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                                                                   Exhibit 10.34




March 20, 1997



Mr. Dave L. Aston
113 Mt. Grey Road
Setauket, NY 11733

Dear Dave:

         I am pleased to confirm to you the terms of your employment to fill
the position of President of the Puerto Rico Division of Pueblo International,
Inc. (the "Company") and to hold the title of Executive Vice President of the
Company. These positions report directly to me and you will have the entire
Puerto Rico retail food division reporting to you, and you will be based in San
Juan. In addition to your official position in the Company, it is intended that
you will also be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company and its
immediate parent company. It is my intention to also have the Virgin Islands
Division report directly to you once you have successfully acclimated yourself
with the Puerto Rico Division. It is further contemplated that the Blockbuster
Division could eventually report into the Puerto Rico Retail Food Division.

         Your base annual salary will be $275,000.00, which will be subject to
adjustment in accordance with the Company's normal review practices. In
addition, promptly after the end of the fiscal year that will end in late
January 1998, you will receive a guaranteed bonus at the rate of forty percent
of your base salary earned during the period of your employment in fiscal 1998.
Commencing with fiscal 1999 a target bonus arrangement of up to forty percent
of your total then current base salary will be available subject to achieving
certain fiscal 1999 budget objectives and in accordance with the Company's
annual Key Management Incentive Bonus Plan.

         You will be eligible to participate fully in all benefit plans and
perquisites provided by the Company for its employees in accordance with the
term of the plans including any pension plan and any life, accident, health,
hospitalization or disability plan or insurance maintained by the Company. A
list of the benefits currently offered to the best of my knowledge by the
Company is attached to this letter.
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Mr. David L. Aston
March 20, 1997
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         During the course of your employment with the Company, should it become
necessary to terminate your employment involuntarily other than for cause or
disability as determined by the Company, you will receive the amount equivalent
to one year of your then base annual salary. Cause would include among other
reasons: the willful failure by you to substantially perform your duties other
than the failure to perform from incapacity due to physical or mental illness;
and your willfully engaging in gross misconduct injurious to the Company
monetarily or otherwise.

         The Company will relocate you and your family to the Miami area in
accordance with the Company's relocation policy, which I will need to locate and
forward to you. The Company will make available to you an apartment in San Juan
to allow you to fulfill your operating responsibilities in Puerto Rico.

         Our challenges will be to profitably grow sales, realign operating
expenses, maximize buying opportunities, meet the loan amortization schedule and
bring together the excellent skills that are available to create a team effort
which will allow the Company and yourself to grow and prosper.

         We look forward to working with you and feel strongly that the
relationship will be mutually beneficial. I will introduce you to your direct
reports on Thursday, March 20, 1997. Best regards.

Sincerely,



William T. Keon, III
President and Chief Executive Officer

WTK/mo
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