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<DESCRIPTION>INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE
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EX-23.1

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of AMCON Distributing Company on Form S-8 of our reports dated December 26,
2001, appearing in and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K of AMCON Distributing Company for the year ended September 28,
2001.




DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Omaha, Nebraska
December 27, 2001

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