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                                                                   Exhibit 10.29

                                PROMISSORY NOTE

U.S. $100,000.00                                               February 23, 1998

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Christopher Danson, 12320 Alameda
Trace Circle, Apartment 1502, Austin, Texas 78727 ("Borrower"), hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the order of TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS COMPANY, a
Delaware Corporation ("Lender"), having its principal office at 205 North
Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601, in lawful money of the United States
of America and in immediately available funds, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($100,000.00), together with interest on the
principal balance from time to time outstanding at the rate of five and
sixty-nine one-hundredths percent (5.69%) per annum from the date hereof until
payment in full thereof in accordance with the terms hereof.

         Borrower reserves the right to prepay this Note, in whole or in part,
at any time without penalty. In the event of such prepayment, the amount so
prepaid will be applied to principal due and interest will be adjusted
accordingly. Payments received by Lender from Borrower on this Note shall be
applied first to the payment of interest which is due and payable and only
thereafter to the outstanding principal balance.

         In addition to any permissive prepayments made hereunder, the Borrower
shall make mandatory payments as follows:

         1. On each of July 30, 1998, July 30, 1999, and July 30, 2000, Borrower
shall pay to Lender one third (1/3) of the face amount of the principal
indebtedness evidenced hereby, plus interest as aforesaid.

         2. In the event that Borrower, at any time during the term of this
Note, exercises any stock options held by Borrower pursuant to the Technology
Solutions Company 1992 Stock Incentive Plan, then Borrower shall promptly pay
to Lender, as a mandatory prepayment hereunder, one-half (1/2) of the amount of
the net after tax proceeds that Borrower receives as a result of the exercise
of such options.

         All payments of principal and interest under this Note shall be made
by Borrower to Lender, at Lender's principal place of business as set forth
above, or at such other place as Lender may from time to time designate in
writing.

         The occurrence or existence of one or more of the following events
shall constitute an event of default ("Default") under this Note: (i) the
failure of Borrower to pay when due any principal or interest due hereunder; or
(ii)(a) Borrower shall become generally unable to pay his debts as they become
due, or (b) Borrower shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
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(c) Borrower shall call a meeting of creditors for the composition of debts, or
(d) a proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement of debt,
insolvency, readjustment of debt or receivership law or statute is filed by or
against Borrower, or a custodian, receiver or agent is appointed or authorized
to take charge of any of Borrower's properties, or Borrower takes any action to
authorize any of the foregoing; or (iii) Borrower shall no longer remain, for
any reason, an employee of Lender, or a parent or subsidiary company of Lender;
or (iv) there shall be entered against Borrower any judgment or judgments in an
aggregate amount in excess of $25,000, unless the amounts of such judgment or
judgments are covered by insurance and liability under such insurance has been
admitted by the issuer thereof.

         In an event of Default, Lender may, by notice to Borrower, declare all
the indebtedness evidenced by this Note to be, and thereupon such indebtedness
shall become, immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
Borrower; provided however, that if the Default specified in clause (ii)(d) in
the immediately preceding paragraph occurs, the indebtedness evidenced by this
Note shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand,
protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
Borrower.

         If payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day which is not a
"Business Day" (as defined below), the due date thereof shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable thereon during such
extension at the rate specified above. "Business Day" shall mean a day on which
banks in Chicago, Illinois are open for the transaction of banking business. In
no case or event whatsoever shall interest charged hereunder, however such
interest may be characterized or computed, exceed the highest rate permissible
under any law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final
determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that such a court
determines that Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the highest
rate applicable hereto, Lender shall (i) apply such excess to any unpaid
principal balance due and payable by Borrower hereunder to Lender; and (ii) if
the amount of such excess exceeds the unpaid principal and other liabilities due
and payable by Borrower hereunder, Lender shall remit such excess to Borrower.

         Any notice hereunder shall be sufficiently given if in writing and
delivered in person or mailed by first class mail addressed as follows:

         IF TO BORROWER:

         Christopher Danson
         12320 Alameda Trace Circle, No. 1502
         Austin, Texas 78727

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        IF TO LENDER:

        Technology Solutions Company
        205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1500
        Chicago, Illinois 60601
        Attention: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

         Borrower and Lender may each designate additional or different
addresses by notice to the other party as provided herein.

         Lender shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of
Borrower in payment of any or all of Borrower's liabilities hereunder. To the
extent that Borrower makes a payment or payments to Lender, and such payment or
payments or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee,
receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, provincial, state or
federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the extent of such recovery,
the obligation or part hereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been
made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

         Any dispute between Lender and Borrower arising out of, connected with,
related to, or incidental to the relationship established between them in
connection with this Note, and whether arising in contract, tort, equity, or
otherwise, shall be resolved in accordance with the internal laws and not the
conflicts of law provisions of the State of Illinois.

         Except as provided in the immediately succeeding paragraph, Lender and
Borrower each agree that all disputes between them arising out of, connected
with, related to, or incidental to the relationship established between them in
connection with this Note and whether arising in contract, tort, equity, or
otherwise, shall be resolved only by state or federal courts located in Cook
County, Illinois, but Lender and Borrower acknowledge that any appeals from
those courts may have to be heard by a court located outside of Cook County,
Illinois. Borrower waives any and all objections that he may have to the
location of the court considering the dispute.

         Borrower agrees that Lender shall have the right to proceed against
Borrower or his property in a court in any location to enable Lender to enforce
a judgment or other court order entered in favor of Lender. Borrower agrees that
he will not assert any permissive counterclaims in any proceeding brought by
Lender to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of Lender. Borrower
waives any objection that he may have to the location of the court in which
Lender has commenced a proceeding described in this paragraph.

         Borrower waives personal service of any process upon him and consents
that all such service of process be made by registered mail directed to Borrower
at the address stated herein.

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         Borrower waives the posting of any bond otherwise required of Lender to
enforce any judgment or other court order entered in favor of Lender, or to
enforce this note by specific performance, temporary restraining order,
preliminary or permanent injunction.

         Whenever possible, each provision of this Note shall be interpreted in
such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Note shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law,
such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the
remaining provisions of this Note. Whenever in this Note reference is made to
Lender or Borrower, such reference shall be deemed to include, as applicable, a
reference to their respective successors and assigns, and the provisions of this
Note shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of said successors and
assigns. Borrower's successors and assigns shall include, without limitation, a
receiver, receiver and manager, trustee or debtor-in-possession of or for
Borrower.

                                          By: /s/ Christopher J. Danson
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                                             Christopher Danson
                                             Borrower

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.11

                                   LANCE, INC.

                   2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN FOR OFFICERS

Purposes and Introduction           The primary purposes of the 2000 Long-Term
                                    Incentive Plan for Officers are to:

                                    o        Align executives' interests with
                                             those of stockholders by linking a
                                             substantial portion of pay to the
                                             price of Lance Common Stock.

                                    o        Provide a way to attract and retain
                                             key executives and senior managers
                                             who are critical to Lance's future
                                             success.

                                    o        Increase total pay for executives
                                             and senior managers to competitive
                                             levels.

                                    To achieve the maximum motivational impact,
                                    plan goals and the rewards that will be
                                    received for meeting those goals will be
                                    communicated to participants as soon as
                                    practical after the 2000 Plan is approved by
                                    the Compensation/Stock Option Committee.

                                    Each participant will be granted one or more
                                    Awards. Awards will be earned to the extent
                                    predetermined goals are attained.

Plan Years                          The period over which performance will be
                                    measured is the Company's fiscal year and
                                    the 10 year period after the date of grant
                                    of awards.

Eligibility and Participation       Eligibility in the Plan is limited to
                                    Executive Officers and senior managers who
                                    are key to Lance's success. The
                                    Compensation/ Stock Option Committee of the
                                    Board of Directors will review and approve
                                    participants nominated by the President and
                                    CEO. Participation in one year does not
                                    guarantee participation in a following year
                                    but will be reevaluated and determined on an
                                    annual basis.

                                    Attachment A includes the list of 2000
                                    participants approved by the
                                    Compensation/Stock Option Committee at its
                                    April 19, 2000 meeting. Initial awards will
                                    be made as soon as possible after the
                                    approval of the 2000 Plan by the
                                    Compensation/Stock Option Committee.

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Awards                              Each participant will be granted Awards
                                    expressed as an economic value equal to a
                                    percentage of his or her Base Salary.
                                    Participants may be assigned to a
                                    Performance Tier by position by salary level
                                    or based on other factors as determined by
                                    the President and CEO. If the job duties of
                                    a position change during the year, or Base
                                    Salary is increased significantly, the Award
                                    shall be revised as appropriate.

                                    Attachment A lists the Awards for each
                                    participant for the 2000 Plan Year as
                                    granted by the Compensation/Stock Option
                                    Committee. Awards will be communicated to
                                    each participant as close to the beginning
                                    of the year as practicable, in writing.
                                    Awards will be calculated by multiplying
                                    each participant's Base Salary by the
                                    appropriate percentages, as described below.

                                    o        Awards shall be calculated as
                                             follows:

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                                                                 Percentage of Base Salary
                                            Performance Tier     for 2000 Awards
                                            ----------------     -------------------------
                                            <S>                  <C>
                                                     1                         *%
                                                     2                         *%
                                                     3                         *%
                                                     4                         *%
</TABLE>

                                    o        For 2000, Awards will be allocated
                                             as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              As a Percentage of Base Salary

                                            Performance          100%              Stock
                                                Tier             of Target         Options
                                            -----------          ---------         -------
<S>                                         <C>                  <C>               <C>
                                                1                *%                *%
                                                2                *%                *%
                                                3                *%                *%
                                                4                *%                *%
</TABLE>

                                    o To determine the number of shares of stock
                                    issued pursuant to each stock option, the
                                    value of each option is calculated using the
                                    Black-Scholes model, with the number of
                                    shares discounted.

                                      [*Targets not required to be disclosed.]

Long-Term Incentives                Each Participant shall receive stock options
                                    equal to 100% in economic value of his or
                                    her Award.

                                    Stock options will be nonqualified and will
                                    vest in four equal annual installments
                                    beginning one year after the date of grant
                                    and shall be exercisable for 10 years after
                                    the date of grant.

Form and Timing of                  Awards will be made as soon as practicable
Awards                              after awards are approved by the
                                    Compensation/Stock Option Committee of the
                                    Board of Directors. All awards will be
                                    rounded up to the nearest multiple of 50
                                    shares.

Change In Status                    An employee hired into an eligible position
                                    during the year may participate in the plan
                                    for the balance of the year on a pro rata
                                    basis.

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Certain Terminations of             In the event a participant voluntarily
Employment                          terminates employment any award which has
                                    not vested will terminate and be forfeited.
                                    In the event a participant is terminated
                                    involuntarily, any award which has not
                                    vested will terminate and be forfeited
                                    except that stock options which have vested
                                    prior to involuntary termination may be
                                    exercised within 30 days of termination. In
                                    the event of death, stock options shall
                                    become fully vested and may be exercised
                                    within one year of death. In the event of
                                    permanent disability, stock options shall
                                    become fully vested and remain exercisable
                                    in accordance with the terms of the award.
                                    In the event of normal retirement, stock
                                    options which have or will vest within six
                                    months of normal retirement will vest and
                                    become exercisable in accordance with the
                                    terms of the award and may be exercised
                                    within three years of normal retirement. In
                                    the event of death, disability or normal
                                    retirement, restricted stock and performance
                                    restricted stock awards which are not vested
                                    will be vested pro rata based on the number
                                    of full months elapsed since the date of the
                                    award. In the event of early retirement,
                                    restricted stock awards which are not vested
                                    will be vested pro rata based on the number
                                    of full months elapsed since the date of the
                                    award. In all other cases, awards which have
                                    not vested upon termination of employment
                                    will terminate and be forfeited.

Change In Control                   In the event of a Change in Control, the
                                    vesting of awards will be accelerated to
                                    fully vest upon the effective date of a
                                    Change in Control.

                                    For this purpose, a Change in Control is
                                    defined as when any person, corporation or
                                    other entity and its affiliates (excluding
                                    members of the Van Every Family and any
                                    trust, custodian or fiduciary for the
                                    benefit of any one or more members of the
                                    Van Every Family) acquires or contracts to
                                    acquire or otherwise controls in excess of
                                    35% of the then outstanding equity
                                    securities of the Company. For the purposes
                                    of this plan, the Van Every Family shall
                                    mean the lineal descendants of Salem A. Van
                                    Every, Sr., whether by blood or adoption,
                                    and their spouses.

Withholding                         The Company shall withhold from awards any
                                    Federal, foreign, state, or local income or
                                    other taxes required to be withheld.

Communications                      Progress reports should be made to
                                    participants annually, showing performance
                                    results.

Executive Officers                  Notwithstanding any provisions to the
                                    contrary above, participation, Awards and
                                    prorations for executive officers, including
                                    the President and CEO, shall be approved by
                                    the Compensation/Stock Option Committee.

Governance                          The Compensation/Stock Option Committee of
                                    the Board of Directors of Lance, Inc. is
                                    ultimately responsible for the
                                    administration and governance of the Plan.
                                    Actions requiring Committee approval include
                                    final determination of plan eligibility and
                                    participation, identification of performance
                                    goals and final award determination. The
                                    decisions of the Committee shall be
                                    conclusive and binding on all participants.

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                                  ATTACHMENT A

[Target awards omitted for participants as targets not required to be
disclosed.]

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