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Amendment No. 3 to the Employee Savings Plan, amended as of December 19, 2003

 Exhibit 10.9.3 
 AMENDMENT NO. 3 
 TO THE 
 UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS, INC. 
 EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN 
 Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends the Unified Western Grocers, Inc. Employee Savings Plan (the “Plan”),
effective as of January 1, 2004, as follows: 
 1. Section 3.1 of the Plan is amended and restated to read as follows: 

“Section 3.1: [Reserved]” 
 The Company has signed this Amendment No. 3 on the date indicated below, to be effective as set forth above. 
  

									
		 		 	UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS, INC.
				
	Date: 12-19-03	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Robert M. Ling, Jr.
		 		 		 		 	Robert M. Ling, Jr.
		 		 		 	Its:	 	Executive Vice President and General CounselAmendment No. 4 to the Employee Savings Plan, amended as of November 15, 2004

 Exhibit 10.9.4 
 AMENDMENT NO. 4 
 TO THE 
 UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS, INC. 
 EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN 
 Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends the above-named plan (the “Plan”), effective as of October 1, 2004,
as follows: 
 1. The first two sentences of Section 9.1 of the Plan are hereby amended in their entirety to read as follows:

 “The Company, acting through the Board of Directors, or the Committee may amend the Plan from time to time and may amend or cancel any
such amendment. Each amendment must be set forth in a document that is signed by an officer of the Company, and the Plan shall be deemed to have been amended in the manner and at the time set forth in such document, and all Participants shall be
bound by it.” 
 2. Section 8.6 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “Section 8.6: Administrative Expenses Of The Plan. All reasonable expenses of administering the Plan, including, but
not limited to, actuarial, administration, accounting, investment, recordkeeping, and legal fees and costs incurred in connection with such activities, shall be paid by the Trustee pursuant to the direction of the Committee and shall be a charge
against the trust estate, except to the extent that such expenses may be paid by the Company. The Committee, in the Committee’s sole discretion, shall determine whether each such charge shall be allocated pro rata or per capita to
Participants’ Accounts, and whether such a charge shall be allocated directly to the Accounts of the affected Participant. The expense of maintaining errors and omissions liability insurance, if any, covering members of the Committee, the
Trustee, or any other Fiduciary shall be paid by the Company.” 
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 The Company has caused this Amendment No. 4 to be signed on the date indicated below, to be effective as indicated above. 
  

									
		 		 	“Company”
			
		 		 	UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS, INC.
				
	Date: November 15, 2004	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Don Gilpin
		 		 		 		 	Don Gilpin
		 		 		 	Its: 	 	Vice President, Human ResourcesAmendment No. 5 to the Employee Savings Plan, amended as of July 29, 2005

 Exhibit 10.9.5 
 AMENDMENT NO. 5 
 TO THE 
 UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS, INC. 
 EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN 
 Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends the above-named plan (the “Plan”), effective as of March 28, 2005,
as follows: 
 1. Article VI of the Plan is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 6.13 to read as follows: 
 “Section 6.13: Automatic Rollover. In the event of a mandatory distribution greater than $1,000 in accordance with the
provisions of Article VI, if the Participant does not elect to have such distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Participant in a direct rollover or to receive the distribution directly in accordance with Article
VI, then the Committee shall pay the distribution in a direct rollover to an individual retirement plan designated by the Committee.” 
 * * * * * 
 The Company has caused this Amendment No. 5 to be signed on the date indicated below, to be effective as indicated
above. 
  

									
		 		 	“Company”
			
		 		 	UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS, INC.
				
	Dated: July 29, 2005	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Don Gilpin
		 		 		 		 	Don Gilpin
		 		 		 	Its: 	 	Vice President, Human ResourcesAmendment No. 7 to the Employee Savings Plan, amended as of September 26, 2007

 Exhibit 10.9.7 
 AMENDMENT NO. 7 
 TO THE 
 UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS, INC. 
 EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN 
 Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends the above-named plan (the “Plan”), effective as of September 29,
2007, as follows: 
 1. Section 1.2 of the Plan is hereby amended by adding two new definitions of “AGI Acquisition” and
“Former AGI Employee” to read as follows: 
 “‘AGI Acquisition’ shall mean the acquisition of
Associated Grocers, Inc. by the Company.” 
 “‘Former AGI Employee’ shall mean any Employee whose
employment with Associated Grocers, Inc. terminated immediately prior to the closing of the AGI Acquisition, and who immediately after such closing accepted and commenced employment with the Company.” 
 2. Section 2.1(a) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “(a) Each Employee shall become eligible to participate in the Plan on the Entry Date coincident with or next following the one-year anniversary of
such Employee’s Employment Commencement Date, provided that he or she is still an Employee on such date. Despite the foregoing, each United Employee shall become eligible to participate in the Plan on the Entry Date that is the second month
following his or her Employment Commencement Date, provided that he or she is still a United Employee on such Entry Date, and each Former AGI Employee shall become eligible to participate in the Plan on November 1, 2007, provided that he or she
is an Employee on such date.” 
 3. Section 3.6(b) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “(b) Rollover Contributions. A Participant’s Rollover Contributions shall be paid directly to the Trustee. The Trustee may commingle
such contributions with the Company’s contributions. However, the Committee shall keep separate records of each Participant’s Rollover Contributions (and the income, gains and losses on them). The Trustee shall invest a Participant’s
Rollover Contributions in the same manner as provided for with the investment of the Company’s contributions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Former AGI Employee may make a Rollover Contribution to the Plan in accordance with this
Section 3.6(b) whether or not he or she is then a Participant, provided that (i) any asset (including a loan note) so contributed or transferred is 

  

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acceptable to the Committee and the Trustee, and (ii) such Rollover Contribution is completed within 31 days of the AGI Acquisition.” 

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 The Company has caused this
Amendment No. 7 to be signed on the date indicated below, to be effective as indicated above. 
  

									
		 		 	“Company”
			
		 		 	UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS, INC.
				
	Dated: September 26, 2007	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Robert M. Ling Jr.
		 		 		 		 	Its: Executive Vice President & General Counsel

  

 -2-Separation and General Release Agreement, dated November 21, 2007

 EXHIBIT 10.1 
 SEPARATION AND GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT 
 It is hereby agreed by and between Pamela J.
Britton (“Employee”) and Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (“Employer”) as follows: 
 1. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Employee
acknowledges that her employment with Employer has terminated, effective November 2, 2007, and that she will perform no further duties, functions or services for Employer. 
 2. PAYMENT OF MONEYS OWED. Employee acknowledges that Employer has paid all remuneration owed to her as a result of her employment with Employer,
including but not limited to her salary and all accrued vacation pay through November 2, 2007. 
 3. SALARY CONTINUATION – LUMP
SUM PAYMENT. The Company will pay the Employee a transition payment of One Hundred Seventy Eight Thousand, One Hundred Eighty One Dollars and Sixty Four Cents ($178,181.64), paid out in one lump sum, less statutorily required deductions and any
outstanding business related expenses owed to Employee incurred prior to and through November 2, 2007. 
 4. RIGHT TO ELECT CONTINUED
COVERAGE. Employee will receive Notice of Right to Elect Continuation Coverage (COBRA) from our third party administrator (Clear Benefits), by which she may elect, within sixty days of her termination date, continued coverage under
Employer’s medical plan for a maximum period of eighteen (18) months. If Employee elects continuation coverage, Employer agrees to pay both the Employee and Employer share of the cost of this premium for a period of nine (9) months.
This premium payment is subject to termination at such time as the Employee becomes eligible to receive medical and/or dental benefits due to employment by a new employer or as otherwise provided by COBRA. 
 5. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. The Company will not contest any right the Employee may have to unemployment benefits. 
 6. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION. The Company will fulfill its responsibility with regards to any open workers’ compensation claim the Employee
may have with the Company. 
 7. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FULL PAYMENT. Employee acknowledges that the payments and arrangements described in
paragraphs 2 and 3 above shall constitute full and complete satisfaction of any and all amounts properly due and owing to Employee as a result of her employment with Employer and/or the termination of that employment, and that in the absence of this
Agreement, Employee would not be entitled to, among other things, the payments and arrangements specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 above. 
 8.
NON-DISCLOSURE OF TRADE SECRETS. In consideration for the foregoing, Employee acknowledges and agrees: 
 (a) That she
has not revealed and subsequent to the execution of this Agreement she will not at any time reveal, either directly or indirectly, to any person, company, business, firm or corporation, nor use for her own purposes, any trade secret, proprietary
information or any confidential information about Employer, its service, its customers, or its methods of doing business; nor, within a year from the date of this agreement, will she attempt to induce, directly or indirectly, any present or future
employee of Employer to abandon employment with Employer and commence employment with any other employer. Employee also hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this paragraph are necessary and reasonable. 
 (b) For the purposes of this paragraph, it is understood that the term “Employer” includes all operations and profit centers of
Employer and/or its respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates. 
 9. RELEASE. In further consideration for the foregoing,
Employee hereby releases and discharges Employer and its respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of its and their respective directors, officers, agents, servants and employees, past and present, and each of them (collectively
referred to as “Releasees”), from any and all claims, demands, agreements, contracts, covenants, actions, suits, causes of action, obligations, debts, expenses, damages, judgments, orders and liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law,
equity or otherwise, whether now known or unknown, which Employee now owns or holds or has at any time heretofore owned or held as against said Releasees; and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, releases and discharges any and all
claims, demands, agreements, obligations and causes of action, known or unknown by Employee, arising out of or in any way connected with any transactions, occurrences, acts or omissions occurring prior to the date hereof regarding Employee’s
employment relationship with Employer and/or the termination of that employment. This release pertains to, but is not limited to, claims arising under federal, state or local laws prohibiting employment discrimination (including but not limited to
claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and/or the California Fair Employment and Housing Act) and/or claims arising out of any legal restrictions upon Employer’s right to
terminate Employee’s employment. 
  

 10. NO FILINGS. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, Employee agrees that she will not initiate any
suit or action before any federal, state or local judicial or administrative forum with respect to any matter arising out of or connected with her employment by Employer and/or the termination of that employment; and that, without subpoena, she
will, at Employer’s request, testify in any judicial or administrative proceedings to which Employer is a party with respect to any matter involving the affairs of Employer of which she has knowledge. 
 11. CONFIDENTIALITY. Employee represents and agrees that she will keep the terms, amount and fact of this Agreement confidential, and that she
will not disclose any information concerning this Agreement to any third person, including, but not limited to, any past or present employee of Employer, except as may be required by law. 
 12. NO REPRESENTATION. Employee represents and acknowledges that in executing this Agreement she does not rely and has not relied on any
representation or statement by any of the Releasees or by any of the Releasees’ agents, representatives or attorneys with regard to the subject matter, basis or effect of this Agreement. 
 13. BINDING AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon Employee and her heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors and
assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Releasees and each of them, and to their heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors, and assigns. 
 14. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is made and entered into in the State of California, and shall in all respects be interpreted, enforced and governed under the laws of the State of California. The language of
all parts of this Agreement shall in all cases be construed as a whole, according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for or against any of the parties. 
 17. SEPARABILITY. Should any provision of this Agreement be declared or be determined by any court to be illegal or invalid, the validity of the remaining parts, terms, or provisions shall not be affected, and
said illegal or invalid part, term, or provision shall be deemed not to be part of this Agreement. 
 18. CONSIDERATION PERIOD.
Employee acknowledges that she has been advised by Employer that she is entitled to a period of at least twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Agreement before signing it, if she wishes. Employee expressly acknowledges that she has
taken sufficient time to consider this Agreement before signing it. 
 19. INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENT. This Agreement has been individually
negotiated and is not part of a group exit incentive or other termination program. 
 20. REVOCATION PERIOD. This Agreement will not
become effective or binding on the parties until seven (7) days after it is signed, during which time Employee may revoke this Agreement if she wishes to do so. Any revocation must be in writing and directed to Jeanne Ortiz, Director, Human
Resources, Diedrich Coffee, Inc., 28 Executive Park, Suite 200, Irvine, California 92614. 
 21. VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT. Employee
acknowledges that she is fully aware of her right to discuss any and all aspects of this matter with an attorney of her choice, that Employer has advised her of that right, that she has carefully read and fully understands all of the provisions of
this Agreement, and that she is voluntarily entering into this Agreement. 
 23. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the
entire agreement between the parties, and fully supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings between the parties pertaining to the subject matter of the Agreement. 
 PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDES A RELEASE OF ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMS. 
 Executed at Mission Viejo, California, this 21st day of November, 2007. 
  

	
	
	/s/ Pamela J. Britton
	PAMELA J. BRITTON

 Executed at Irvine, California, this 21st day of November, 2007. 
  

			
	DIEDRICH COFFEE, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Jeanne Ortiz
		 	Jeanne Ortiz
		
	Title:	 	Director, Human Resources

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