	a and p gap sets higher capital spending the great atlantic and pacific tea co said its three year mln dlr capital program will be be substantially increased to accommodate growth and expansion plans for waldbaum inc and shopwell inc over the next two years a and p said the acquisition of shopwell in august and waldbaum in december helped us achieve better than expected results in the fourth quarter ended february its net income from continuing operations jumped pct to mln dlrs or cts a share in the latest quarter as sales increased pct to billion dlrs a and p gave no details on the expanded capital program but it did say it completed the first year of the program during a and p is pct owned by tengelmann warenhandelsgesellschaft of west germany reuter 
