Document:

EXECUTION COPY

                              Pathmark Stores, Inc.

                                  July 1, 2000

Eileen Scott
c/o Pathmark Stores, Inc.
200 Milik Street
Carteret, New Jersey 07008

             Side Letter to the Sale and Retention Bonus Agreement,
         The Employment Agreement and Certain Additional Understandings

Dear Eileen:

                  This side letter (the "Letter") sets forth the agreement
between you and Pathmark Stores, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware (the "Company"), regarding the amendment to the terms of the Sale and
Retention Bonus Agreement between you and the Company dated February 1, 2000
(the "Bonus Agreement") and to the terms of the employment agreement between you
and the Company, dated February 1, 1999 (the "Employment Agreement"). In
addition, this Letter includes an acknowledgement of certain occurrences in
connection with the terms of the Employment Agreement. This Letter shall be
effective as of the date first set forth above.

A.       Amendments to the Bonus Agreement.

                  1. New Definitions. (a) The following definition is hereby
added to Section 1 of the Bonus Agreement immediately prior to the definition of
"Payment Date":

                  "Liquidation Date" shall mean January 31, 2001.

                  (b) The following definition is hereby added to Section 1 of
the Bonus Agreement immediately prior to the definition of "Purchaser":

                  "Plan Effective Date" shall mean the effective date of the
         judicial consent to the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of
         Reorganization of the Company, its parent companies and subsidiaries.

                  (c) The following definition is hereby added to Section 1 of
the Bonus Agreement immediately prior to the definition of "Triggering Event":

                  "Stock Option" shall mean any vested or unvested outstanding
         stock option awarded under any equity compensation plan of the Company
         or its subsidiaries that is exercisable upon vesting for shares of
         common stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

                  2. Modified Definition. The definition of "Triggering Event"
in Section 1 of the Bonus Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced by the following:

                  Prior to the Plan Effective Date, a "Triggering Event" shall
         be deemed to have occurred on the date that any of he following shall
         have occurred:

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                  (A) any member of the Company Group enters into a binding
         agreement with one or more Independent Third Parties to directly
         acquire, in exchange for cash, stock, claims, or property, fifty
         percent or more of the aggregate equity securities of Holdings for
         which the MLCP Investors and the Equitable Investors (as defined in the
         Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement among Holdings and its
         Stockholders, dated January 22, 1998) (together, the "Stockholders")
         are Beneficial Owners as of the Effective Date;

                  (B) any member of the Company Group enters into a binding
         agreement providing for a merger, consolidation, reorganization or
         other business combination upon consummation of which one or more
         Independent Third Parties would own or control fifty percent or more of
         either (i) the aggregate voting securities of the Company Group, (ii)
         the aggregate economic interest of the outstanding equity securities of
         the Company Group or (iii) the aggregate value of the assets of the
         Company;

                  (C) any member of the Company Group enters into transaction
         upon consummation of which an Independent Third Party would acquire in
         exchange for cash, stock, claims or property fifty percent or more of
         either (I) the aggregate equity securities of the Company, PTK
         Holdings, Inc. or Supermarkets General Holdings Corporation, or (II)
         the Company's assets; or

                  (D) any member of the Company Group files a plan of
         reorganization or motion for relief in a case under title 11 of the
         United States Code for the purpose of implementing an agreement or
         transaction of the type described in any of the preceding clauses (A),
         (B) or (C);

         provided, however, that a Triggering Event shall not include any change
         of ownership resulting from a public offering of any of the securities
         of any of the Company Group pursuant to an effective registration
         statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                  On and after the Plan Effective Date, a "Triggering Event"
         shall be deemed to have occurred on the date that any of the following
         shall have occurred, provided that a Triggering Event may occur only
         during the Term (as defined in Section 2 below):

                  (A) the acquisition by any Person of beneficial ownership
         (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of 35% or more of the common stock of
         the Company (the "Common Stock") then outstanding, and the individuals
         who, as of the Plan Effective Date, constitute the Board and
         subsequently elected members of the Board whose election is approved or
         recommended by at least a majority of such current members or their
         successors whose election was so approved or recommended (other than
         any subsequently elected members whose initial assumption of office
         occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with
         respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or
         threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a
         Person other than the Board) cease for any reason to constitute at
         least a majority of such Board; provided, however, that in no event
         shall a Triggering Event be deemed to have occurred upon any such
         acquisition by (i) any employee benefit plan of the Company, (ii) any
         Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for
         or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan, or (iii)
         any Person (other than any of Fidelity Management & Research Company or
         Fidelity Management Trust Company or by any fund or account associated
         with either Fidelity Management & Research Company or Fidelity
         Management Trust Company) who as of the Plan Effective Date was the
         beneficial owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock
         outstanding on such date unless and until such Person, together with
         all Affiliates of such Person, becomes the beneficial owner of 35% or
         more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding whereupon a Change
         in Control shall be deemed to have occurred;

                  (B) the Company enters into a binding agreement with one or
         more Persons to directly acquire, in exchange for cash, stock, claims
         or property, 50% or more of the aggregate equity securities of the
         Company; or

                  (C) the Company enters into a binding agreement providing for
         a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination
         upon consummation of which one or more Persons would own or control 50%
         or more of either (i) the aggregate voting securities of the Company,
         or (ii) the aggregate value of the assets of the Company.

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                  For purposes of the above definition of Triggering Event only,
the following defined terms shall apply:

                  "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other
         entity which (i) is a Subsidiary of such Person, (ii) is, directly or
         indirectly, under common control with such Person, or (iii) is,
         directly or indirectly, controlling such Person.

                  "Person" means any person, entity or "group" within the
         meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act,
         except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities
         under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities
         pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) an entity owned,
         directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of Pathmark in
         substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the
         Company.

                  "Subsidiary" means with respect to any Person, any entity of
         which:

                  (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of
         shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
         contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
         thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly
         or indirectly, collectively or individually, by such Person or by one
         or more Affiliates of such Person, and

                  (ii) if a partnership, association, limited liability company
or other entity, a majority of the partnership, membership or other similar
ownership interest thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, collectively or individually, by such Person or by one
or more Affiliates of such Person.

                  3. Term. Section w of the Bonus Agreement is hereby deleted in
its entirety and replaced by the following:

                  2. Term. The term of this Letter Agreement (the "Term") shall
         commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until the second
         anniversary of the Plan Effective Date.

                  4. Retention Bonus. Section 3 of the Bonus Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

                  3. Retention Bonus.

                     (a) Prior to a Triggering Event. In consideration of, and
         subject to, your continued employment with the Company prior to a
         Triggering Event and during the period beginning on the Effective Date
         and ending on the Liquidation Date, the Company will pay you a
         Retention Bonus equal to the annual rate of your base salary, as in
         effect on the Payment Date. The Retention Bonus will be paid in two
         substantially equal installments on each of the Payment Date and the
         Liquidation Date, subject to your continued employment with the Company
         on each such date. The Company will pay the Retention Bonus to you in
         lump sum cash amounts as soon as practicable after the Payment Date and
         the Liquidation Date but in no event more than thirty days thereafter,
         respectively.

                     (b) Upon a Triggering Event. Upon the occurrence of a
         Triggering Event, the Retention Bonus shall become immediately payable
         in full. For purposes of calculating the amount of the Retention Bonus
         the date of the Triggering Event shall be considered the Payment Date.
         The Retention Bonus will be paid in a lump sum cash amount as soon as
         practicable after the date of the Triggering Event.

                  5. Section 4(a) of the Bonus Agreement is hereby deleted in
its entirety and replaced by the following:

                     (a) General Terms. You will become entitled to receive the
         Sale Bonus in the event that (i) a Triggering Event occurs on or before
         the end of the Term and (ii) a Change in Control contemplated by such
         Triggering Event occurs thereafter. The amount of the Sale Bonus shall
         be equal to 0.0010 multiplied by the Aggregate Consideration; provided,
         however, that the Sale Bonus shall be reduced by the net value you
         receive in connection with your Stock Options, if any, that are
         redeemed for cash or exchanged for other securities at the time of or
         prior to a Change in Control.

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                  6. Section 5 of the Bonus Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced by the following:

                  5. Effect of Termination of Employment.

                     (a) Involuntary Termination. In the event of your
         Involuntary Termination (as defined in the Employment Agreement) prior
         to the Liquidation Date, you shall be entitled to receive the Retention
         Bonus in accordance with the terms of Section 3, as if your employment
         had continued until such Liquidation Date. In the event of your
         Involuntary Termination on or after August 1, 2000 and prior to a
         Triggering Event, you shall remain entitled to receive the Sale Bonus
         in the event of a subsequent Triggering Event and a corresponding
         Change in Control in the same manner as if your employment with the
         Company had continued through the end of the Term.

                     (b) Other Termination. In the event that your employment
         terminates for any reason other than an Involuntary Termination prior
         to the Payment Date, you shall forfeit your right to the Retention
         Bonus in its entirety. In the event that your employment terminates for
         any reason other than an Involuntary Termination after the Payment Date
         but prior to the Liquidation Date, you shall forfeit your right to any
         unpaid portion of the Retention Bonus. Similarly, in the event that
         your employment terminates for any reason other than an Involuntary
         Termination at any time during the Term, you shall forfeit any right
         you may have to receive the Sale Bonus.

B.       Acknowledgement; Amendment to the Employment Agreement.

                  1. Acknowledgement of a Sale of the Company. You and the
Company hereby acknowledge and agree that, prior to the date of this Letter, a
"Sale of the Company" (within the meaning of Section 4(d) of the Employment
Agreement) has occurred by virtue of the execution of the merger agreement dated
March 9, 1999 among two of the Company's parent companies and Royal Ahold N.V.,
and that any Involuntary Termination (as such term is defined in the Employment
Agreement) will be governed by the terms of Section 5(a)(iii) of the Employment
Agreement.

                  2. Amendment of "Good Reason". The definition of "Good Reason"
as set forth in Section 5(g)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended
to add the following subsection (E) immediately after subsection (D):

                     or (E) a material, adverse reduction or diminution in
         your title, duties, positions or responsibilities with the Company.

                  If this Letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter
hereof, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this Letter,
which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

                                             Sincerely,

                                             PATHMARK STORES, INC.

                                             By
                                                --------------------------------
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title

Agreed to as of this ___th day of _______, 2000.

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            Eileen Scott

                                       4EXECUTION COPY

                              Pathmark Stores, Inc.

                                  July 1, 2000

Frank Vitrano
c/o Pathmark Stores, Inc.
200 Milik Street
Carteret, New Jersey 07008

             Side Letter to the Sale and Retention Bonus Agreement,
         The Employment Agreement and Certain Additional Understandings

Dear Frank:

                  This side letter (the "Letter") sets forth the agreement
between you and Pathmark Stores, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware (the "Company"), regarding the amendment to the terms of the Sale and
Retention Bonus Agreement between you and the Company dated February 1, 2000
(the "Bonus Agreement") and to the terms of the employment agreement between you
and the Company, dated February 1, 1999 (the "Employment Agreement"). In
addition, this Letter includes an acknowledgement of certain occurrences in
connection with the terms of the Employment Agreement. This Letter shall be
effective as of the date first set forth above.

A.       Amendments to the Bonus Agreement.

                  1. New Definitions. (a) The following definition is hereby
added to Section 1 of the Bonus Agreement immediately prior to the definition of
"Payment Date":

                  "Liquidation Date" shall mean January 31, 2001.

                  (b) The following definition is hereby added to Section 1 of
the Bonus Agreement immediately prior to the definition of "Purchaser":

                  "Plan Effective Date" shall mean the effective date of the
         judicial consent to the Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of
         Reorganization of the Company, its parent companies and subsidiaries.

                  (c) The following definition is hereby added to Section 1 of
the Bonus Agreement immediately prior to the definition of "Triggering Event":

                  "Stock Option" shall mean any vested or unvested outstanding
         stock option awarded under any equity compensation plan of the Company
         or its subsidiaries that is exercisable upon vesting for shares of
         common stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

                  2. Modified Definition. The definition of "Triggering Event"
in Section 1 of the Bonus Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced by the following:

                  Prior to the Plan Effective Date, a "Triggering Event" shall
         be deemed to have occurred on the date that any of he following shall
         have occurred:

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                  (A) any member of the Company Group enters into a binding
         agreement with one or more Independent Third Parties to directly
         acquire, in exchange for cash, stock, claims, or property, fifty
         percent or more of the aggregate equity securities of Holdings for
         which the MLCP Investors and the Equitable Investors (as defined in the
         Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement among Holdings and its
         Stockholders, dated January 22, 1998) (together, the "Stockholders")
         are Beneficial Owners as of the Effective Date;

                  (B) any member of the Company Group enters into a binding
         agreement providing for a merger, consolidation, reorganization or
         other business combination upon consummation of which one or more
         Independent Third Parties would own or control fifty percent or more of
         either (i) the aggregate voting securities of the Company Group, (ii)
         the aggregate economic interest of the outstanding equity securities of
         the Company Group or (iii) the aggregate value of the assets of the
         Company;

                  (C) any member of the Company Group enters into transaction
         upon consummation of which an Independent Third Party would acquire in
         exchange for cash, stock, claims or property fifty percent or more of
         either (I) the aggregate equity securities of the Company, PTK
         Holdings, Inc. or Supermarkets General Holdings Corporation, or (II)
         the Company's assets; or

                  (D) any member of the Company Group files a plan of
         reorganization or motion for relief in a case under title 11 of the
         United States Code for the purpose of implementing an agreement or
         transaction of the type described in any of the preceding clauses (A),
         (B) or (C);

         provided, however, that a Triggering Event shall not include any change
         of ownership resulting from a public offering of any of the securities
         of any of the Company Group pursuant to an effective registration
         statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                  On and after the Plan Effective Date, a "Triggering Event"
         shall be deemed to have occurred on the date that any of the following
         shall have occurred, provided that a Triggering Event may occur only
         during the Term (as defined in Section 2 below):

                  (A) the acquisition by any Person of beneficial ownership
         (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of 35% or more of the common stock of
         the Company (the "Common Stock") then outstanding, and the individuals
         who, as of the Plan Effective Date, constitute the Board and
         subsequently elected members of the Board whose election is approved or
         recommended by at least a majority of such current members or their
         successors whose election was so approved or recommended (other than
         any subsequently elected members whose initial assumption of office
         occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with
         respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or
         threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a
         Person other than the Board) cease for any reason to constitute at
         least a majority of such Board; provided, however, that in no event
         shall a Triggering Event be deemed to have occurred upon any such
         acquisition by (i) any employee benefit plan of the Company, (ii) any
         Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for
         or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan, or (iii)
         any Person (other than any of Fidelity Management & Research Company or
         Fidelity Management Trust Company or by any fund or account associated
         with either Fidelity Management & Research Company or Fidelity
         Management Trust Company) who as of the Plan Effective Date was the
         beneficial owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock
         outstanding on such date unless and until such Person, together with
         all Affiliates of such Person, becomes the beneficial owner of 35% or
         more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding whereupon a Change
         in Control shall be deemed to have occurred;

                  (B) the Company enters into a binding agreement with one or
         more Persons to directly acquire, in exchange for cash, stock, claims
         or property, 50% or more of the aggregate equity securities of the
         Company; or

                  (C) the Company enters into a binding agreement providing for
         a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination
         upon consummation of which one or more Persons would own or control 50%
         or more of either (i) the aggregate voting securities of the Company,
         or (ii) the aggregate value of the assets of the Company.

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                  For purposes of the above definition of Triggering Event only,
the following defined terms shall apply:

                  "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other
         entity which (i) is a Subsidiary of such Person, (ii) is, directly or
         indirectly, under common control with such Person, or (iii) is,
         directly or indirectly, controlling such Person.

                  "Person" means any person, entity or "group" within the
         meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act,
         except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities
         under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities
         pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) an entity owned,
         directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of Pathmark in
         substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the
         Company.

                  "Subsidiary" means with respect to any Person, any entity of
         which:

                  (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of
         shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
         contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
         thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly
         or indirectly, collectively or individually, by such Person or by one
         or more Affiliates of such Person, and

                  (ii) if a partnership, association, limited liability company
         or other entity, a majority of the partnership, membership or other
         similar ownership interest thereof is at the time of determination
         owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, collectively or
         individually, by such Person or by one or more Affiliates of such
         Person.

                  3. Term. Section 2 of the Bonus Agreement is hereby deleted in
its entirety and replaced by the following:

                  2. Term. The term of this Letter Agreement (the "Term") shall
         commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until the second
         anniversary of the Plan Effective Date.

                  4. Retention Bonus. Section 3 of the Bonus Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

                  3. Retention Bonus.

                     (a) Prior to a Triggering Event. In consideration of, and
         subject to, your continued employment with the Company prior to a
         Triggering Event and during the period beginning on the Effective Date
         and ending on the Liquidation Date, the Company will pay you a
         Retention Bonus equal to the annual rate of your base salary, as in
         effect on the Payment Date. The Retention Bonus will be paid in two
         substantially equal installments on each of the Payment Date and the
         Liquidation Date, subject to your continued employment with the Company
         on each such date. The Company will pay the Retention Bonus to you in
         lump sum cash amounts as soon as practicable after the Payment Date and
         the Liquidation Date but in no event more than thirty days thereafter,
         respectively.

                     (b) Upon a Triggering Event. Upon the occurrence of a
         Triggering Event, the Retention Bonus shall become immediately payable
         in full. For purposes of calculating the amount of the Retention Bonus
         the date of the Triggering Event shall be considered the Payment Date.
         The Retention Bonus will be paid in a lump sum cash amount as soon as
         practicable after the date of the Triggering Event.

                  5. Section 4(a) of the Bonus Agreement is hereby deleted in
its entirety and replaced by the following:

                     (a) General Terms. You will become entitled to receive the
         Sale Bonus in the event that (i) a Triggering Event occurs on or before
         the end of the Term and (ii) a Change in Control contemplated by such
         Triggering Event occurs thereafter. The amount of the Sale Bonus shall
         be equal to 0.0020 multiplied by the Aggregate Consideration; provided,
         however, that the Sale Bonus shall be reduced by the net value you
         receive in connection with your Stock Options, if any, that are
         redeemed for cash or exchanged for other securities at the time of or
         prior to a Change in Control.

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                  6. Section 5 of the Bonus Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced by the following:

                  5. Effect of Termination of Employment.

                     (a) Involuntary Termination. In the event of your
         Involuntary Termination (as defined in the Employment Agreement) prior
         to the Liquidation Date, you shall be entitled to receive the Retention
         Bonus in accordance with the terms of Section 3, as if your employment
         had continued until such Liquidation Date. In the event of your
         Involuntary Termination on or after August 1, 2000 and prior to a
         Triggering Event, you shall remain entitled to receive the Sale Bonus
         in the event of a subsequent Triggering Event and a corresponding
         Change in Control in the same manner as if your employment with the
         Company had continued through the end of the Term.

                     (b) Other Termination. In the event that your employment
         terminates for any reason other than an Involuntary Termination prior
         to the Payment Date, you shall forfeit your right to the Retention
         Bonus in its entirety. In the event that your employment terminates for
         any reason other than an Involuntary Termination after the Payment Date
         but prior to the Liquidation Date, you shall forfeit your right to any
         unpaid portion of the Retention Bonus. Similarly, in the event that
         your employment terminates for any reason other than an Involuntary
         Termination at any time during the Term, you shall forfeit any right
         you may have to receive the Sale Bonus.

B.       Acknowledgement; Amendment to the Employment Agreement.

                  1. Acknowledgement of a Sale of the Company. You and the
Company hereby acknowledge and agree that, prior to the date of this Letter, a
"Sale of the Company" (within the meaning of Section 4(d) of the Employment
Agreement) has occurred by virtue of the execution of the merger agreement dated
March 9, 1999 among two of the Company's parent companies and Royal Ahold N.V.,
and that any Involuntary Termination (as such term is defined in the Employment
Agreement) will be governed by the terms of Section 5(a)(iii) of the Employment
Agreement.

                  2. Amendment of "Good Reason". The definition of "Good Reason"
as set forth in Section 5(g)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended
to add the following subsection (E) immediately after subsection (D):

                     or (E) a material, adverse reduction or diminution in
         your title, duties, positions or responsibilities with the Company.

                  If this Letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter
hereof, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this Letter,
which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

                                               Sincerely,

                                               PATHMARK STORES, INC.

                                               By
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                   Name:
                                                   Title

Agreed to as of this ___th day of _______, 2000.

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          Frank Vitrano

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