Document:

Exhibit 10.7E
                        SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT AGREEMENT

      AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the 1st day of March, 2000, by and
between PATHMARK STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Frank
Vitrano (the "Executive"), residing at2 Thatchwood Court, North Brunswick, New
Jersey 08902.

      WHEREAS, to induce the Executive to continue employment with the Company,
the Company desires to provide a minimum retirement income for the Executive on
the terms hereinafter set forth;

      WHEREAS, the Company considers the Executive as one of a select group of
management or highly compensated employees of the Company, to be of unique value
to the Company.

      NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:

1. Definitions

      The following terms whenever used in this Agreement shall have the
meanings set forth in this Section 1. Each capitalized term used in this
Agreement and not defined in this Section 1 shall be deemed to have such meaning
as in the SGC Pension Plan (as defined below).

      1.1 "Actuarial Equivalent" means a benefit of equivalent value to the
benefit that would otherwise be payable when computed on the basis of the rate
of interest specified by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for the

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period after payment begins for purposes of determining the value of lump sum
payments as of the date of the Executive's termination of employment and using
the 1983 Basic Group Annuity Mortality Table projected to 1988 with Scale H. For
purposes of determining Actuarial Equivalent, male mortality shall be used for
the Executive and female mortality shall be used for any Beneficiary.

      1.2 "Agreement" means this Supplemental Retirement Agreement by and
between the Company and the Executive dated as of the 1st day of March, 2000.

      1.3 "Average Final Compensation" shall mean the highest average annual
Compensation (whether or not consecutive) paid to the Executive for the five (5)
full calendar years within the most recent ten (10) consecutive calendar years
during which the Executive received Compensation, ending with the December 31
coincident with or next preceding the date of Termination of Employment,
Retirement, date of death or Disability, whichever is applicable, provided,
however, that an Executive whose Retirement or death occurs on or after December
1 of his/her final Plan Year shall be deemed to have a full calendar year of
Compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Executive is employed less
than 12 full months in his/her final calendar year of employment, Compensation
earned in such year shall, if higher than the lowest year's Compensation used in
determining Average Final Compensation, be substituted for such lowest year's
Compensation and the determination of Average Final Compensation shall be made
based on the most recent eleven (11) consecutive calendar years during which the
Executive received Compensation.

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      1.4 "Beneficiary" means the Executive's surviving spouse to whom the
Executive was married for the six-month period immediately preceding the earlier
of the date of commencement of the Executive's Supplemental Retirement Benefit
or the date of the Executive's death.

      1.5 "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company as
constituted from time to time.

      1.6 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as may be amended from
time to time.

      1.7 "Company" means with respect to periods prior to October 22, 1993,
Supermarkets General Corporation, and with respect to periods on or after
October 22, 1993, Pathmark Stores, Inc., or Plainbridge, Inc., or any successor
thereto.

      1.8 "Compensation" means Compensation as defined under the SGC Pension
Plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement, determined, however, without
regard to any dollar limitation imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Code on the
amount of compensation which may be taken into account under such Plan.

      1.9 "Disability" means "Total and Permanent Disability" as defined under
the SGC Pension Plan.

      1.10 "Disability Retirement" means the termination of the Executive's
employment with the Company by reason of Disability.

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      1.11 "Pension Plan Benefit" means the annual retirement benefit payable to
or on account of the Executive pursuant to the SGC Pension Plan.

      1.12 "SGC Pension Plan" means the SGC Pension Plan, as amended and
restated effective January 1, 1989, and as amended from time to time thereafter.

      1.13 "SGC Profit Sharing Plan" means the SGC Profit Sharing Plan as in
effect immediately prior to April 1, 1983.

      1.14 "SGC Savings Plan" means the SGC Savings Plan, as amended and
restated effective January 1, 1989, and as amended from time to time thereafter.

      1.15 "Supplemental Retirement Benefit" means the Executive's benefit under
this Agreement.

2. Amount of Supplemental Retirement Benefit; Termination Of Employment After
   Age 60

      Except as provided in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement, the annual
amount of the Executive's Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall be equal to the
excess, if any, of the amount of the Executive's "Unreduced Supplemental
Retirement Benefit" as described in subparagraph (a) over the Executive's "Other
Company Plan Benefits" as described in subparagraph (b), where

      a. "Unreduced Supplemental Retirement Benefit" is equal to the sum of 30%
of the Executive's Average Final Compensation after completion of 10 years of
Vesting Service, plus 1% of the Executive's Average Final

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Compensation multiplied by each additional year of Vesting Service in excess of
10; provided, however, that in no event shall the Executive's Unreduced
Supplemental Retirement Benefit exceed the lesser of (i) 40% of his Average
Final Compensation, or (ii) $250,000; and

      b. "Other Company Plan Benefits" are the amounts payable under the SGC
Pension Plan, the SGC Profit Sharing Plan, the Company's Excess Benefit Plan and
the Company's disability income plan (other than (i) amounts payable under group
life insurance, Retirement and Survivor's Insurance under the Federal Social
Security Act, Worker's Compensation and other Company plans required by any
governmental authority, (ii) amounts payable under the SGC Savings Plan to the
extent attributed to amounts paid or contributed by the Company or any
predecessor thereto, and any amounts payable after termination of employment as
retirement, death or disability benefits (other than severance benefits) under a
contract between the Company and the Executive.

         If the Executive has a Beneficiary on the date Supplemental Retirement
Benefits commence under this Agreement, Other Company Plan Benefits shall be
determined, on a joint and two-thirds survivor annuity basis, except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, as of such date, with the Executive's
Beneficiary as joint annuitant. The adjustment to the amount otherwise payable
under the applicable Company plan for the applicable joint survivor annuity form
of payment shall be made on the basis of the factors specified in such Company
plan or, if no such factors are set forth in such Company plan, on an Actuarial
Equivalent basis. If the Executive does not have a Beneficiary on the date
Supplemental Retirement Benefits are to commence under this Agreement, Other
Company Plan Benefits shall be determined on a single life annuity basis.

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      The Executive's Supplemental Retirement Benefit under this Section 2 shall
be payable monthly for life commencing on the first day of the month following
the Executive's termination of employment after attainment of age 60.

3. Termination of Employment Prior to Age 60

      In the case of the Executive's termination of employment with the Company
prior to attaining age 60 (other than by reason of the Executive's death or
Disability) but after completing 10 years of Vesting Service, the amount of the
Executive's Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall be equal to the Executive's
Unreduced Supplemental Retirement Benefit (computed on the basis of the Vesting
Service which the Executive would have completed had the Executive remained in
the employ of the Company until attainment of age 60), multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of the Executive's years of Vesting Service
at termination of employment (up to a maximum of 20) and the denominator of
which is the number of years of Vesting Service (up to a maximum of 20) which
the Executive would have completed had the Executive remained in the employ of
the Company until attainment of age 60, offset by the amount of the Executive's
Other Company Plan Benefits; provided that Other Company Plan Benefits shall be
assumed to commence on the first day of the month after the Executive's
attainment of age 60 and to be paid in the form of a joint and two-thirds
survivor annuity unless Executive does not have a Beneficiary in which case
benefits shall be assumed paid in the form of a life annuity. The Executive's
Supplemental Retirement Benefit under this Section 3 shall be payable monthly
for life commencing on the first day of the month following the Executive's
attainment of age 60.

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4. Disability Retirement

      In the case of the Executive's Disability Retirement, the amount of the
Executive's Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall be the amount determined under
Section 2 of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Executive's Unreduced
Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall be computed on the basis of the Vesting
Service which the Executive would have completed had the Executive remained in
the employ of the Company until attainment of age 60, and the Executive's
Unreduced Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall not be offset by Other Company
Plan Benefits prior to the date on which payment of such Other Company Plan
Benefits commence. The Executive's Supplemental Retirement Benefit under this
Section 4 shall be payable monthly for life commencing on the first day of the
month following the Executive's Disability Retirement.

5. Death Prior to Retirement

      a. In the event that the Executive dies while in the employ of the Company
and has a Beneficiary on the date of his death, the Executive's Beneficiary
shall receive, beginning with the first day of the month following the
Executive's death and payable monthly, an annual amount equal to two-thirds of
the Executive's Unreduced Supplemental Retirement Benefit (computed on the basis
of the Vesting Service which the Executive would have completed had the
Executive remained in the employ of the Company until attainment of age 60)
offset by the Other Company Plan Benefits; provided, however, that such offset
shall be made at such time as Other Company Plan Benefits are payable (whether
or not the Beneficiary has elected to defer payment to a later date) and in an
amount equal to (i) a life annuity payable to the Executive's

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Beneficiary that is equal to the Actuarial Equivalent of the SGC Profit Sharing
Plan balance, and (ii) the survivor annuity actually payable to Executive's
Beneficiary pursuant to any Other Company Plan, each determined as of the
earliest date on which payments of Other Company Plan Benefits are payable to
the Beneficiary.

      b. In the event that the Executive dies after termination of employment
with the Company but prior to commencement of Supplemental Retirement Benefit
payments under this Agreement, and has a Beneficiary on the date of his death,
the Executive's Beneficiary shall receive, beginning with the first day of the
month following the Executive's death and payable monthly, an annual amount
equal to two-thirds of the Executive's Unreduced Supplemental Retirement Benefit
offset by the amount of Other Company Plan Benefits; provided, however, that
such offset shall be made at such time as Other Company Plan Benefits are
payable (whether or not the Beneficiary has elected to defer payment to a later
date) and in an amount equal to the benefit that would have been payable to
Executive's Beneficiary had Executive retired on the date of his or her death
and commenced benefit payments in the form of a joint and two-thirds annuity on
such date.

6. Death After Retirement

      In the event of the Executive's death after commencement of the
Executive's Supplemental Retirement Benefit, the Executive's Beneficiary shall
receive, beginning with the first day of the month following the Executive's
death and payable monthly, an annual amount equal to two-thirds of the
Supplemental Retirement Benefit that was being paid to the Executive prior to
the Executive's death.

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7. Limitation on Spouse's Benefits

      Payment of Supplemental Retirement Benefits to the Executive's Beneficiary
under Sections 5 or 6 hereof shall terminate on the earlier of the date of death
or remarriage of such Beneficiary.

8. Benefits Payable by Company

      All benefits payable under this Agreement shall constitute an unfunded
obligation of the Company. Payments shall be made, as due, from the general
funds of the Company. The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion,
establish one or more accounts, funds or trusts to reflect its obligations under
this Agreement and may make such investments as it may deem desirable to assist
it in meeting such obligations. Any assets held in such accounts, funds or
trusts shall remain assets of the Company subject to claims of its creditors. No
person eligible for a benefit under this Agreement shall have any right, title
or interest in any such assets. This Agreement shall constitute solely an
unsecured promise by the Company to pay supplemental retirement benefits to the
extent provided herein.

9. Inalienability of Benefits

      The right of any person to any benefit or payment under this Agreement
shall not be subject to voluntary or involuntary transfer, alienation or
assignment, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be subject to
attachment, execution, garnishment, sequestration or other legal or equitable
process or be transferable by operation of law in the event of bankruptcy or
insolvency of the Executive or any Beneficiary. In the event a person who is
receiving or is entitled to receive benefits under the Agreement attempts to

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assign, transfer or dispose of such right, or if an attempt is made to subject
said right to such process, such assignment, transfer or disposition shall be
null and void.

10. Forfeiture of Benefits

      The Executive shall forfeit his Supplemental Retirement Benefit in the
event of the Executive's conviction of a felony relating to the conduct of the
business of the Company or willful unauthorized disclosure of a trade secret of
the Company.

11. Payments to Minors and Incompetents

      If the Executive or Beneficiary entitled to receive any benefits hereunder
is a minor or is deemed by the Company or is adjudged to be legally incapable of
giving valid receipt and discharge for such benefits, payment of benefits will
be made to the duly appointed guardian or legal representative of such minor or
incompetent or to such other legally appointed person as the Company may
designate. Such payment shall, to the extent made, be deemed a complete
discharge of any liability for such payment under this Agreement.

12. Withholding

      The Company shall have the right to deduct from any payments due under
this Agreement any taxes required to be withheld with respect to such payments.

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13. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

      In the event the Company shall, at any time, be merged or consolidated
with or into any corporation or corporations, or in the event that all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company shall be sold or otherwise
transferred to another corporation, the provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this Section, shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the successor of the Company resulting from such merger, consolidation or
sale of assets.

14. Governing Law

      Except to the extent pre-empted by federal law, the provisions of this
Agreement will be construed according to the laws of the State of Delaware
(without giving effect to the provisions thereof relating to conflicts of law).

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Executive have caused this
Agreement to be executed effective as of the 1st day of March, 2000.

                                        PATHMARK STORES, INC.

                                        By: /s/ James L. Donald
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                                          James L. Donald
                                          Chairman, President
                                          and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:

/s/ Marc A. Strassler
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Marc A. Strassler
Secretary                               /s/ Frank Vitrano
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                                        Executive

                                       11Execution Copy

                              Pathmark Stores, Inc.

                                February 1, 2000

James Donald
c/o Pathmark Stores, Inc.
200 Milik Street
Carteret, New Jersey 07008

                       Sale and Retention Bonus Agreement

Dear Jim:

            The following sets forth the agreement between you and Pathmark
Stores, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the
"Company"), regarding the terms of the sale bonus (the "Sale Bonus") and the
retention bonus (the "Retention Bonus") that you may be eligible to receive in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below. This letter agreement
(the "Letter Agreement") is in addition to, and not in substitution for, any
other agreements between or among you and the Company Group (as defined below),
including without limitation the employment agreement between you and the
Company, dated February 1, 1999 (the "Employment Agreement"), and the Retention
Bonus and the Sale Bonus are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any
other pay or benefits to which you are eligible to earn from the Company Group.

            1. Definitions. For purposes of this Letter Agreement, the following
capitalized words that are not otherwise defined in the text of the Letter
Agreement shall have the meanings set forth below:

            "Aggregate Consideration" shall mean an amount equal to the sum of
      the aggregate fair market value of any securities issued and any other
      non-cash consideration delivered, and any cash consideration paid to the
      Company Group or its security holders in connection with a Change in
      Control, plus the amount of all indebtedness of the Company Group which is
      assumed or acquired by any Purchaser in connection with a Change in
      Control or retired or defeased in connection with such Change in Control.
      The fair market value of any securities issued and any other non-cash
      consideration delivered in connection with a Change in Control will be the
      value determined in good faith by the Board.

            "Beneficial Owner" shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule
      13D-3 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

            "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of Holdings.

            "Change in Control" shall mean the consummation of a Triggering
      Event.

            "Company" shall mean Pathmark Stores, Inc.

            "Company Group" shall mean, individually and as a group, Holdings,
      the Company, PTK Holdings, Inc. and Supermarkets General Holdings
      Corporation, and any successors thereto.

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            "Effective Date" shall mean February 1, 2000.

            "Holdings" shall mean SMG-II Holdings Corporation, a corporation
      organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

            "Independent Third Party" shall mean any entity other than a member
      of the Company Group or any of the Stockholders or any entity controlled
      by or under common control with any of the Stockholders or the Company
      Group.

            "Payment Date" shall mean July 31, 2000.

            "Purchaser" shall mean any Independent Third Party that engages in a
      Change in Control.

            "Sellers" shall mean selling equity holders, which holders may be at
      the level of any of the Company Group.

            A "Triggering Event" shall be deemed to have occurred on the date
      that any of he following shall have occurred:

            (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.

            2. Term. The term of this Letter Agreement (the "Term") shall
commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until the later of (a) first
anniversary of the Effective Date if a Triggering Event does not occur prior to
such anniversary or (b) in the event that a Triggering Event occurs prior to the
first anniversary of the Effective Date, either the date of a Change in Control

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that occurs subsequent to a corresponding Triggering Event or the date the
Triggering Event is definitively canceled or otherwise becomes void.

            3. Retention Bonus.

            In consideration of, and subject to, your continued employment with
the Company during the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the
Payment Date, the Company will pay you a Retention Bonus equal to $4,000,000.
The Company will pay the Retention Bonus to you in a lump sum cash amount as
soon as practicable after the Payment Date but in no event more than thirty days
thereafter.

            4. Sale Bonus.

            (a) General Terms. You will become entitled to receive the Sale
Bonus in the event that (I) a Triggering Event occurs during 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 0.0043 multiplied by the Aggregate
Consideration.

            (b) Payment of Sales Bonus. (I) Change in Control--No Post-Closing
Adjustment. In the event that the transaction resulting in a Change in Control
does not include any provisions either (A) for an earn-out with respect to which
a part of the Aggregate Consideration will be paid to the Sellers either in full
or in part in one or more installments after the Change in Control or any
similar deferral of the payment of the Aggregate Consideration or (B) that would
potentially require the Sellers to reimburse any portion of the Sale Price to
the purchaser or require the purchaser to pay to the Sellers any amount in
addition to the Aggregate Consideration, as a result of a post-closing
adjustment or any other reason, after the Change in Control (either (A) or (B),
a "Post-Closing Adjustment"), the Company shall pay to you the Sale Bonus within
five days following the date of such Change in Control; provided, however, that
in no event shall the Sale Bonus be payable to you until the full amount of the
Aggregate Consideration has been paid to the Sellers.

            (ii) Change in Control--Post-Closing Adjustment. In the event that
the Change in Control transaction includes provisions for any Post-Closing
Adjustment, the Company shall pay the Sale Bonus according to the terms of this
Section 4(b)(ii).

            (A) In the event that the Change in Control transaction includes a
      Post-Closing Adjustment described in Section 4(b)(I)(A) above, the Company
      shall pay you a portion of the Sale Bonus within five days after the date
      of such Change in Control equal to 0.0043 multiplied by the portion of the
      Aggregate Consideration paid to the Sellers on or about the date of the
      Change in Control. Thereafter, within five days after any additional
      portion of the Aggregate Consideration is paid to the Sellers, the Company
      shall pay you a portion of the Aggregate Consideration multiplied by
      0.0043.

            (B) In the event that the Change in Control transaction is a
      Post-Closing Adjustment described in Section 4(b)(I)(B) that would
      potentially require the Sellers to reimburse any portion of the Aggregate
      Consideration to the purchaser after the Change in Control, within five
      days after the date of such Change in Control, the Company shall pay you a
      portion of the Sale Bonus determined in good faith by the Board
      immediately prior to the consummation of the Change in Control, less an
      amount that shall take into account the potential adjustment to the Sales
      Price (the "Withheld Amount"). As soon as practicable after the Sellers
      know with certainty the portion, if any, of the Sale Price that the
      Sellers must reimburse to the purchaser and the Sellers make such
      reimbursement, if any, the Company shall pay to you a prorated portion of

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      the Withheld Amount corresponding to the portion of the maximum potential
      amount that Sellers may have been required to reimburse to the purchaser
      less the amount actually reimbursed.

            (C) In the event that the Change in Control transaction is a
      Post-Closing Adjustment described in Section 4(b)(I)(B) that would
      potentially require the purchaser to pay to the Sellers any amount in
      addition to the Sale Price after the Change in Control, within five days
      after the date of such Change in Control, the Company shall pay you the
      Sale Bonus. Thereafter, within five days after the purchaser knows with
      certainty the additional amount that such purchaser must pay to the
      Sellers, if any, and the purchaser makes such payment to the Sellers, the
      Company shall pay to you an additional amount determined in good faith by
      the Board that shall take into account the additional payment made by the
      purchaser to the Sellers.

            (c) Determination of the Board Final. The determination of whether a
Triggering Event or Change in Control has occurred, the amount of the Aggregate
Consideration and the amount of any Sale Bonus shall be made in good faith by
the Board (unless otherwise required by applicable law) and, absent manifest
error, shall be final and binding on you, the Company Group and all other
interested parties.

            (d) Single Sales Bonus. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that you shall be entitled to receive only one Sale Bonus under this Letter
Agreement which shall become payable in connection with the first Triggering
Event that occurs during the Term and that in the event any additional
Triggering Event occurs during the Term, you will not be entitled to any Sale
Bonus as a consequence thereof.

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            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 Payment 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 Payment 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. 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.

            6. Notice. For the purpose of this Letter Agreement, notices and all
other communications provided for in this Letter Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, sent by
telecopier or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Pathmark Stores,
Inc., 200 Milik Street, Carteret, New Jersey 07008, telecopier: (732) 499-3460,
with a copy to the General Counsel of the Company, or to you at the address set
forth on the first page of this Letter Agreement or to such other address as
either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith,
except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

            7. Reduction of Payments if Reduction Would Result in Greater
After-Tax Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the
payment of the Retention Bonus or the Sale Bonus (together, the "Payments")
constitute a "parachute payment" (as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), and the net after-tax
amount of the parachute payment is less than the net after-tax amount if the
aggregate Payments to be made to you were three times your "base amount" (as
defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code), less $1.00, then the aggregate of
the amounts of the Sale Bonus and/or Retention Bonus constituting the parachute
payment shall be reduced to an amount that will equal three times your base
amount, less $1.00.

            8. Miscellaneous.

            (a) No Rights to Continued Employment. Neither this Letter Agreement
nor any of the rights or benefits evidenced hereby shall confer upon you any
right to continuance of employment by the Company or interfere in any way with
the right of the Company to terminate your employment, subject to the provisions
of Section 5 above, for any reason, with or without Cause.

            (b) Amendments, Waivers. No provision of this Letter Agreement may
be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge
is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. No waiver by either party hereto
at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any
condition or provision of this Letter Agreement to be performed by such other
party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions
at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.

            (c) Counterparts. This Letter Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which
together will constitute one and the same instrument.

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            (d) Withholding. Amounts paid to you hereunder shall be subject to
all applicable federal, state and local wage withholdings.

            (e) Headings. The headings contained in this Letter Agreement are
intended solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the rights of
the parties to this Letter Agreement.

            (f) Stockholder Approval. This Letter Agreement shall become
effective only if it is approved by a majority of seventy-five percent of the
stockholders of Holdings, Supermarkets General Holdings Corporation, PTK
Holdings, Inc. and the Company within one-hundred and eighty days after date
first shown above. In the event that such stockholders do not approve this
Agreement on or before the one-hundred and eightieth day after the date of this
Letter Agreement, it shall automatically lapse and become void.

            (g) Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, construction and
performance of this Letter Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State
of New Jersey applicable to contracts entered into and performed in such state.

            If this Letter Agreement 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 /s/ Frank Vitrano
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                                          Name:  Frank Vitrano
                                          Title: Executive Vice President

Agreed to as of this 15th
day of March, 2000.

/s/ James Donald
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James Donald

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