EXHIBIT 2 (a)(1)


                        ARTICLES OF MERGER
                             merging
              DUTTERER'S OF MANCHESTER CORPORATION
                    (a Maryland corporation)
                               and
                     TWB GOURMET FOODS, INC.
                    (a Virginia corporation)

         1.    The Plan and Agreement of Merger (the "Plan") is
attached hereto as Exhibit A.  The Board of Directors of each
corporation which is a party to the merger adopted the Plan and
recommended its approval to its shareholders.

         2.    Subsequent to its adoption by each party's Board
of Directors:

               a.    The Plan was adopted by the unanimous
written consent of the shareholders of Dutterer's of Manchester
Corporation, a Maryland corporation.

               b.    The Plan was adopted by the unanimous
written consent of the shareholders of TWB Gourmet Foods, Inc., a
Virginia corporation.

         3.    The surviving corporation is TWB Gourmet Foods,
Inc., a Virginia corporation.

         DATED:        August 23, 1996
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                        DUTTERER'S OF MANCHESTER CORPORATION
                        By: /s/ Vernon W. Mules
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                         Its: President
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                        TWB GOURMET FOODS, INC.

                         By: /s/ Chris L. St. James
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                         Its: President
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                         PLAN OF MERGER
                            Merging
   DUTTERER'S OF MANCHESTER CORPORATION, a Maryland Corporation
                             Into
          TWB GOURMET FOODS, INC., a Virginia Corporation

          1.   Parties to the Merger; Effective Date.  Pursuant
to the provision of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act,
Dutterer's of Manchester Corporation ("Dutterer's"), a Maryland
corporation shall be merged into TWB Gourmet Foods, Inc. ("TWB"),
a Virginia corporation.  TWB will be the surviving corporation. 
The merger (the "Merger") shall become effective on the date (the
"Effective Date") that the State Corporation Commission of
Virginia issues a certificate of merger (the "Certificate of
Merger").  

          2.   Capitalization of Merging Corporations.  a.  The
authorized capital stock of Dutterer's is 100,000 shares of
common stock ("Dutterer's Common Stock"), par value $1.00, 25,000
of which shares are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid
and non-assessable and all of which are owned by Doughtie's
Foods, Inc., a Virginia corporation ("Doughties").

          b.   The authorized capital stock of TWB is 23,500
shares of Class A common stock and 1500 shares of Class B Common
Stock, with no par value ("TWB's Common Stock"), of which 3,500
shares of the Class A Common Stock and 1,500 shares of the Class
B Common Stock are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
non-assessable.

          3.   Effect of the Merger.  From and after the
Effective Date i. TWB shall continue its corporate existence as a
Virginia corporation and the separate existence of Dutterer's
shall cease; ii. the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of TWB
in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date shall continue
to be its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws until amended or
repealed in a manner provided by law; iii. each of the officers
and directors of TWB in office immediately prior to the Effective
Date shall remain its officers and directors, if they have not
resigned as of the Effective Date, until their respective
successors are duly elected or appointed; iv. the former holders
of the shares of TWB's Common Stock and Dutterer's Common Stock
shall only be entitled to the rights provided in this Plan of
Merger; and, v. TWB shall succeed to all of Dutterer's assets and
liabilities.

          4.   Conversion of Securities; Fractional Shares.  Each
share of Dutterer's Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Date, as a result of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof,
shall be cancelled and converted into 4/5 of a share of Class A
Common Stock in TWB.

          5.   Exchange of Shares.  a.  Immediately prior to the
Effective Date, TWB will make available to McGuire, Woods, Battle
& Boothe, LLP (the "Exchange Agent"), for exchange pursuant to
this Plan of Merger, certificates representing the number of
shares of TWB's Common Stock which the holders of shares of
Dutterer's Common Stock will be entitled to receive as a result
of the Merger.

          b.   As soon as practicable after the Effective Date
the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of
Dutterer's Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Date a
letter of transmittal which shall contain instructions for
exchanging shares of Dutterer's Common Stock for shares of TWB's
Common Stock.  The letter of transmittal shall specify that title
to any certificate which formerly represented a share or shares
of Dutterer's Common Stock ("Dutterer Stock Certificate") being
submitted for exchange shall pass only upon delivery of such
certificate to, and receipt of such certificate by, the Exchange
Agent.  Upon receipt by the Exchange Agent of a Dutterer Stock
Certificate, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal,
the Dutterer Stock Certificate shall be cancelled and the
Exchange Agent shall deliver to the former holder of such
Dutterer Stock Certificate a certificate representing the number
of shares of TWB Common Stock to which such shareholder is
entitled as a result of the Merger.

          c.  Dutterer and TWB are empowered to adopt further
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Plan of Merger, regarding the surrender and exchange of the
shares of Dutterer's Common Stock outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Date including, without limitation, rules and
regulations for the exchange of shares issued without
certificates.

          6.   Transfer of Shares.  a.  If any shares of TWB's
Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than that in which
the Dutterer's Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefor was
registered, it shall be a condition of the issuance that the
certificate or certificates representing such Dutterer's Common
Stock be in proper form for transfer, and that the person
requesting the exchange shall i. pay to the Exchange Agent any
transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of
shares of TWB's Common Stock in a name other than that of the
registered holder of the Dutterer's Common Stock surrendered or
ii. establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such
tax has been paid or that no such tax is payable.

          b.   After the Effective Date there shall be no
transfers on the stock transfer books of Dutterer of the shares
of Dutterer's Common Stock which were issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Date.

          7.   Post Merger Matters.  After the Effective Date the
former holders of shares of Dutterer's Common Stock shall not be
entitled to receive dividends or other distributions or to vote
or to exercise any rights as shareholders of TWB, unless the
shareholder owned TWB shares prior to the Effective Date until
their shares of Dutterer's Common Stock are surrendered for
exchange pursuant to this Plan of Merger, but, upon surrender of
their shares of Dutterer's Common Stock, all dividends and other
distributions not paid to them because of this provision shall be
paid, without interest.  All dividends or other distributions
declared after the Effective Date with respect to TWB's Common
Stock, and payable to the holders of record thereof after the
Effective Date, which are payable to former holders of Dutterer's
Common Stock who have not surrendered such stock for exchange
pursuant to this Plan of Merger, shall be paid or delivered by
TWB to the Exchange Agent, in trust for the benefit of such
holders.  

          8.   Termination of Duties of Exchange Agent.  All
amounts held by the Exchange Agent for the payment of dividends
or other distributions to the holders of unexchanged shares of
Dutterer's Common Stock at the end of one year from the Effective
Date shall be delivered to TWB by the Exchange Agent, after which
time any former holders of Dutterer's Common Stock who have not
exchanged their shares shall, subject to applicable law, look
only to TWB, as a general creditor, for payment of such dividends
or distributions, without interest.

          9.   Termination of Merger.  The Boards of Directors of
TWB and Dutterer may terminate and abandon the Merger at any time
prior to the issuance of the Certificate of Merger, subject to
any contractual rights, without further shareholder action, in
such manner as shall be agreed upon by such Boards of Directors.

                                            
                                  TWB GOURMET FOODS, INC.
                                              
                                   By: /s/ Chris L. St. James
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                                   Its: President
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                                  DUTTERER'S OF MANCHESTER CORPORATION

                                                    
                                   By: /s/ Vernon W. Mules
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                                   Its: President
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