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 third
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:December 7, 2006/s/ John T. StandleyJohn T. StandleyChief Executive Officer


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* Required pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.