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

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>SUPERVALU INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SVU</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001573233</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Sheldon Todd N</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>7075 FLYING CLOUD DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EDEN PRAIRIE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55344</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Former SVP General Counsel</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>2013-04-24</value>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                    <value>1595.0</value>
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                    <value>D</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 5/30/13 disposing of 1,595 shares.  As of that date the securities beneficially owned as adjusted would be 16,465.  Reporting person not an officer of the company as of May 30, 2013.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Karla C. Robertson, Attorney in Fact For: Todd N. Sheldon</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-11-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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4
2013-04-24
0
0000095521
SUPERVALU INC
SVU
0001573233
Sheldon Todd N
7075 FLYING CLOUD DRIVE
EDEN PRAIRIE
MN
55344
0
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Former SVP General Counsel
Common Stock
2013-04-24
4
D
0
1595.0
6.01
D
18060
D
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 5/30/13 disposing of 1,595 shares.  As of that date the securities beneficially owned as adjusted would be 16,465.  Reporting person not an officer of the company as of May 30, 2013.
By: Karla C. Robertson, Attorney in Fact For: Todd N. Sheldon
2013-11-26