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                                                            Exhibit 10(a)(xxxi)

                        PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

[DATE]

Dear ____________________:

H. J. Heinz Company is pleased to confirm that, effective as of __________, you
have been granted a Performance Unit Award in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the H. J. Heinz Company Fiscal Year 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"). This Performance Unit Award is also made under and pursuant to this
letter agreement ("Agreement"), the terms and conditions of which shall govern
and control in the event of a conflict with the terms and conditions of the
Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Company" shall refer to H. J. Heinz
Company and its Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, all
capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the same defined meanings as
in the Plan.

1.   Performance Unit Award. The annual unadjusted target value of the
     Performance Units awarded to you under this Agreement is $____________. The
     total target award opportunity for the Performance Period is equal to twice
     this amount, subject to prorating pursuant to Paragraph 3 below (the "Award
     Opportunity"). Your actual Award will be paid as a percentage of the Award
     Opportunity, as determined pursuant to Paragraph 2 below (the "Payout
     Percentage"). The "Performance Period" means the two-year period spanning
     the Company's Fiscal Year __ and Fiscal Year __.

2.   Performance Goals. The Payout Percentage will be determined based upon the
     level of success the Company achieves during the Performance Period
     relative to the Performance Goals established by the Management Development
     and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors as set forth below.

     [PERFORMANCE GOALS]

3.   Payment of Performance Award. Your Performance Unit Award, if earned, will
     be paid promptly after the end of the Performance Period, subject to
     Paragraphs 4 and 5 below. If your employment with the Company began after
     the commencement of the Performance Period, the actual amount of your Award
     will be pro-rated based upon the number of months that you were employed by
     the Company (in an eligible position) during the Performance Period. The
     Performance Unit Award will be paid in cash; provided, however, that in the
     event that you are an executive covered by the Company's Stock Ownership
     Guidelines and you have not yet attained the requisite level of stock
     ownership, your Performance Award will be paid in the form of shares of
     Heinz Common Stock, which you would be expected to thereafter retain in
     accordance with the Stock Ownership Guidelines. Notwithstanding the
     foregoing or any other provision or term of this Agreement to the contrary,
     you must have been employed by the Company in an eligible position for a
     minimum of twelve (12) months during the Performance Period in order to be
     eligible to receive payment of a Performance Unit Award hereunder.

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4.   Termination of Employment. The termination of your employment with the
     Company will have the following effect on your Performance Unit Award:

     (a)  Termination of Employment During First Year of Performance Period. In
          the event that your employment with the Company ends during the first
          year of the Performance Period for any reason, including without
          limitation as a result of death, disability, retirement, voluntary
          termination or involuntary termination with or without Cause, your
          Performance Unit Award will automatically be forfeited.

     (b)  Termination of Employment During Second Year of Performance Period.

          (i)       Death, Disability or Retirement. In the event that your
                    employment with the Company ends during the second year of
                    the Performance Period as the result of your Death,
                    Retirement, or Disability, you will receive a Performance
                    Unit Award at the end of the Performance Period determined
                    in accordance with Paragraph 2 above, prorated through the
                    date your employment ends or the date of your disability, as
                    applicable.

          (ii)      Involuntary Termination without Cause. In the event your
                    employment with the Company ends during the second year of
                    the Performance Period as the result of an Involuntary
                    Termination without Cause, the MD&CC may, in its sole
                    discretion, authorize the payment of a Performance Unit
                    Award at the end of the Performance Period, determined in
                    accordance with Paragraph 2 above, prorated through your
                    last day of employment with the Company.

          (iii)     Other Termination. In the event your employment with the
                    Company ends during the second year of the Performance
                    Period as the result of any reason other than as set forth
                    in subparagraphs 4(b)(i) and 4(b)(ii) above, including
                    without limitation any voluntary termination of employment
                    or an involuntary termination for Cause, your Performance
                    Unit Award will automatically be forfeited.

     (c)  Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in
          IRS Notice 2005-1, Section IV, Q&A-12) during the Performance Period,
          payment of this Performance Award will be immediately accelerated. The
          amount of the Performance Award will be prorated as of the date the
          Change in Control become effective, and shall be determined based upon
          verifiable Company performance as of such date.

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5.   Non-Solicitation/Confidential Information. In partial consideration for the
     Performance Unit Award granted to you hereunder, you agree that you shall
     not, during the term of your employment by the Company and for 12 months
     after termination of your employment, regardless of the reason for the
     termination, either directly or indirectly, solicit, take away or attempt
     to solicit or take away any other employee of the Company, either for your
     own purpose or for any other person or entity. You further agree that you
     shall not, during the term of your employment by the Company or at any time
     thereafter, use or disclose the Confidential Information (as defined below)
     except as directed by, and in furtherance of the business purposes of, the
     Company. You acknowledge that the breach or threatened breach of this
     Paragraph 5 will result in irreparable injury to the Company for which
     there is no adequate remedy at law because, among other things, it is not
     readily susceptible of proof as to the monetary damages that would result
     to the Company. You consent to the issuance of any restraining order or
     preliminary restraining order or injunction with respect to any conduct by
     you that is directly or indirectly a breach or threatened breach of this
     Paragraph 5.

     "Confidential Information" as used herein shall mean technical or business
     information not readily available to the public or generally known in the
     trade, including but not limited to inventions; ideas; improvements;
     discoveries; developments; formulations; ingredients; recipes;
     specifications; designs; standards; financial data; sales, marketing and
     distribution plans, techniques and strategies; customer and supplier
     information; equipment; mechanisms; manufacturing plans; processing and
     packaging techniques; trade secrets and other confidential information,
     knowledge, data and know-how of the Company, whether or not they originated
     with you, or information which the Company received from third parties
     under an obligation of confidentiality.

6.   Impact on Benefits. The Performance Unit Award, if earned, will not be
     eligible for contributions under any of the Company's retirement and other
     benefit plans, including but not limited to the Company's Supplemental
     Executive Retirement Plan, the Savings Plan or the Company Match plan.

7.   Tax Withholding. When your Performance Unit Award is paid, the Company will
     withhold the amount of money (or, if applicable, the number of shares of
     Common Stock that is equal, based on the Fair Market Value of the Common
     Stock on the payment date) to the amount of the federal, state, local,
     and/or foreign income and/or employment taxes required to be collected or
     withheld with respect to the payment.

8.   Non-Transferability. Your Performance Unit Award may not be sold,
     transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered except by will or
     the laws of descent and distribution. You may also designate a
     beneficiary(ies) in the event that you die before the Performance Unit
     Award is paid, who shall succeed to all your rights and obligations under
     this Agreement and the Plan, subject to Paragraph 4 above. A beneficiary
     election form is attached.

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9.   Employment At-Will. You acknowledge and agree that nothing in this
     Agreement or the Plan shall confer upon you any right with respect to
     future awards or continuation of your employment, nor shall it constitute
     an employment agreement or interfere in any way with your right or the
     right of Company to terminate your employment at any time, with or without
     cause, and with or without notice.

10.  Collection and Use of Personal Data. You consent to the collection, use,
     and processing of personal data (including name, home address and telephone
     number, identification number) by the Company or a third party engaged by
     the Company for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing the
     Plan and any other stock option or stock or long-term incentive plans of
     the Company (the "Plans"). You further consent to the release of personal
     data to such a third party administrator, which, at the option of the
     Company, may be designated as the exclusive broker in connection with the
     Plans. You hereby waive any data privacy rights with respect to such data
     to the extent that receipt, possession, use, retention, or transfer of the
     data is authorized hereunder.

11.  Future Awards. The Plan is discretionary in nature and the Company may
     modify, cancel or terminate it at any time without prior notice in
     accordance with the terms of the Plan. While Performance Unit Awards or
     other awards may be granted under the Plan on one or more occasions or even
     on a regular schedule, each grant is a one time event, is not an
     entitlement to an award of cash or stock in the future, and does not create
     any contractual or other right to receive a Performance Award or other
     compensation or benefits in the future.

12.  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
     accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without
     regard to its choice of law provisions.

THIS PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARD IS SUBJECT TO YOUR SIGNING BOTH COPIES OF THIS
AGREEMENT AND RETURNING ONE SIGNED AND DATED COPY TO THE COMPANY.

                                            H. J. HEINZ COMPANY

                                            By: ______________________________

Accepted:         ______________________________

Date:             ______________________________

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                             BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

Upon my death, the Performance Award earned by me under all Performance Award
Agreements shall be paid to the beneficiary(ies) I designate below. This
designation supercedes any prior beneficiary designation I have made regarding
my Performance Awards, and shall remain in effect unless and until I file a
subsequent Beneficiary Designation Form with the Company.

Primary Beneficiary Designation

All Performance Awards earned by and payable to me shall be paid, in equal
portions unless otherwise indicated, to the following Primary Beneficiary(ies)
then surviving:

Name                     Relationship    Date of Birth   Social Security Number
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Contingent Beneficiary Designation

If none of the above-named Primary Beneficiaries survives me, the Performance
Awards earned by and payable to me shall be paid, in equal portions unless
otherwise indicated, to the following Contingent Beneficiary(ies) then
surviving:

Name                     Relationship    Date of Birth   Social Security Number
----                     ------------    -------------   ----------------------

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                                  EXHIBIT 10.6

                               FOURTH AMENDMENT TO
                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

      This Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Fourth Amendment") is
dated as of October 28, 2004 and is made by and among BLAIR CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the Guarantors now or hereafter party
thereto, the BANKS under the Credit Agreement (as hereafter defined) and PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as agent for the Banks under the
Credit Agreement (hereinafter referred to in such capacity as the "Agent").

                                    RECITALS:

      WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Banks and the Agent entered
into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 20, 2001, as amended by
that Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of July 8, 2002, by that
Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of July 25, 2003, and by that Third
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 1, 2004 (as amended to date,
the "Credit Agreement");

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

      WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them under the Credit Agreement.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and intending to be
legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

      AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

            1. Monthly Borrowing Base Certificates, Schedules of Inventory and
Payables (Section 7.3.4)

            Section 7.3.4 (Monthly Borrowing Base Certificates, Schedules of
Inventory and Payables) is hereby amended and restated to read as set forth
below.

            "7.3.4 Monthly Borrowing Base Certificates, Schedules Inventory
and Payables.

            As soon as available but in any event by the fifteenth (15th)
Business Day of each fiscal month of the Borrower, a Borrowing Base Certificate
as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal month in the form of
Exhibit 7.3.4 hereto appropriately completed, executed and delivered by an
Authorized Officer.

            Within five (5) Business Days of Borrower's receipt of Agent's
reasonable request therefor, a detailed sales register, a cash receipts journal
and a purchase journal showing sales, receipts and purchases during the
immediately preceding month, together with a monthly Schedule of Inventory and
Schedule of Payables as of the end of any such month."

            2. Exhibit 7.3.4 - Borrowing Base Certificate.

            Exhibit 7.3.4 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in the form attached to this Fourth Amendment.

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      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

            A. Warranties Under the Credit Agreement. The representations and
warranties of the Loan Parties contained in the Credit Agreement, after giving
effect to the amendments thereto on the date hereof, are true and correct on and
as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as though made by the Loan
Parties on such date, except to the extent that any such representation or
warranty expressly relates solely to a previous date. The Loan Parties are in
compliance with all terms, conditions, provisions, and covenants contained in
the Credit Agreement.

            B. Power and Authority; Validity and Binding Effect; No Conflict.
Each Loan Party has full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out
this Fourth Amendment, and such actions have been duly authorized by all
necessary proceedings on its part. This Fourth Amendment has been duly and
validly executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties. This Fourth
Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the
Loan Parties which is enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its
terms. Neither the execution and delivery of this Fourth Amendment, nor the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will conflict with,
constitute a default under or result in any breach of (i) the terms and
conditions of any organizational documents of any Loan Party or (ii) any Law or
any material agreement or instrument or other obligation to which any Loan Party
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound, or result in the creation or enforcement of any Lien upon
any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries other than as set
forth herein.

            C. Consents and Approvals; No Event of Default. No consent,
approval, exemption, order or authorization of any Person other than the parties
hereto is required by any Law or any agreement in connection with the execution,
delivery and carrying out of this Fourth Amendment. No event has occurred and is
continuing and no condition exists or will exist after giving effect to this
Fourth Amendment which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Default.

      Conditions to Effectiveness.

            This Fourth Amendment shall be effective on the date (the "Effective
Date") on which each of the following conditions have been satisfied. The
Effective Date shall be the same as the date of this Fourth Amendment first
written above:

            1. EXECUTION.

               The Loan Parties, the Banks and the Agent shall have executed
               this Fourth Amendment.

            2. Fees and Expenses.

               The borrower shall have paid to the agent all fees and
               expenses due and payable, including reasonable fees of the
               agent's counsel.

      REFERENCES TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, LOAN DOCUMENTS.

            Any reference to the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents in any
document, instrument, or agreement shall hereafter mean and include the Credit
Agreement or such Loan Document, including such schedules and exhibits, as
amended hereby. In the event of irreconcilable inconsistency between the terms
or provisions of this Fourth Amendment and the terms or provisions of the Credit
Agreement or such Loan Document, including such schedules and exhibits, the
terms and provisions of this Fourth Amendment shall control.

      FORCE AND EFFECT.

            Each Loan Party a signatory hereto reconfirms, restates, and
ratifies the Credit Agreement, and all other documents executed in connection
therewith except to the extent any such documents are expressly modified by this
Fourth Amendment and each Loan Party confirms that all such documents have
remained in full force and effect since the date of their execution.

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      GOVERNING LAW.

            This Fourth Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and for all purposes shall be governed
by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

      COUNTERPARTS.

            This Fourth Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                            [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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      The undersigned have executed this Fourth Amendment as of the day and year
first above written.

                              BORROWER: BLAIR CORPORATION

                              By: ____________________________________
                              Title:

                              GUARANTORS: BLAIR HOLDINGS, INC.

                              By: ____________________________________
                              Title:

                              BLAIR PAYROLL, LLC

                              By: ____________________________________
                              Title:

                              BLAIR INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.

                              By:_____________________________________
                              Title:

                              BLAIR CREDIT SERVICES CORPORATION

                              By:_____________________________________
                              Title:

                              ALLEGHENY TRAIL CORPORATION

                              By:_____________________________________
                              Title:

                              BANKS:

                              PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, individually and
                              as Agent

                              By: ____________________________________
                              Title:

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                              LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                              By:_____________________________________
                              Title:

                              HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, successor by
                              merger to HSBC Bank USA

                              By:_____________________________________
                              Title:

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                           BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE

                                          DATED AS OF: ____________________

In accordance with the terms of Credit Agreement dated as of December 20, 2001
(the "Credit Agreement"), among Blair Corporation (the "Borrower"), the
Guarantors party thereto ("the Guarantors"), the various banks party thereto
(the "Banks"), and PNC Bank, National Association, Agent (the "Agent"), the
Borrower hereby makes the following certification. Capitalized terms used but
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the
Credit Agreement.

INVENTORY

1.    Inventory of the Borrower as of the
      date of this Certificate. Inventory
      means all of the "inventory" (as
      such term is defined in the UCC) of
      the Borrower, including, but not
      limited to, all merchandise, raw
      materials, parts, supplies,
      work-in-process and finished goods
      intended for sale.                                               $________

2.    Less Ineligible Inventory (without duplication of
      deductions)

      (a)   Inventory which is not finished goods, raw
            materials other than supplies, or
            work-in-process; and including any goods which
            have been shipped, delivered, sold by, purchased
            by or provided to one of the Loan Parties on a
            bill and hold, consignment sale, guaranteed
            sale, or sale or return basis, or any other
            similar basis or understanding other than an
            absolute sale;
                                                             $________

      (b)   Inventory which is not new, or of good and
            merchantable quality, or which represents more
            than a twelve (12) month supply of such finished
            goods or raw materials;
                                                             $________

      (c)   Inventory which is not located on, or in transit
            to and so identified on the relevant Schedule of
            Inventory, premises listed on Schedule A to the
            Security Agreement;
                                                             $________

      (d)   For all periods after sixty (60) days after the
            Closing Date, Inventory which is located at
            locations leased to any Loan Party for which the
            Agent has not received an executed Landlord's
            Waiver in favor of the Agent substantially in    $________
            the form of Exhibit 7.1(p) to the Credit
            Agreement;

      (e)   Inventory which is stored with a bailee,
            warehouseman, consignee, or similar party unless
            the Agent has given its prior written consent
            and the applicable Loan Party has caused such
            bailee, warehouseman, consignee, or similar
            party to issue and deliver to the Agent, in form
            and substance acceptable to the Agent, warehouse
            receipts or similar type documentation therefor
            in the Agent's name;
                                                             $________

      (f)   Inventory which is not subject to the Agent's
            and the Banks' Prior Security Interest, or is
            not subject to any other Lien;                   $________

      (g)   Inventory which was manufactured in violation of
            any federal minimum wage or overtime laws,
            including, without limitation, the Fair Labor
            Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. ss.215(a)(1);           $________

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      (h)   Inventory which is, or should be, disqualified
            for any other reason generally accepted in the
            commercial finance business.                     $________

3.  Total Ineligible Inventory (sum of items 2(a) - (g))               $________

4.  Total Qualified Inventory (Inventory less Ineligible
    Inventory)                                                         $________

                                                                            x.50

5.  50% of Qualified Inventory                                         $________

6.  The lesser of $10,000,000 or 50% of Book Value of
    Qualifying Fixed Assets (as of the most recently ended             $________
    fiscal quarter)

SUMMARY                                                                $________

7.  Lesser of Borrowing Base (item 5 plus item 6) or
    $40,000,000                                                        $________

8.  Revolving Credit Loans Outstanding                                 $________

9.  Swing Loans Outstanding                                            $________

10. Letters of Credit Outstanding                                      $________

11. Sum of items 8 through 10 above                                    $________

12. Excess (deficiency) (item 7 minus item 11)                         $________

CERTIFIED BY: _________________________________

TITLE: ________________________________________

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