<ARTICLE>                                           5
<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
financial  statements contained in the body of the accompanying Form 10-Q and is
qualified in it's entirety by reference to such financial statements

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<PERIOD-START>                                      OCT-01-2000
<PERIOD-END>                                        DEC-30-2000
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<SECURITIES>                                        0
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<SALES>                                             294,083
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