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    <periodOfReport>2013-04-24</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000095521</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SUPERVALU INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SVU</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001214552</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SMITH SHERRY M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>7075 FLYING CLOUD DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EDEN PRAIRIE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55344</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Former EVP &amp; CFO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-04-24</value>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                    <value>4854.0</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>6.01</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>79776</value>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Withholding of shares of common stock under the Issuer's 2007 Stock Plan to satisfy tax withholding obligations in transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This filing is deemed to also amend one Form 4 filed 8/13/13 disposing of 4,854 shares.  As of that date the securities beneficially owned as adjusted would be 74,922.
Reporting person not an officer of the company as of August 9, 2013</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Stuart D. McFarland, Attorney in Fact For: Sherry M. Smith</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-11-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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X0306
4
2013-04-24
0
0000095521
SUPERVALU INC
SVU
0001214552
SMITH SHERRY M
7075 FLYING CLOUD DRIVE
EDEN PRAIRIE
MN
55344
0
1
0
0
Former EVP & CFO
Common Stock
2013-04-24
4
D
0
4854.0
6.01
D
79776
D
Common Stock
1557.7658
I
by 401(k)
Withholding of shares of common stock under the Issuer's 2007 Stock Plan to satisfy tax withholding obligations in transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.
This filing is deemed to also amend one Form 4 filed 8/13/13 disposing of 4,854 shares.  As of that date the securities beneficially owned as adjusted would be 74,922.
Reporting person not an officer of the company as of August 9, 2013
By: Stuart D. McFarland, Attorney in Fact For: Sherry M. Smith
2013-11-26