Exhibit 31.1

### Form of CEO Certification

I, John T. Standley, certify that:



|1. | I
have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pathmark Stores, Inc.;
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|2. | Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to  state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report;
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|3. | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in
this report,  fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of  the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;
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|4. | The
registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control  over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and  have:
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| | a. | designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures  to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the  registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those  entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being prepared;
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| | b. | designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding  the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external  purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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| | c. | evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in  this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as  of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and
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| | d. | disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial
reporting  that occurred during the registrants second  fiscal quarter that has
materially affected, or is  reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants
internal control over financial reporting;  and
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|5. | The
registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of  internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the  registrants board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a. | all
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants  ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
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| | b. | any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: September 8, 2005

/s/ John T. Standley

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