POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                -----------------
                                 (QFC Form 10-K)



          The undersigned, an officer and/or director of Quality Food Centers,
Inc., a Washington corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and
appoint Kenneth Thrasher, Marc W. Evanger, David R. Jessick and James C.
Aalberg, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney and agent,
to do any and all acts and things and execute in the undersigned's name as an
officer or director of the Company the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys and agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. Any one of said attorneys or agents shall have, and may exercise, all
powers conferred.

          Dated: March 27, 1998.



                                     ROGER A. COOKE
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Roger A. Cooke
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                -----------------
                                 (QFC Form 10-K)


          The undersigned, an officer and/or director of Quality Food Centers,
Inc., a Washington corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and
appoint Kenneth Thrasher, Marc W. Evanger, Roger A. Cooke, David R. Jessick and
James C. Aalberg, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney
and agent, to do any and all acts and things and execute in the undersigned's
name as an officer or director of the Company the Annual Report on Form 10-K and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys and agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. Any one of said attorneys or agents shall have, and may exercise, all
powers conferred.

          Dated: March 27, 1998.



                                     ROBERT G. MILLER
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Robert G. Miller
<PAGE>
                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                -----------------
                                 (QFC Form 10-K)


          The undersigned, an officer and/or director of Quality Food Centers,
Inc., a Washington corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and
appoint Marc W. Evanger, Roger A. Cooke, David R. Jessick and James C. Aalberg,
and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney and agent, to do
any and all acts and things and execute in the undersigned's name as an officer
or director of the Company the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and
agents and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Any one
of said attorneys or agents shall have, and may exercise, all powers conferred.

          Dated: March 27, 1998.



                                     KENNETH THRASHER
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Kenneth Thrasher