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EXHIBIT (c)(5)
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
This will confirm the agreement by and between the undersigned that the
Statement on Schedule 13D (the "Statement") filed on or about this date with
respect to the beneficial ownership by the undersigned of shares of common
stock, par value $.01 per share, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Food and Drug Stores Company, a
Delaware corporation, is being filed on behalf of the undersigned.
Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges that pursuant to Rule
13d-1(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
each person on whose behalf the Statement is filed is responsible for the timely
filing of such statement and any amendments thereto, and for the completeness
and accuracy of the information concerning such person contained therein, and
that such person is not responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the
information concerning the other persons making the filing, unless such person
knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts by each of
the undersigned, each of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
Date: February 27, 1998
LOCOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
