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                                                                  Exhibit 10(aq)

                                                                  CONFORMED COPY

                      AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

     AMENDMENT dated as of April 19, 2001, amending the Amended and Restated
$500,000,000 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of November 17, 2000 (the "Credit
Agreement"), among DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC. (the "Borrower"), the LENDERS party
hereto (the "Lenders") and MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as
Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent").

                             W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement, as set
forth herein;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     Section 1.  Definitions; References. Unless otherwise specifically defined
herein, each capitalized term used herein which is defined in the Credit
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.
Each reference to "hereof", "hereunder", "herein" and "hereby" and each other
similar reference and each reference to "this Agreement" and each other similar
reference contained in the Credit Agreement shall from and after the date hereof
refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

     Section 2.  Additional Definitions. (a) The following definitions are added
in alphabetical order in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement (and, where
appropriate, amend and restate any prior definition in its entirety):

          "Amendment No. 1 Effective Date" means the date of effectiveness of
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     Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement.

          "Change in Control" means (a) the failure of the Parent or any wholly-
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     owned subsidiary of the Parent to own, directly or indirectly, beneficially
     or of record, shares representing more than a majority of the aggregate
     ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital
     Stock of the Borrower; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other
     than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who
     were not (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower, (ii)
     appointed by directors so nominated or (iii) nominated by the Parent; or
     (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Borrower by any
     Person or group other than the Parent or any wholly-owned subsidiary of the
     Parent.
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          "Food Lion" means Food Lion, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability
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     company.

          "Food Lion Guaranty" means the guaranty agreement between Food Lion
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     and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, substantially
     in the form of Exhibit A to Amendment No.1 to this Agreement, as amended
     from time to time.

          "Guaranteed Parent Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Parent
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     that is guaranteed by the Borrower.

          "Loan Documents" means this Agreement and the Food Lion Guaranty.
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          "Parent" means Etablissements Delhaize Freres et Cie "Le Lion" S.A., a
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     Belgian corporation.

          "Restricted Guaranty" means any Indebtedness of the Borrower
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     constituting a Guarantee of Indebtedness of the Parent.

     (b)  The definition of "Consolidated Net Income"contained in Section 1.01
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of the Credit Agreement is amended by (i) deleting the phrase "and subject to
Section 1.04" from the second line of clause (d) thereof, (ii) deleting the
phrase "and subject to Section 1.04(b)" from the second line of clause (e)
thereof, (iii) replacing the word "or" in clause (h) thereof with a comma, and
(iv) inserting the phrase "or write-down" immediately following the phrase
"write-up" in clause (h) thereof.

     (c)  The definition of "Delhaize Belgium"contained in Section 1.01 of the
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Credit Agreement is deleted.

     Section 3.  Additional Reporting Covenant Regarding Restricted Guarantees.
(a) Section 5.01(f) of the Credit Agreement is renamed Section 5.01(g) thereof.

     (b)  A new Section 5.01(f) of the Credit Agreement is inserted immediately
following Section 5.01(e) thereof, to read in its entirety as follows:

          "(f) (i) at least 90 days (subject to the parenthetical at the end of
     the second paragraph in Section 6.02(a) hereof) prior to entering into a
     Restricted Guaranty notice of its intent to do so, which notice shall set
     forth the terms of the Guaranteed Parent Indebtedness proposed to be
     Guaranteed pursuant to such Restricted Guaranty and (ii) on the date of
     granting of such Restricted Guaranty, a certificate of the chief financial

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     officer or the chief accounting officer of the Parent, stating whether the
     Parent is in compliance with the covenants referred to in clause (2) of
     Section 6.02(a) and with respect to any such covenants that are financial
     covenants, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of compliance
     therewith; and"

     (c)  Section 5.01(e) of the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting the
word "and" immediately following the phrase "as the case may be;" in the sixth
line thereof.

     Section 4. Amended Lien Covenant.(a) Section 6.01(b) of the Credit
Agreement is amended by (i) replacing the phrase "capital leases" in the third
line thereof with the phrase "Capitalized Leases" and (ii) inserting the
parenthetical "(subject to Section 6.02)" immediately following the phrase
"replacements thereof" in the eighth line thereof.

     (b) Section 6.01(c) of the Credit Agreement is amended by inserting the
parenthetical "(subject to Section 6.02)" immediately following the phrase
"replacements thereof" in the eleventh line thereof.

     (c) Section 6.01(d) of the Credit Agreement is amended by inserting the
phrase "and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof (subject to Section
6.02) that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof" immediately
following the phrase "or any Subsidiary" in the eighth line thereof.

     Section 5.  Amended Debt Covenant. Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          "SECTION 6.02.  Indebtedness.  (a) Limitations on Indebtedness of the
     Borrower. The Borrower will not incur, assume, become liable in respect of
     or suffer to exist any Indebtedness constituting a Restricted Guaranty
     except, to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 6.08 hereof, the
     Borrower may Guarantee any Indebtedness of the Parent, so long as (1) prior
     to or simultaneously with the granting of such Guaranty, Parent shall have
     guaranteed all Indebtedness under this Agreement on terms and conditions
     acceptable to the Majority Lenders, (2) immediately after giving effect to
     the granting of any such Guaranty, the Parent and its Consolidated
     Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with certain financial, affirmative and
     negative covenants to be agreed upon by Parent and the Majority Lenders in
     good faith. Such financial covenants shall include, in any event,
     compliance with a leverage covenant and a fixed charges coverage covenant,
     in each case with levels to be agreed upon by Parent and the Majority
     Lenders in good faith, and (3) after giving effect to the

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     granting of any such Guaranty, the rating of the Index Debt is not lowered
     by either S&P or Moody's.

     In connection with each proposed Restricted Guaranty, the Borrower will
     provide the notice and certificate set forth in Section 5.01(f) with
     respect thereto and, concurrently therewith, will provide such notice to
     S&P and Moody's, together with any additional information requested by S&P
     or Moody's. The Borrower will not enter into such Restricted Guaranty for a
     period of at least 90 days after such notice and certificate have been
     delivered to the Administrative Agent, S&P and Moody's (or, if earlier, the
     date on which each of S&P and Moody's shall have reaffirmed the rating of
     the Index Debt, after giving effect to the granting of such Restricted
     Guaranty).

          (b)  Limitations on Indebtedness of Subsidiaries. The Borrower will
     not permit any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume, become liable in
     respect of or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except any Indebtedness
     that is listed in one of the clauses below and is otherwise permitted under
     Section 6.08 hereof:

          (1)  Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease
     Obligations) secured by Liens permitted under Section 6.01(b);

          (2)  (i)  Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease
     Obligations) secured by Liens permitted under Section 6.01(c) in an
     aggregate principal amount not to exceed $140,000,000, (ii) Indebtedness
     (other than Indebtedness permitted by clause (i)) consisting of Capital
     Lease Obligations and (iii) Indebtedness of Bel-Thai Supermarket Company
     Ltd. in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $60,000,000;

          (3)  Indebtedness of any Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or any other
     Subsidiary;

          (4)  Indebtedness of Food Lion under the Food Lion Guaranty,
     Indebtedness of Food Lion constituting a Guaranty of the Borrower's
     obligations under the 5-Year Agreement and Indebtedness of Food Lion
     constituting a Guaranty of the Borrower's senior unsecured $600,000,000
     7.375% Notes due 2006, $1,100,000,000 8.125% Notes due 2011 and
     $900,000,000 9% Debentures due 2031, and

          (5)  additional Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries in an aggregate
     principal amount (for all Subsidiaries) at no time exceeding (i)
     $30,000,000 minus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
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     secured by Liens permitted solely by clause (e) of Section 6.01 outstanding
     at such time;

provided that at any date the aggregate amount of Capital Lease Obligations of
all Subsidiaries (other than any such Capital Lease Obligations incurred in
reliance on clause (2)(i) of subsection (b)) and the aggregate amount of Capital
Lease Obligations of the Borrower will not exceed $1,000,000,000."

     Section 6.  Amended Fundamental Changes. Section 6.03 of the Credit
Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          "SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes. (a) The Borrower will not, and will
     not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other
     Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or
     sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a
     series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of the
     Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (whether now owned or
     hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time
     thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have
     occurred and be continuing (i) the Borrower may merge into any other Person
     in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii)
     any Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the
     Borrower is the surviving corporation, (iii) any Subsidiary may merge into
     any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a
     Subsidiary (and, if Food Lion is a party to such merger, the surviving
     entity shall agree to be bound by the provisions of the Food Lion
     Guaranty), (iv) (x) any Subsidiary may merge into any other Person in a
     transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary (and, if Food
     Lion is a party to such merger, the surviving entity shall agree to be
     bound by the provisions of the Food Lion Guaranty) or (y) any Subsidiary
     (other than Food Lion) may merge into any other Person in a transaction
     permitted by Section 6.09 and in which the surviving Person is not a
     Subsidiary, (v) subject to the last sentence of this subsection (a), any
     Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to
     the Borrower or to another Subsidiary or in a transaction not constituting
     all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
     taken as a whole and which is permitted by Section 6.09 and (vi) any
     Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good
     faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the
     Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided
     that any such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned
     Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless
     also permitted by Section 6.04. In addition to the requirements set forth
     in the immediately preceding sentence, the Borrower will not permit Food
     Lion

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     to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or a
     series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets to any
     Person except to (1) the Borrower, (2) an entity that is a Subsidiary prior
     to such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition or (3) any other Person
     in a transaction not constituting a sale, lease, transfer or other
     disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and
     its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and in which the surviving entity is a
     Subsidiary so long as, in the case of clauses (2) or (3), such Subsidiary
     or other Person shall agree to be bound by the provisions of the Food Lion
     Guaranty.

          (b)  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
     Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than
     businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
     the Amendment No.1 Effective Date and businesses reasonably related or
     incidental thereto."

     Section 7. Amended Investment Covenant. (a) The introductory paragraph of
Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is amended by inserting the phrase ",
otherwise provide any credit support to" immediately following the phrase
"guarantee any obligations of" in the sixth line thereof.

     (b)  Clause (v) of Section 6.04(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

          "(v)  (A) investments by the Borrower existing on the date hereof in
     the capital stock of its Subsidiaries and (B) investments by the Borrower
     or any Subsidiary consisting solely of the creation of one or more new
     Subsidiaries (it being understood that the purchase or other acquisition
     (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of any assets of any other
     Person constituting a business unit shall not be permitted by this clause
     (v)(B));"

     (c)  Clause (vii) of Section 6.04(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

          "(vii)  (x) Guarantees by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of
     any Debt or Indebtedness of any Person (other than the Parent or any other
     entity through which the Parent holds any Capital Stock of the Borrower),
     so long as (1) in the case of any Debt, such Debt and Guarantee would be
     permitted under Section 6.08 and (2) in the case of any Indebtedness, such
     Indebtedness is permitted under Section 6.02 and (y) Restricted Guarantees
     permitted under Section 6.02;"

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     (d) Clause (xi) of Section 6.04(a) of the Credit Agreement is renumbered
clause (xii) thereof.

     (e) A new clause (xi) is added to Section 6.04(a) of the Credit Agreement
immediately following clause (x) thereof, to read in its entirety as follows:

          "(xi)  purchase of common stock or ADRs of the Parent, solely for the
     purpose of providing such stock or ADRs as compensation to employees of the
     Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to compensation plans of the
     Borrower in the ordinary course of business."

     Section 8.  Amended Transactions with Affiliates Covenant. Section 6.05 of
the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          "SECTION 6.05.  Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not,
     and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise
     transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire
     any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions
     with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business
     at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or
     such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm's-length basis from
     unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and
     its wholly owned Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate , and (c)
     the granting by the Borrower of Restricted Guarantees permitted under
     Section 6.02."

     Section 9.  Amended Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio. Section 6.07 is amended
to read in its entirety as follows:

          "SECTION 6.07.  Fixed Charges Coverage. At the end of each Fiscal
     Quarter set forth below, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDAR for the
     period of four Fiscal Quarters then ended to (ii) Consolidated Fixed
     Charges for such period, shall not have been less than the ratio set forth
     below opposite such Fiscal Quarter:

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           Fiscal Quarter                                       Ratio
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      First Fiscal Quarter ended on or immediately after the    2.00:1
      Amendment No. 1 Effective Date - Third Fiscal
      Quarter 2001
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      Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2001 - Third Fiscal Quarter 2002    2.15:1
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      Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2002 - Third Fiscal Quarter 2003    2.40:1
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      Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2003 - Third Fiscal Quarter 2004    2.65:1
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      Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2004 and thereafter                 3.00:1
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     Section 10.  Amended Ratio of Consolidated Adjusted Debt to Consolidated
EBITDAR. Section 6.08 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          " SECTION 6.08. Ratio of Consolidated Adjusted Debt to Consolidated
     EBITDAR. At no date will the ratio of (i) Consolidated Adjusted Debt at
     such date to (ii) Consolidated EBITDAR for the period of four consecutive
     Fiscal Quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date exceed the
     ratio set forth below opposite the period in which such date falls:

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           Fiscal Quarter                                      Ratio
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      Amendment No. 1 Effective Date - day immediately          4.50:1
      preceding last day of Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2001
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      Last day of Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2001 - day              4.25:1
      immediately preceding last day of Fourth Fiscal
      Quarter 2002
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      Last day of Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2002 - day              4.00:1
      immediately preceding last day of Fourth Fiscal
      Quarter 2003
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      Last day of Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2003 and thereafter     3.50:1
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     Section 11.  Additional Events of Default. (a) Section 7.01(c) of the
Credit Agreement is amended by adding the phrase "or any Loan Document"
immediately after the word "Agreement" in the second line thereof.

     (b) Section 7.01(1) of the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting the word
"or" at the end thereof.

     (c)  A new Section 7.01(n) is added to the Credit Agreement immediately
following Section 7.01(m) thereof, to read in its entirety as follows:

          "(n)  the Food Lion Guaranty shall cease to be enforceable, or Food
     Lion or any of its Affiliates shall so assert in writing; or"

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     (d)  A new Section 7.01(o) is added to the Credit Agreement immediately
following the new Section 7.01(n) thereof, to read in its entirety as follows:

          "(o) the Parent (or any other entity through which the Parent holds
     any capital stock of the Borrower) shall Guarantee any Indebtedness or
     other obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
     Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement), unless prior to or
     contemporaneously therewith, Parent shall have guaranteed all Indebtedness
     under this Agreement on terms and conditions acceptable to the Majority
     Lenders;"

     Section 12.  Changes to Article 8. (a) Clause (i) in the third paragraph of
Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing the phrase "this
Agreement" contained therein with the phrase "any Loan Document",

     (b)  Clause (ii) in the third paragraph of Section 8.01 of the Credit
Agreement is amended by replacing the word "herewith" contained therein with the
word "therewith",

     (c)  Clause (iii) in the third paragraph of Section 8.01 of the Credit
Agreement is amended by replacing the word "herein" contained therein with the
word "therein",

     (d)  Clause (iv) in the third paragraph of Section 8.01 of the Credit
Agreement is amended by replacing the phrase "this Agreement" contained therein
with the phrase "any Loan Document",

     (e)  Clause (v) in the third paragraph of Section 8.01 of the Credit
Agreement is amended by inserting the phrase "of this Agreement" immediately
following the phrase "Article IV" and replacing the word "herein" contained
therein with the word "therein".

     Section 13.  Changes to the Amendments and Waivers Section . A new
paragraph (c) is added at the end of Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, to
read in its entirety as follows:

          "(c)  Neither the Food Lion Guaranty nor any provision thereof may be
     waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements
     in writing entered into by Food Lion and the Administrative Agent with the
     consent of the Majority Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall
     release Food Lion from its obligations under the Food Lion Guaranty without
     the consent of each Lender."

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     Section 14. Changes to the Assignments Section. (a) Section 9.04(b) of the
Credit Agreement is amended by (i) replacing the word "an" immediately following
the phrase "assignment to a Lender or" in the fourth line thereof with the
phrase "a Lender", (ii) deleting the phrase "of a Lender" immediately following
the word "Affiliate" in the fourth line thereof, (iii) replacing the word "an"
immediately following the phrase "assignment to a Lender or" in the seventh line
thereof with the phrase "a Lender", (iv) deleting the phrase "of a Lender"
immediately following the word "Affiliate" in the seventh line thereof, (v)
inserting the phrase "other than Section 9.12" immediately following the phrase
"under this Agreement" in the twenty-sixth line thereof, and (vi) inserting the
phrase "and subject to Section 9.12" immediately following the phrase "2.15 and
9.03" in the twenty-ninth line thereof.

     (b) A new paragraph (h) is added at the end of Section 9.04 of the Credit
Agreement, to read in its entirety as follows:

          "(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any
     Lender (a "Granting Lender") may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle
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     (an "SPC") of such Granting Lender, identified as such in writing from time
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     to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the
     Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan
     that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the
     Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, provided that (i) nothing herein shall
     constitute a commitment to make any Loan by any SPC and (ii) if an SPC
     elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any
     part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan
     pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder
     shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and
     as if, such Loan were made by the Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby
     agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any payment under this Agreement for
     which a Lender would otherwise be liable, for so long as, and to the
     extent, the related Granting Lender makes such payment. In furtherance of
     the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees that, prior to the date that
     is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding senior
     indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other
     person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization,
     arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or similar proceedings
     under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition,
     notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.04 any
     SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the
     Borrower or the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee
     therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to its
     Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (if consented to by the
     Borrower and the Administrative

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     Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit facilities to or for the account
     of such SPC to fund the Loans made by such SPC or to support the securities
     (if any) issued by such SPC to fund such Loans and (ii) disclose on a
     confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any
     rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of a surety, guarantee
     or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. This Section may not be
     amended without the written consent of each SPC that holds any Loans at the
     time of such proposed amendment."

     Section 15. Changes to the Survival Section. Section 9.05 of the Credit
Agreement is amended by replacing the phrase "2.15 and 9.03" in the thirteenth
line thereof with the phrase "2.15, 9.03 and 9.12".

     Section 16. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents
and warrants that as of the date hereof and after giving effect hereto:

     (a)  no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and

     (b)  each representation and warranty of the Borrower set forth in the
Credit Agreement after giving effect to this Amendment is true and correct as
though made on and as of such date, except for any such representation and
warranty made as of a specific date, which are true and correct as of such
specific date.

     Section 17. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

     Section 18. Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Amendment may be signed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same
effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof when each of the
following conditions shall have been satisfied:

     (a)  receipt by the Administrative Agent of duly executed counterparts
hereof signed by the Borrower and the Majority Lenders (or, in the case of any
party as to which an executed counterpart shall not have been received, the
Agent shall have received telegraphic, telex or other written confirmation from
such party of execution of a counterpart hereof by such party);

     (b)  receipt by the Administrative Agent of duly executed counterparts of a
Food Lion Guaranty substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit A hereto;

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     (c)  receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent; and

     (d)  receipt by the Administrative Agent of all documents it may reasonably
request relating to the existence of the Borrower, the corporate authority for
and the validity of the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and any other
matters relevant hereto, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.

     The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders
of the effectiveness of this Amendment, and such notice shall be conclusive and
binding on all parties hereto.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.

                                   DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Richard James
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                                       Title: Treasurer

                                   MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
                                   NEW YORK, individually and as Administrative
                                   Agent

                                   By: /s/ B. J. Lillis
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                                       Title: Managing Director
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                                        CITIBANK, N.A.

                                        By: /s/ Marc Merlino
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Vice President

                                        BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

                                        By:_____________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

                                        WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.

                                        By: /s/ Christopher L. Fincher
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Senior Vice President

                                        BBL INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LIMITED

                                        By: /s/ C. F. Wright
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Authorized Signatory

                                        By: /s/ M-C Swinnen
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Authorized Signatory

                                        BNP PARIBAS (HOUSTON)

                                        By: /s/ Henry F. Setina
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Vice President

                                        By: /s/ Lloyd G. Cox
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Managing Director
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                                   DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
                                   and/or Cayman Islands Branch

                                   By: /s/ Kamil Kaya
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Title: Director

                                   By: /s/ Frank A. Raetzer
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   FORTIS (USA) FINANCE LLC

                                   By: /s/ Karel Louman
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Title: President

                                   By: /s/ John T. Conners
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Title: Chief Operating Officer

                                   COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-
                                       BOERENLEENBANK B.A., "RABOBANK
                                       INTERNATIONAL", NEW YORK BRANCH

                                   By: /s/ Theodore W. Cox
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   By: /s/ James S. Cunningham
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Title: Managing Director, Chief Risk
                                              Officer

                                   THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                                   By: /s/ William M. Barnum
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   BANK ONE, NA

                                   By:__________________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:
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                                        CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ

                                        By: /s/ Rene LeBlanc
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Vice President

                                        By: /s/ Michael Haggarty
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Vice President

                                        FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK

                                        By: /s/ Margaret Gibbons
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Senior Vice President

                                        SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA

                                        By: /s/ Andrew J. Hines
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Director

                                        BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY

                                        By: /s/ Mark R. Marron
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Vice President
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                                        COBANK, ACB

                                        By: /s/ Brian J. Klatt
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Vice President

                                        THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LTD.

                                        By: /s/ Ying Yang
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Account Officer

                                        THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED

                                        By:_____________________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

                                        THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED

                                        By: /s/ Akihiko Mabuchi
                                           -------------------------------------
                                            Title: Senior Vice President

                                        BNP PARIBAS (BRUSSELS)

                                        By: /s/ Andre Boulanger
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Title: General Manager
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                                        BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY

                                        By: /s/ Cory Boyte
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Title: Vice President

                                        CREDIT COMMERCIALE DE FRANCE S.A.

                                        By:_____________________________________
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                        DEXIA BANK S.A.

                                        By:_____________________________________
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                        FLEET NATIONAL BANK

                                        By:_____________________________________
                                             Name:
                                             Title:<PAGE>

                                                                  Exhibit 10(ar)

                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                               HANNAFORD GUARANTY

     HANNAFORD GUARANTY dated as of September 6, 2001 by HANNAFORD BROS. CO., a
Maine corporation (with its successors, the "Guarantor") in favor of MORGAN
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GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as Administrative Agent (with its
successors, the "Administrative Agent").
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                             W I T N E S S E T H :
                             - - - - - - - - - -

     WHEREAS, Delhaize America Inc., a North Carolina corporation (with its
successors, the "Borrower"), certain lenders (the "Lenders") and the
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Administrative Agent are parties to an Amendment and Restated $500,000,000 364-
Day Credit Agreement dated as of November 17, 2000 (as the same may be amended
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); and
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     WHEREAS, the Borrower holds 100% of the voting equity of  the Guarantor;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE 1
                                  Definitions

     Section 1.01. Definitions. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided
for therein. The following additional terms, as used herein, have the following
respective meanings:

     "Guaranteed Obligations" means: (i) all principal of and interest
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(including, without limitation, any interest which accrues after or would accrue
but for the commencement of any case, proceeding or other action relating to the
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Borrower, whether or not allowed
or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) on any loan under, or any note
issued pursuant to, the Credit Agreement, (ii) all other amounts payable by the
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Borrower under the Loan Documents and (iii) any amendments, restatements,
renewals, extensions or modifications of any of the foregoing.

     "Obligor" means any party to any Loan Document, other than the
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Administrative Agent or any Lender.

                                   ARTICLE 2
                         Representations and Warranties

     The Guarantor represents and warrants that:

     Section 2.01. Organization; Powers. The Guarantor is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as
now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on the Guarantor, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing
in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

     Section 2.02. Authorization; Enforceability. This Agreement is within the
Guarantor's powers and has been duly authorized by all necessary limited
liability company action and, if required, action on the part of its members.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally
and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.

     Section 2.03. Corporate and Govermental Authorization; No Contravention.
This Agreement (a) does not require any consent or approval of, registration or
filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except
consents, approvals, registrations or filings as have been obtained or made and
are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or
regulation or the limited liability company agreement or other organizational
documents of the Guarantor or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will
not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or instrument
binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, other than
defaults or violations for which consents or waivers have been obtained, or
which individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower or the Guarantor, (d) will
not give rise to a right under any indenture, agreement or other instrument
binding upon the

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Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets to require any payment to be
made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than any payments
contemplated to be made in connection with the Transactions and (e) will not
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries.

     Section 2.04. Rank of Debt. The obligations of the Guarantor under this
Agreement to pay the Guaranteed Obligations constitute direct and unconditional
obligations of the Guarantor and rank at least pari passu in right of payment
with all other unsecured, unsubordinated Debt of the Guarantor.

     Section 2.05. No Set-Off. The obligations of the Guarantor under this
Agreement are not subject to any defense, set-off or counterclaim by the
Guarantor or any other Person or any circumstance whatsoever which might
constitute a legal or equitable discharge from its obligations thereunder.

                                   ARTICLE 3
                                 The Guaranty

     Section 3.01. The Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees
the full and punctual payment (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise) of the Guaranteed Obligations. Upon failure by the Borrower to pay
punctually any Guaranteed Obligation, the Guarantor agrees that it shall
forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner
specified in the Credit Agreement or the other relevant Loan Document, as the
case may be.

     Section 3.02. Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise
affected by:

     (a) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in
respect of any obligation of any other Obligor or any other Person under any
Loan Document, by operation of law or otherwise;

     (b) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Document;

     (c) any release, impairment, non-perfection or invalidity of any direct or
indirect security for any obligation of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other
Person under any Loan Document;

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     (d) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the
Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Person or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar
proceeding affecting the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Person or any of
their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the
Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Person contained in any Loan Document;

     (e) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which the Guarantor
may have at any time against the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated
transactions, provided that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any
such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;

     (f) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower,
any other Obligor or any other Person for any reason of the Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document, or any provision of applicable law or regulation
purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower, of the principal or the
interest or any other amount payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document; or

     (g) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent, any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever
which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or
equitable discharge of or defense to obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.

     Section 3.03. Effectiveness of Guaranty; Reinstatement in Certain
Circumstances; Release of the Guarantor. (a) The Guarantor's obligations
hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until the repayment in full of
all Guaranteed Obligations and the termination of the Commitments under the
Credit Agreement. If at any time any payment of Guaranteed Obligations payable
by the Borrower is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the
insolvency or receivership of the Borrower or otherwise, the Guarantor's
obligations hereunder with respect thereto shall be reinstated as though such
payment had been due but not made at such time.

     (b) At any time prior to the termination of  the Guarantor's obligations
hereunder, in accordance with subsection (a), the Administrative Agent may
release the Guarantor from its obligations hereunder in accordance with Section
9.02(c) of the Credit Agreement.

     Section 3.04. Waiver by the Guarantor. The Guarantor irrevocably waives
acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not

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provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be
taken by any corporation or person against the Borrower or any other Person.

     Section 3.05. Subrogation. Upon making any payment with respect to the
Borrower hereunder, the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the payee
against the Borrower with respect to such payment; provided that the Guarantor
shall not enforce any payment by way of subrogation until the repayment in full
of all Guaranteed Obligations and the termination of the Commitments under the
Credit Agreement.

     Section 3.06. Stay of Acceleration. In the event that acceleration of the
time for payment of any Guaranteed Obligation is stayed upon insolvency or
receivership of the Borrower or otherwise, all such Guaranteed Obligations
otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of any Loan Document shall
nonetheless be payable by the Guarantor hereunder forthwith on demand.

     Section 3.07. Limit of Liability. The obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount
that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance under
Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provisions of
any applicable state law.

                                   ARTICLE 4
                                 Miscellaneous

     Section 4.01. Amendments. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof
may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only in writing in
accordance with Section 9.02(c) of the Credit Agreement.

     Section 4.02. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered in accordance with Section
9.01 of the Credit Agreement.

     Section 4.03. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of the
Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising and no course of
dealing with respect to, any right under this Agreement shall operate as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Administrative
Agent of any right under this Agreement or any other Loan Document preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights
in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

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     Section 4.04. Right of Set-Off. If the Guarantor fails to pay any
Guaranteed Obligation when due, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time
owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the
Guarantor against any and all of the obligations of the Guarantor now or
hereafter existing under the Loan Documents held by such Lender or any of its
Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The
rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

     Section 4.05. Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing Guaranty
and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its respective successors and
assigns, and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative
Agent or each Lender and its successors, transferees and assigns. This Guaranty
is for the benefit of each Lender and its successors and assigns, and in the
event of an assignment of all or any of any Lender's interest in and to its
rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement in accordance with the Credit
Agreement, the assignor's rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the
indebtedness or obligation so assigned, shall automatically be transferred with
such indebtedness or obligation.

     Section 4.06. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

     Section 4.07. Taxes. The Guarantor agrees to comply with the provisions of
Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement and such provisions, and all related
defined terms, are incorporated by reference into this Guaranty as if fully set
forth herein, except that (i) any references to "the Borrower" shall be deemed
to be references to the Guarantor, and (ii) any references to any obligation
under the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be references to obligations
hereunder.

     Section 4.08. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law
of the State of New York.

     (b) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for
itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
of

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the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court
from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any
judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard
and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in
such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in
any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent
or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against the Guarantor or its
properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

     (c) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the
fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may
now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any
court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense
of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any
such court.

     (d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process
in the manner provided for notices in Section 4.02. Nothing in this Agreement
will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any
other manner permitted by law.

     Section 4.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRAIL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

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     Section 4.10. Appointment of Agent for Service of Process. (a) the
Guarantor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints, authorizes and empowers as
its agent for service of process, CT Corporation System, at its offices
currently located at 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 (the "Process
                                                                   -------
Agent"), to accept and acknowledge for and on behalf of  the Guarantor service
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of any and all process, notices or other documents that may be served in any
suit, action or proceeding relating hereto in any New York State or Federal
court sitting in the State of New York. Such designation and appointment shall
be irrevocable until all Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full in
accordance with the provisions thereof. the Guarantor covenants and agrees that
it shall take any and all reasonable action, including the execution and filing
of any and all documents, that may be necessary to continue the foregoing
designations and appointments in full force and effect and to cause the Process
Agent to continue to act in such capacity.

     (b) The Guarantor consents to process being served in any suit, action or
proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 4.09 by serving a copy thereof
upon the Process Agent.  Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent agree that to the extent lawful and possible, written
notice of said service upon the Process Agent shall also be mailed by registered
or certified airmail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to  the
Guarantor at its address specified in or pursuant to Section 4.02 or to any
other address of which  the Guarantor shall have given written notice to the
Administrative Agent.  If said service upon the Process Agent shall not be
possible or shall otherwise be impractical after reasonable efforts to effect
the same,  the Guarantor consents to process being served in any suit, action or
proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 4.09 by the mailing of a copy
thereof by registered or certified airmail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, to the address of  the Guarantor specified in or pursuant to Section
4.02, which service shall be effective 5 days after deposit in the United States
Postal Service.   The Guarantor agrees that such service (i) shall be deemed in
every respect effective service of process upon  the Guarantor  in any such
suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall to the fullest extent permitted by
law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery
to  the Guarantor.

     (c) Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of any party hereto
to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that any
party hereto may have to bring proceedings against any other party hereto in the
courts of any jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment
obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Guaranty to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.

                                           HANNAFORD BROS. CO.

                                           By    /s/ Emily Dickinson
                                             ------------------------------
                                              Name:  Emily Dickinson
                                              Title: Vice president, General
                                                     Counsel and Secretary

                                           MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST
                                           COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as
                                           Administrative Agent

                                           By    /s/ Barry Bergman
                                              ------------------------------
                                              Name:  Barry Bergman
                                              Title: Vice President

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