71.   Ahold owns six supermarket chains in the U.S. which together generate about half of its annual sales.

72.   But even before they were done, they were swallowed up by a larger supermarket chain.

73.   But for supermarket chains, the systems have other benefits that can make them worth the cost.

74.   But Daiei insists it will not go bankrupt the way Mycal, another supermarket chain, did last week.

75.   But other major supermarket chains have reacted with relative calm.

76.   But Standa SpA, the big supermarket chain where Montagna is head of computer services, is in a sector under siege.

77.   But she is sure she closed a deal with at least one supermarket chain because of little Alexandra.

78.   But other supermarket chains have not followed suit with rack cards.

79.   But the consultant and baby food entrepreneur is sure she closed a deal with at least one supermarket chain because of her daughter.

80.   But the judgment handed down last week by a federal jury in Greensboro, N.C., was not against the supermarket chain.