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                                                               Exhibit 23.1
                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




The Board of Directors
Foodmaker, Inc.: 


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement 
No. 33-50934 on Form S-3 of Foodmaker, Inc. and in registration statement 
Nos. 33-67450, 33-54602 and 33-51490 on Form S-8 of Foodmaker, Inc. of our
report dated March 15, 1995, except as to the ninth paragraph of note 10 to
the consolidated financial statements which is as of March 24, 1995, relating
to the consolidated balance sheet of Family Restaurants, Inc. and its 
subsidiaries as of December 25, 1994, and the related statements of
operations, common stockholders' deficit and cash flows, and related 
financial statment schedule for the one month ended January 26, 1994
(Predecessor Company) and the eleven months ended December 25, 1994 
(Successor Company), which report appears in the December 25, 1994 annual 
report on Form 10-K of Family Restaurants, Inc. and subsidiaries.  Our report
refers to a change in the method of financial statement reporting.





                                               KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP






Orange County, California
April 10, 1995

