SUPER FOOD SERVICES PROFIT, SALES CLIMB

DAYTON, Ohio -- Super Food Services here said sales and earnings for the year ended Aug. 26 increased for the first time in the past three years.

llion, while sales increased 5.1% to $366 million. Jack Twyman, chairman and chief executive officer, said results for the year were negatively affected by a higher charge due to a greater LIFO inventory level of $59.4 million, compared with $56.8 million in 1994. There was also a charge against earnings from increased inflation of $750,000, compared with a charge of $144,000 in 1994, Twyman said. In Bridgeport, Mich., Super Foods closed a 100,000-square-foot dry grocery warehouse whose 25-year-lease had expired. The company added 165,000 square feet of new space to its 250,000-square-foot dry grocery facility there and 55,000 square feet to its 110,000-square-foot perishables facility there. In Cincinnati, the company leased a 150,000-square-foot distribution center adjacent to its 300,000-square-foot dry grocery facility. It also replaced a 40,000-square-foot perishables warehouse there with a new 110,000-square-foot facility to increase its capacity in frozen foods, meat and dairy.

4TH-QUARTER RESULTS

Qtr Ended 8/26/95 8/27/94

Sales $366 million $348.3 million

Change 5.1%

Net Income $2.9 million $2.8 million

Change 5%

Inc/Share 26 cents 25 cents

52 Weeks 1995 1994

Sales $1.15 billion $1.13 billion

Change 2.2%

Net Income $9.1 million $8.8 million

Change 2.7%

Inc/Share 83 cents 81 cents