NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note C: Inventories

Principal components of inventories are:

(In Thousands)          October 28, 2000   October 30, 1999

Finished products             $174,032         $158,824

Raw materials and
  work-in-process               76,432           76,639
Materials and supplies          61,480           62,143
LIFO reserve                   (30,540)         (27,367)
Total                         $281,404         $270,239

Inventoriable expenses, packages and supplies and turnkey products amounting to approximately $87.6 million at October 28, 2000, and $92.7 million at October 30, 1999, are stated at cost determined by the last-in, first-out method and are $30.5 million and $27.4 million lower in the respective years than such inventories determined under the first-in, first-out method.