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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

                      SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT

        This SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT, made as of this 31st day of
this 31st day of October, 1996 by and between Barclay G. Jones III as Trustee of
DELMO (PA) QRS 11-36 and Barclay G. Jones III as Trustee of DELMO (PA) QRS
12-10, each a Pennsylvania Business Trust (collectively, "Landlord") and DEL
MONTE CORPORATION, a New York corporation ("Tenant").

                               W I T N E S S E T H

        WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant entered into a Lease Agreement, dated as of
October 31, 1995, as amended by a First Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated as
of June 28, 1996 (said Lease Agreement, as amended, the "Lease Agreement") for
premises located in Mendota, Illinois, Toppenish, Washington, Yakima, Washington
and Plover, Wisconsin; and

        WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease Agreement as
hereinafter set forth.

        NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree to
amend the Lease Agreement in the following respects:

        1. Paragraph 2. of Exhibit D Basic Rent Payments is hereby deleted in
its entirety and the following Paragraph 2 is inserted in lieu thereof:

                2. Basic Rent from and after January 1, 1997. On January 1,
        1997, a quarterly installment of Basic Rent shall be due in the amount
        of $613,396.80. Commencing on April 1, 1997, annual Basic Rent shall be
        $2,501,152.30 payable in quarterly installments of $625,288.08 on the
        first day of April, 1997 and on the first day of each July, October,
        January and April thereafter until the expiration of the term. Basic
        Rent shall be subject to the adjustments provided for in subparagraphs
        (a), (b) and (c) of Paragraph 5 below.

        2 . Exhibit E Landlord's Share of Project Costs is hereby deleted in its
entirety and Exhibit E Landlord's Share of Project Costs attached hereto as
Exhibit E is hereby inserted in lieu thereof.

        3. Paragraph 35. Security Deposit is hereby amended by deleting the
first two sentences of subparagraph (a) and inserting the following in lieu
thereof:

                Concurrently with the execution hereof, Tenant shall deliver to
        Landlord an irrevocable letter of

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        credit (the "Letter of Credit") in the face amount of $2,751,152.30
        issued by Bank of America or another bank selected by Tenant and
        reasonably acceptable to Landlord and in form and substance satisfactory
        to Landlord.

        4. Except as specifically amended hereby, the terms and conditions of
the Lease Agreement shall be binding on Landlord and Tenant and their respective
successors and assigns and from and after the date hereof the term "Lease" shall
mean the Lease Agreement as amended by this Second Amendment to Lease Agreement.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment
to Lease Agreement to be duly executed under seal as of the day and year first
above written.

ATTEST:                                              DELMO (PA) QRS 11-36, a
                                                     Pennsylvania Business Trust

By:                                                  By: /s/ BARCLAY G. JONES
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Title: ASSISTANT SECRETARY                           Title:  TRUSTEE
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      [Corporate Seal]

ATTEST:                                              DELMO (PA) QRS 12-10, a
                                                     Pennsylvania Business Trust

By:                                                  By: /s/ BARCLAY G. JONES
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Title:  ASSISTANT SECRETARY                          Title:  TRUSTEE
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      [Corporate Seal]

ATTEST:                                              DEL MONTE CORPORATION

By:                                                  By: /s/ JON W. GRAVES
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Title:                                               Title:  ASSISTANT TREASURER
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      [Corporate Seal]

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                                     CONSENT

        Del Monte Foods Company, guarantor of the obligations of Tenant under
the Lease hereby joins in and consents to the within Second Amendment to Lease
Agreement and agrees to be bound by the terms thereof.

                                                     DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY

                                                     By: /s/ JON W. GRAVES
                                                        -----------------------
                                                     Title: ASSISTANT TREASURER
                                                           --------------------
                                                     Date: October 31, 1996
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.15

                       THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT

            This THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT, made as of this 24th day of
June, 1997, by and between Barclay G. Jones III, as Trustee of DELMO (PA) QRS
11-36 and Barclay G. Jones III, as Trustee of DELMO (PA) QRS 12-10, each a
Pennsylvania business trust (collectively, "Landlord") and DEL MONTE
CORPORATION, a New York corporation ("Tenant").

                              W I T N E S S E T H

            WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant entered into a Lease Agreement, dated
as of October 31, 1995, for premises located in Mendota, Illinois, Toppenish,
Washington, Yakima, Washington and Plover, Wisconsin;

            WHEREAS, the Lease Agreement was amended pursuant to a First
Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated as of June 28, 1996, and pursuant to a
Second Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated as of October 31, 1996 (the Lease
Agreement, as amended, being hereinafter referred to as the "Lease Agreement");

            WHEREAS, Landlord has agreed to fund to Tenant an additional
$582,430.20 to be used by Tenant in the following manner (1) $288,203.91 to pay
past due Basic Rent due Landlord, (2) $282,856 to construct certain improvements
to the Leased Premises (as defined in the Lease Agreement) and (3) $11,370.29 to
pay certain unpaid Landlord's Share of Project Costs, which amount shall be
disbursed pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that certain
Construction Agency Agreement, dated as of October 31, 1995, between Tenant and
Landlord, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Construction Agency
Agreement, dated as of June 28, 1996, and by that certain Second Amendment to
Construction Agency Agreement of even date herewith; and

            WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease as
hereinafter set forth.

            NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant covenant and
agree as follows:

            1. Paragraph 2 of Exhibit D, Basic Rent Payments is hereby deleted
in its entirety and the following Paragraph 2 is inserted in lieu thereof:

                  "2. Basic Rent From and After July 1, 1997. Commencing on July
            1, 1997 annual Basic Rent shall be $2,572,500 payable on the first
            day of July, 1997 and

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            on the first day of each October, January, April and July thereafter
            until the expiration of the Term in quarterly installments of
            $643,125.00. Basic Rent shall be subject to the adjustments provided
            for in subparagraphs A, B and C of Paragraph 5 below."

            2. Paragraph 35 of the Lease Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the first sentence thereof in its entirety and inserting the following sentence
in lieu thereof:

                  "Concurrently with the execution hereof, Tenant shall deliver
            to Landlord an irrevocable letter of credit (the "Letter of Credit")
            in the face amount of Two Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand
            Five Hundred Dollars ($2,822,500) issued by Bank of America or
            another bank selected by Tenant and reasonably acceptable to
            Landlord and in form and substance satisfactory to Landlord."

            3. Except as specifically amended hereby, the terms and conditions
of the Lease Agreement shall be binding on Landlord and Tenant and their
respective successors and assigns, and from and after the date hereof the term
"Lease" shall mean the Lease as amended by this Third Amendment to Lease
Agreement.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third
Amendment to Lease Agreement to be duly executed under seal as of the day and
year first above written.

                                          DELMO (PA) QRS 11-36,
                                          a Pennsylvania Business Trust

                                          By:  /s/ BARCLAY G. JONES
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                                              Barclay G. Jones, Trustee

                                          DELMO (PA) QRS 12-10,
                                          a Pennsylvania Business Trust

                                          By:  /s/ BARCLAY G. JONES
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                                              Barclay G. Jones, Trustee

                                          DEL MONTE CORPORATION,
ATTEST:                                   a New York corporation

By:                                       By:
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Title:                                    Title:
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     [Corporate Seal]

     [Signatures to Third Amendment to Lease Agreement]

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third
Amendment to Lease Agreement to be duly executed under seal as of the day and
year first above written.

                                          DELMO (PA) QRS 11-36,
                                          a Pennsylvania Business Trust

                                          By:
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                                              Barclay G. Jones, Trustee

                                          DELMO (PA) QRS 12-10,
                                          a Pennsylvania Business Trust

                                          By:
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                                              Barclay G. Jones, Trustee

                                          DEL MONTE CORPORATION,
ATTEST:                                   a New York corporation

By: /s/ RAYMOND S. VOLAN                  By: /s/ JON W. GRAVES
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Title:  Real Estate Mgr.                  Title: Assistant Treasurer
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     [Corporate Seal]

     [Signatures to Third Amendment to Lease Agreement]

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                       CONSENT OF MORTGAGEE AND ASSIGNEE

            CREDITANSTALT CORPORATE FINANCE, INC. ("Lender"), the Mortgagee
under that certain Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Security Agreement, dated
as of June 28, 1996, from Landlord to Lender and the Assignee under that certain
Absolute Assignment of Leases and Rentals from Landlord to Lender, dated as of
June 28, 1996, hereby consents to the foregoing Third Amendment to Lease
Agreement.

                         CREDITANSTALT CORPORATE
                         FINANCE, INC.

                         By:
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                         Title:  Senior Vice President     Vice President
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                         Dated:   6/25/97
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