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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>SUPERVALU INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SVU</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001217316</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LILLIS CHARLES M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>LONETREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>9785 MAROON CIRCLE, SUITE 110</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ENGLEWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>80112</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>2007-10-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>523.448</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>36.3551</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                    <value>41347.387</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>by Directors Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 174.476 shares acquired 9/17/07 at a price of $39.6067 pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Issuer's Non-Employee Director Deferred Stock Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Burt M. Fealing, Attorney in Fact  For: Charles M. Lillis</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-10-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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4
2007-10-01
0
0000095521
SUPERVALU INC
SVU
0001217316
LILLIS CHARLES M
LONETREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
9785 MAROON CIRCLE, SUITE 110
ENGLEWOOD
CO
80112
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
2007-10-01
4
A
0
523.448
36.3551
A
41347.387
I
by Directors Trust
Common Stock
2000
D
Includes 174.476 shares acquired 9/17/07 at a price of $39.6067 pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Issuer's Non-Employee Director Deferred Stock Plan.
By: Burt M. Fealing, Attorney in Fact  For: Charles M. Lillis
2007-10-02