EXHIBIT
31.1


CERTIFICATION





I, Ira G.
Boots, certify that:





1.          
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Berry Plastics
Corporation;





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;





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 registrants as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;





4.  The
registrants’ 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 registrants and
have:





(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 registrants, including their consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;





(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;





(c)  Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrants’ 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





(d)  Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrants’ most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrants’ fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants’ internal control over financial reporting; and





5.  The
registrants’ other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of the registrants’ board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):





(a)  All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and





(b)  Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control over financial
reporting.

















Date:   May
11,
2009                                                          /s/ Ira G.
Boots


Ira G. Boots


President and Chief
Executive Officer