dothan, AL

     Kansas City, MO
     --  Turner's IGA
         Marionville, MO

     Layfayette, LA
     --  Super 1
         Eunice, LA

     Lubbock, TX PSC
     --  Confiteria Aladinos SA DE C.V.
         Coahuila, Mexico
     --  Smoke Stix
         Bosque Farms, NM

     Marshfield, WI
     --  Mobil Super Pantry
         Monticello, IL
     --  Amman's Northland
         Mellen, WI
     --  Kuhr's Kountry Store
         Phlox, WI

     Miami, FL
     --  Food Star #5
         Miami, FL
     --  U-Save Supermarkets (17 Stores)
         Tampa, Ft. Myers, Lake Okeechobee, FL

     Nashville, TN
     --  Olde Towne
         Jeffersonville, IN

     Northeast
     --  Stop Shop & Save #2831
         Baltimore, MD
     --  Stop Shop & Save #4001
         Baltimore, MD

     Oklahoma City, OK
     --  The Market at Pinnacle Point
         Rogers, AR

     Sacramento, CA
     --  It's a Dollar
         Sacramento, CA
     --  Central Foods
         El Sobrante, CA

     Superior, MN
     --  North Shore Market
         Tofte, MN

    Fleming is a $14 billion company and industry leader in distribution and
has a growing presence in value retailing.  Fleming's primary business is
buying and selling merchandise.  The company serves approximately 3,000
supermarkets including more than 800 North American stores of global
supermarketer IGA and other regional banners, 3,000 convenience stores and
nearly 1,000 supercenters, discount, limited assortment, drug, specialty, and
other businesses across the country.
    To learn more about Fleming, visit our website at http://www.fleming.com .

     CONTACTS:
     (Media) Randy Hatcher 972.906.8823
     (Investors-Equity) Meredith Anderson 972.906.8592
     (Investors-Debt) Alan McIntyre 972.906.8126

SOURCE Fleming

http://www.fleming.com
CONTACT:
media, Randy Hatcher, +1-972-906-8823, or
investors-equity, Meredith Anderson, +1-972-906-8592, or
investors-debt, Alan McIntyre +1-972-906-8126, all of Fleming