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Subsidiary Guaranty

 Exhibit 10.14 
 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY 
 This GUARANTY is entered into as of April 16, 2007 by the
undersigned (each a “Guarantor”, and together with any future Material Subsidiaries executing this Guaranty, being collectively referred to herein as the “Guarantors”), in favor of and for the benefit of BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as agent for and representative of (in such capacity herein called “Guarantied Party”) the financial institutions (“Lenders”) party to the Credit Agreement referred to below and Swap Counterparties (as
hereinafter defined), and for the benefit of the other Beneficiaries (as hereinafter defined). 
 RECITALS 
 A. Stater Bros. Markets, a California corporation (“Borrower”), and Stater Bros. Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Holdings”), have entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 16, 2007 with Lenders and Guarantied Party, as Administrative Agent for Lenders (said Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, as it may hereafter be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, being the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined).

 B. Borrower may from time to time enter, or may from time to time have entered, into one or more Swap Agreements (collectively, the
“Lender Swap Agreements”) with one or more Persons that are Lenders or Affiliates of Lenders at the time such Swap Agreements are entered into (in such capacity, collectively, the “Swap Counterparties”) in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and it is desired that the obligations of Borrower under the Lender Swap Agreements, including without limitation the obligation of Borrower to make payments thereunder in the event of early
termination thereof, together with all obligations of Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, be guarantied hereunder. 
 C. Guarantied Party, Lenders and each Swap Counterparty for which Guarantied Party has received the notice required by Section 18 hereof are sometimes referred to herein as “Beneficiaries”. 
 D. The terms of the Credit Agreement require that each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower guaranty the Guarantied Obligations. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
and in order to induce Lenders and Guarantied Party to enter into the Credit Agreement and to make Loans and other extensions of credit thereunder and to induce the Swap Counterparties to enter into the Lender Swap Agreements, Guarantors hereby
agree as follows: 
 1. Guaranty. (a) In order to induce Lenders to extend credit to Borrower pursuant to the Credit
Agreement and the entry by Swap Counterparties into the Lender Swap Agreements, Guarantors jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, the due and punctual payment in full of all
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stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)). The term “Guarantied Obligations” is used herein in its most comprehensive sense and includes any and all Obligations of Borrower and all obligations of
Borrower under Lender Swap Agreements, now or hereafter made, incurred or created, whether absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether due or not due, and however arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Lender
Swap Agreements, this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents, including those arising under successive borrowing transactions under the Credit Agreement which shall either continue such obligations of Borrower or from time to time renew them after
they have been satisfied. 
 Each Guarantor acknowledges that a portion of the Guarantied Obligations are being incurred for and will inure
to its benefit. 
 Any interest on any portion of the Guarantied Obligations that accrues after the commencement of any proceeding, voluntary
or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Borrower (or, if interest on any portion of the Guarantied Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the
commencement of said proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guarantied Obligations if said proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guarantied Obligations because it is the intention of each
Guarantor and Guarantied Party that the Guarantied Obligations should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order that may relieve Borrower of any portion of such Guarantied Obligations. 
 In the event that all or any portion of the Guarantied Obligations is paid by Borrower, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall continue and
remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) is rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from Guarantied Party or any other Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent
transfer or otherwise, and any such payments that are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guarantied Obligations. 
 Subject to the
other provisions of this Section 1, upon the failure of Borrower to pay any of the Guarantied Obligations when and as the same shall become due, each Guarantor will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to Guarantied Party for the
ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to the aggregate of the unpaid Guarantied Obligations. 
 (b) Anything contained in this
Guaranty to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable provisions of comparable state law (collectively, the “Fraudulent Transfer Laws”), in each case after giving effect to
all other liabilities of such Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under the Fraudulent Transfer Laws (specifically excluding, however, any liabilities of such Guarantor (x) in respect of intercompany indebtedness to Borrower
or other affiliates of Borrower to the extent that such indebtedness would be discharged in an amount equal to the amount paid by such Guarantor hereunder and (y) under any guaranty of Subordinated Indebtedness which guaranty contains a
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maximum amount similar to that set forth in this Section 1(b), pursuant to which the liability of such Guarantor hereunder is included in the
liabilities taken into account in determining such maximum amount) and after giving effect as assets to the value (as determined under the applicable provisions of the Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnification or contribution of such Guarantor pursuant to applicable law or pursuant to the terms of any agreement. 
 (c) Each Guarantor
under this Guaranty, and each guarantor under other guaranties, if any, relating to the Credit Agreement (the “Related Guaranties”) that contain a contribution provision similar to that set forth in this Section 1(c), together
desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “Contributing Guarantors”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty and the Related Guaranties. Accordingly, in the event any payment or
distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor under this Guaranty or a guarantor under a Related Guaranty, each such Guarantor or such other guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in the
maximum amount permitted by law so as to maximize the aggregate amount of the Guarantied Obligations paid to Beneficiaries. 
 2.
Guaranty Absolute; Continuing Guaranty. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a
guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees that: (a) this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not
of collectibility; (b) Guarantied Party may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or the occurrence of an early termination date or similar event under any Lender Swap Agreements
notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Borrower and any Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such event; (c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Borrower under the Loan
Documents or the Lender Swap Agreements and the obligations of any other Guarantor and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Borrower or any of such other
Guarantors and whether or not Borrower is joined in any such action or actions; and (d) a payment of a portion, but not all, of the Guarantied Obligations by one or more Guarantors shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge the liability
of such or any other Guarantor for any portion of the Guarantied Obligations that has not been paid. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and each Guarantor irrevocably
waives any right (including without limitation any such right arising under California Civil Code Section 2815) to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guarantied Obligations. 
 3. Actions by Beneficiaries. Any Beneficiary may from time to time, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or
enforceability of this Guaranty or giving rise to any limitation, impairment or discharge of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, (a) renew, extend, accelerate or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the
Guarantied Obligations, (b) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the
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other obligations, (c) request and accept other guaranties of the Guarantied Obligations and take and hold security for the payment of this Guaranty or
the Guarantied Obligations, (d) release, exchange, compromise, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guarantied Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guarantied Obligations, or any other
obligation of any Person with respect to the Guarantied Obligations, (e) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of any Beneficiary in respect of this Guaranty or the Guarantied Obligations and direct the
order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy. that Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, or any of them, may have against any such security, as Guarantied Party in its discretion may determine consistent with the
Credit Agreement, the Lender Swap Agreements and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially
reasonable, and (f) exercise any other rights available to Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, or any of them, under the Loan Documents or the Lender Swap Agreements. 
 4. No Discharge. This Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any
limitation, impairment or discharge for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations), including without limitation the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of
any of them: (a) any failure to assert or enforce or agreement not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power
or remedy with respect to the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guarantied Obligations, (b) any waiver or modification of, or any consent to
departure from, any of the terms or provisions of the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, the Lender Swap Agreements or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guarantied
Obligations, (c) the Guarantied Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, (d) the application of payments received from any source to the payment of
indebtedness other than the Guarantied Obligations, even though Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, or any of them, might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guarantied Obligations, (e) any failure to perfect
or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guarantied Obligations, (1) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which Borrower may assert against Guarantied Party or any Beneficiary in respect of the
Guarantied Obligations, including but not limited to failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury, and (g) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do
any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of a Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guarantied Obligations. 
 5. Waivers. Each Guarantor waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a) any right to require Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor,
to (i) proceed against Borrower, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guarantied Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guarantied
Obligations or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of Borrower or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other 

  

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remedy in the power of any Beneficiary; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of
Borrower including, without limitation, any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability
of Borrower from any cause other than payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects
more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon Guarantied Party’s or any other Beneficiary’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Guarantied Obligations, except behavior that amounts to bad faith;
(e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, that are or might be in conflict with the terms of this Guaranty and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the
benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any
Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance of this
Guaranty, notices of default under the Credit Agreement, notices of default or early termination under any Lender Swap Agreement or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guarantied
Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Borrower and notices of any of the matters referred to in the preceding paragraph and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this Guaranty. 
 As used in this paragraph, any reference to “the principal” includes Borrower, and any reference to “the creditor” includes
Guarantied Party and each other Beneficiary. In accordance with Section 2856 of the California Civil Code (a) each Guarantor waives any and all rights and defenses available to it by reason of Sections 2787 to 2855, inclusive, 2899 and
3433 of the California Civil Code, including without limitation any and all rights or defenses such Guarantor may have by reason of protection afforded to the principal with respect to any of the Guarantied Obligations, or to any other guarantor of
any of the Guarantied Obligations with respect to any of such guarantor’s obligations under its guaranty, in either case pursuant to the antideficiency or other laws of the State of California limiting or discharging the principal’s
indebtedness or such guarantor’s obligations, including without limitation Section 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure; and (b) each Guarantor waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of
remedies by the creditor, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a Guarantied Obligation, has destroyed such Guarantor’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against the
principal by the operation of Section 580d of the Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise; and even though that election of remedies by the creditor, such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for an obligation of any other guarantor
of any of the Guarantied Obligations, has destroyed such Guarantor’s rights of contribution against such other guarantor. No other provision of this Guaranty shall be construed as limiting the generality of any of the covenants and waivers set
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 6. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.; Subordination of Other
Obligations. Each Guarantor waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of
its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute (including without limitation under California Civil Code Section 2847, 2848 or 2849), under common law or otherwise and
including without limitation (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that
any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against Borrower, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Guarantied Obligations shall
have been paid in full and the Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor
of any of the Guarantied Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Borrower or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such
Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries may have against Borrower, to all right, title and interest Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries
may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries may have against such other guarantor. 
 Any indebtedness of Borrower now or hereafter held by any Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantied Obligations, and any such indebtedness of Borrower to a Guarantor collected or received by such Guarantor after an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and any amount paid to a Guarantor on account of any subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights referred to in the preceding paragraph when all Guarantied Obligations have not
been paid in full, shall be held in trust for Guarantied Party on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Guarantied Party for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guarantied Obligations.

 7. Expenses. Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay, or cause to be paid, on demand, and to save Guarantied Party and
the other Beneficiaries harmless against liability for, any and all costs and expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) incurred or expended by Guarantied Party or any other Beneficiary in
connection with the enforcement of or preservation of any rights under this Guaranty. 
 8. Financial Condition of Borrower. No
Beneficiary shall have any obligation, and each Guarantor waives any duty on the part of any Beneficiary, to disclose or discuss with such Guarantor its assessment, or such Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial condition of Borrower or any
matter or fact relating to the business, operations or condition of Borrower. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from Borrower on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Borrower and its ability to perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents and the Lender Swap Agreements, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Borrower and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of
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 9. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor makes, for the benefit of Beneficiaries,
each of the representations and warranties made in the Credit Agreement by Borrower as to such Guarantor, its assets, financial condition, operations, organization, legal status, business and any Loan Documents to which it is a party. 
 10. Covenants. Each Guarantor agrees that, so long as any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit
shall be outstanding, or any Lender shall have any Commitment or any Swap Counterparty shall have any obligation under such Lender Swap Agreement, such Guarantor will, unless Requisite Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, perform or observe,
and cause its Subsidiaries to perform or observe, all of the terms, covenants and agreements that the Loan Documents state that Borrower is to cause a Guarantor and such Subsidiaries to perform or observe. 
 11. Set Off. In addition to any other rights any Beneficiary may have under law or in equity, if any amount shall at any time be due and
owing by a Guarantor to any Beneficiary under this Guaranty, such Beneficiary is authorized at any time or from time to time, without notice (any such notice being expressly waived), to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits
(general or special, including but not limited to indebtedness evidence by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness of such Beneficiary owing to a Guarantor and any other property of such Guarantor held by a
Beneficiary to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor against and on account of the Guarantied Obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor to any Beneficiary under this Guaranty. 
 12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If all of the stock of a Guarantor or any of its successors in interest under this
Guaranty shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in a sale not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or otherwise consented to by Requisite Lenders, the obligations of such Guarantor or such successor in interest,
as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Beneficiary or any other Person effective as of the time of such sale. 
 13. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, and no consent to any
departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of Guarantied Party and, in the case of any such amendment or modification, Guarantors. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. 
 14. Miscellaneous. It is not necessary for
Beneficiaries to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Borrower or the officers, directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them. 
 The rights, powers and remedies given to Beneficiaries by this Guaranty are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers
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Swap Agreements or any agreement between one or more Guarantors and one or more Beneficiaries or between Borrower and one or more Beneficiaries. Any
forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay by any Beneficiary in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further
exercise of any such right, power or remedy. 
 In case any provision in or obligation under this Guaranty shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF GUARANTORS, GUARANTIED PARTY AND THE OTHER BENEFICIARIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL
BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. 
 This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Beneficiaries and their respective successors and assigns. 
 ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
BROUGHT AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS GUARANTY EACH GUARANTOR ACCEPTS FOR
ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY. Each Guarantor agrees that service of all process in any such proceeding in any such court may be made by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to such Guarantor at its address set forth below its
signature hereto, such service being acknowledged by such Guarantor to be sufficient for personal jurisdiction in any action against such Guarantor in any such court and to be otherwise effective and binding service in every respect. Nothing herein
shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of Guarantied Party or any Beneficiary to bring proceedings against such Guarantor in the courts of any other jurisdiction. 
 EACH GUARANTOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF, GUARANTIED PARTY EACH AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY. The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including
without limitation contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims and all other common law and statutory claims. Each Guarantor and, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, Guarantied Party each (i) acknowledges that this waiver is a
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Guarantied Party have already relied on this waiver in entering into this Guaranty or accepting the benefits thereof, as the case may be, and that each will
continue to rely on this waiver in their related future dealings, and (ii) further warrants and represents that each has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel and that each knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following
consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS OF THIS GUARANTY. In the
event of litigation, this Guaranty may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court. 
 15. Additional Guarantors. The
initial Guarantor(s) hereunder shall be such of the Subsidiaries of Borrower as are signatories hereto on the date hereof. From time to time subsequent to the date hereof, Material Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become parties hereto, as
additional Guarantors (each an “Additional Guarantor”), by executing a counterpart of this Guaranty. Upon delivery of any such counterpart to the Administrative Agent, notice of which is hereby waived by the Guarantor, each such
Additional Guarantor shall be a Guarantor and shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Additional Guarantor were an original signatory hereof. Each Guarantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or
diminished by the addition or release of any other Guarantor hereunder, nor by any election of the Administrative Agent not to cause any Subsidiary of the Borrower to become an Additional Guarantor hereunder. This Guaranty shall be fully effective
as to any Guarantor that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Guarantor hereunder. 
 16. Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed to be an original for all purposes; but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Guaranty shall become effective as to each Guarantor upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by such
Guarantor (whether or not a counterpart hereof shall have been executed by any other Guarantor) and receipt by the Administrative Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof. 
 17. Guarantied Party as Agent. 
 (a) Guarantied Party has been appointed to act as Guarantied Party hereunder by Lenders. Guarantied Party shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or
refrain from exercising any rights, and to take Or refrain from taking any action, solely in accordance with this Guaranty and the Credit Agreement. 
 (b) Guarantied Party shall at all times be the same Person that is Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement. Written notice of resignation by Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 10.9 of the Credit
Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as Guarantied Party under this Guaranty; removal of Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 10.9 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute removal as Guarantied Party under this Guaranty;
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Guarantied Party under this Guaranty. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent under subsection 10.9 of the Credit Agreement by
successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Guarantied party under this Guaranty, and the retiring or
removed Guarantied Party under this Guaranty shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Guarantied Party all sums held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of
the duties of the successor Guarantied Party under this Guaranty, and (ii) take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Guarantied Party of the rights created hereunder,
whereupon such retiring or removed Guarantied Party shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Guaranty. After any retiring or removed Guarantied Party’s resignation or removal hereunder as Guarantied Party, the provisions
of this Guaranty shall inure to its benefits as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Guaranty while it was Guarantied Party hereunder. 
 18. Release of Guarantors. Each Guarantor shall be deemed released from this Guaranty upon the permitted sale or other disposition of that Guarantor as contemplated by the Credit Agreement (or in the
case of Santee, in the event of any Qualified Santee Sale). 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by
its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	STATER BROS. HOLDINGS INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Jack H. Brown
	Name:	 	Jack H. Brown
	Title:	 	Chairman of the Board, President
		 	Chief Executive Officer
	
	Address:
	
	 21700 Barton Road
 Colton, CA
92324
 Attn: Chief Financial Officer
 FAX:
(909) 370-2390

	
	STATER BROS. DEVELOPMENT, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Phillip J. Smith
	Name:	 	Phillip J. Smith
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and
		 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	Address:
	
	 21700 Barton Road
 Colton, CA
92324
 Attn: Chief Financial Officer
 FAX:
(909) 370-2390

	
	SANTEE DAIRIES, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Phillip J. Smith
	Name:	 	Phillip J. Smith
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	Address:
	
	 17851 East Railroad St
 City Of Industry, CA
91748
 Attn: Chief Financial Officer
 FAX:
(626) 923-3038

  

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	SUPER RX, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Bruce D. Varner
	Name:	 	Bruce D. Varner
	Title:	 	Secretary
	
	Address:
	
	 21700 Barton Road
 Colton, CA
92324
 Attn: Chief Financial Officer
 FAX: (909)
370-2390

  

 12Amended and Restated Phantom Stock Plan

 Exhibit 10.15 
 STATER BROS. HOLDINGS INC. 
 PHANTOM STOCK PLAN 
 (As Amended and Restated on December 18, 2002) 
  

	1.	Purpose. 

 The purpose of the Stater Bros.
Holdings Inc. Phantom Stock Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide additional incentive compensation to a select group of management and highly compensated employees who contribute conspicuously by their ability, industry and ingenuity to the
management and successful operation of Stater Bros. Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”) and its subsidiaries. Such additional compensation shall be provided by periodic awards to Participants (hereinafter defined) of units of
hypothetical shares of Company’s capital stock and the payment to Participants, at specified times, of the Established Value (hereinafter defined) which includes changes in value of each Share Unit as hereinafter set forth. 
  

	2.	Definitions. 

 As used herein, unless the
context clearly requires otherwise, the following words and expressions shall have the meaning respectively provided: 
 (a) “Affiliated
Company” means any company in which Company owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the total outstanding stock of all classes of stock in Company and at least eighty percent (80%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of
Company stock entitled to vote. 
 (b) “Award” means the written agreement of Company to pay additional compensation under the Plan
to certain individuals selected pursuant to Section 4, such compensation to be in the amounts determined in accordance with Sections 5 through 11. 
 (c) “Benefit Commencement Date” means the date determined in accordance with Section 7.1. 
 (d) “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of Company. 
 (e) “Change in Control” shall mean and
include any of the following: 
 (1) the purchase or other acquisition by any person, entity or group of persons, within the
meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”), or any comparable successor provisions, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Act) of fifty percent
(50%) or more of either the outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of Company’s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally; 
  

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 (2) the approval by the stockholders of Company of a reorganization, merger, or
consolidation, in each case, with respect to which persons who were stockholders of Company immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, immediately thereafter, own more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined
voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the reorganized, merged or consolidated Company’s then outstanding securities; 
 (3) a liquidation or dissolution of Company; 
 (4) the sale of fifty percent (50%) or
more of the assets of Company; 
 but shall not include a direct or indirect transfer of any interest of Jack H. Brown in La Cadena Investments, a California
partnership, or in the capital stock of Company, either by a lifetime transfer to a trust created by him, or in the event of his death to a trust or to the beneficiaries under his will. 
 (f) “Change in Control Benefit Commencement Date” means the date determined in accordance with Section 7.2. 
 (g) “Change in Control Established Value” means the value as determined in accordance with Section 6.3. 
 (h) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which shall administer the Plan. 
 (i) “Company” means Stater Bros. Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation. 
 (j) “Effective Date” means the date set forth in the Award as the effective date of the Award. 
 (k) “Eligible Employee” means any management or highly compensated employee (within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974) regularly employed by an Employer, but specifically excluding any existing shareholder of Company or any partner of La Cadena Investments. 
 (l) “Employer” means Company and each Affiliated Company. 
 (m) “Established Value”
means the value as determined in accordance with Section 6.2. 
 (n) “Normal Retirement Age” means 65 years of age.

 (o) “Participant” means any Eligible Employee selected by the Chairman or Chief Executive Officer of Company, the Committee and
the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 4.1 to receive the grant of an Award. 
 (p) “Plan” means the Stater Bros. Holdings
Inc. Phantom Stock Plan. 
  

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 (q) “Retained Earnings” means retained earnings of Company calculated in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles adjusted for the expenses of that certain Subordinated Note dated January 22, 2002 in the face amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00). 
 (r) “Retirement” shall mean a Participant’s termination of employment with the Employer at or after Normal Retirement Age if Participant
has completed at least fifteen (15) years of employment with the Employer. 
 (s) “Share Unit” means a hypothetical share of
Company’s capital stock awarded to Participant under the Plan. 
 (t) “Stated Value” means the initial value assigned to a
Share Unit as of the Effective Date of the Award. 
 (u) “Termination of Employment” shall occur when, prior to a Change in
Control, a Participant is no longer employed by any Employer. 
 (v) “Total Permanent Disability” shall mean permanent and total
disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. 
  

	3.	Administration of the Plan. 

 3.1
Administrator. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, who shall have complete discretion and authority to interpret and construe the Plan and any Awards issued thereunder, decide all questions of eligibility and benefits (including
underlying factual determinations), and adjudicate all claims and disputes. 
 3.2 Administrative Rules. The Committee may
(a) adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; (b) determine the terms and provisions of the respective Awards, including provisions defining or otherwise relating to (i) the duration of the Awards and
(ii) the effect of approved leaves of absence on the rights to benefits under the Plan; (c) construe the provisions of the Plan and the respective Awards; and (d) make all determinations necessary or advisable for administering the
Plan. Any such actions by the Committee shall be consistent with the provisions of the Plan. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award in the manner and to the extent it
shall deem expedient to carry the Plan or Award into effect, and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. The determination of the Committee on the matters referred to in this Section 3.2 shall be final, binding, and conclusive
on all interested parties. 
  

	4.	Eligibility and Participation. 

 4.1
Eligibility and Grant of Awards. Awards may be granted to any Eligible Employee. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer of Company must first recommend, in his or her sole
discretion, which Eligible Employees shall be granted Awards. Both the Committee and the Board of Directors must then approve such 

  

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recommendation, and upon such approval such Eligible Employees shall become Participants herein and shall be granted such Awards as shall be determined by
the Committee. The number of units awarded shall be assigned a stated value determined by the Committee using the initial stated value of a Share Unit of $20.00 per unit. Each Award granted pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by an agreement
substantially in the form attached to this Plan, executed by Company and the Eligible Employee to whom the Award is granted, specifying number of Share Units awarded to the Eligible Employee and incorporating such terms as are required by the Plan
and as the Committee shall deem necessary or desirable. Subject to the requirements for vesting and unless otherwise specified in the agreement granting the Award, the specified number of Share Units shall be deemed credited as of the month and day
of the Effective Date of the Award. 
 4.2 Effect of Adoption. The adoption of the Plan shall not be deemed to give any person a right
to be granted an Award under the Plan. 
  

	5.	Credits to Accounts. 

 5.1 Credits -
General; Bookkeeping. The Committee shall establish a memorandum bookkeeping account with respect to each Participant which shall include the Stated Value and the amount of Company’s Retained Earnings at the time of the Award or Purchase of
Share Units. The number of Share Units awarded to each Participant from time to time shall be credited to Participant’s account, such credits to include Awards made pursuant to Section 4.1; and Share Units purchased by a Participant
pursuant to Section 5.3. 
 5.2 Cessation of Credits. There shall be no further credits to the account or accounts of a
Participant after his or her Termination of Employment or a Change in Control; provided, however, that a Participant shall be entitled to be paid any amounts otherwise payable pursuant to Section 6. 
 5.3 Participant Contributions. Prior to December 31 of each year, a Participant may purchase additional Share Units, but only in a dollar
amount not to exceed the dollar amount of any bonus paid to Participant by Company or an affiliated company for the immediately preceding fiscal year of Company. The number of Share Units which may be purchased pursuant to this Section 5.3
shall be determined in the manner specified in Section 4.1 for Grants of Awards and shall be evidenced by an Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto executed by Company and Participant and specifying the number of Share Units
purchased by a Participant. All Share Units purchased under this Section 5.3 shall be fully vested upon the date of purchase. 
  

	6.	Vesting; Valuation of Accounts. 

 6.1 Vesting. Except as provided in Section 5.3, Participants shall vest in their
respective accounts on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award or as otherwise approved
by Company, except that upon a Participant’s Retirement, Total Permanent Disability or death prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, such Participant shall vest in his/her account, on the following basis prorated to the date of Retirement, Total Permanent Disability or death: twenty percent (20%) on the
first (1st) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, twenty percent (20%) on the second
(2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, twenty percent (20%) on the third (3rd) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, twenty percent 

  

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(20%) on the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, and twenty percent (20%) on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award or as otherwise approved by Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Participants will be one hundred percent (100%) vested upon any Change in Control. If a Participant
voluntarily terminates his/her employment or if Participant is terminated for cause (as hereinafter defined) prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, he/she shall not vest, in whole or in part, in his/her respective account and such Participant shall not be entitled to any payment under the Plan. The Committee reserves the
right to modify the vesting of any account upon the death or disability of a Participant. 
 6.2 Established Value. 
 Upon a Participant’s Retirement, Total Permanent Disability or death, the “Established Value” of the total number of vested
Share Units credited to his or her account shall be determined. If such event occurs within two (2) years from the Effective Date of the Award, the determination of Established Value shall be made by multiplying the total number of Share Units
credited to such Participant’s account at the time of determination by the difference between (i) the Stated Value of a Share Unit and (ii) the current value of such Share Unit calculated by increasing the Stated Value by the
percentage increase in the Retained Earnings from the Effective Date to the date of a Participant’s Retirement, Total Permanent Disability or death. If such event occurs after two (2) years from the Effective Date of the Award, the
Established Value shall be determined by increasing or decreasing the Stated Value by the percentage increase in Company’s Retained Earnings from the Effective Date to the date of a Participant’s Retirement, Total Permanent Disability or
death and multiplying such amount by the number of Share Units credited to Participant’s account. 
 6.3 Change in Control
Established Value. As of the day immediately preceding the closing of a Change in Control, the “Change in Control Established Value” of the total number of Share Units credited to the accounts of all Participants shall be determined.
The Change in Control Established Value of a Participant’s account shall equal the product of the number of Share Units credited to such Participant’s account at the time of determination (whether or not then vested) multiplied by the then
current value of one Share Unit. The current value of a Share Unit shall be determined by increasing or decreasing the Stated Value by the percentage increase in Company’s Retained Earnings from the Effective Date to the date of determination.

 6.4 No Segregation of Assets. The Employer shall not segregate any assets in connection with or as a result of the determination of
the Established Value or the Change in Control Established Value with respect to any Participant. The rights of a Participant to benefits under this Plan shall be solely those of a general, unsecured creditor of the Employer. 
 6.5 Payments. Payment of the amount equal to the Established Value or Change in Control Established Value of a Participant’s account shall be
made by Company or the applicable Employer, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of Company and the Board of Directors of such Employer, only in cash upon the terms and at the times provided in Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 24 below. A
Participant shall only be entitled to the Established Value or the Change in Control Established Value of his or her account, as is appropriate. If a Benefit Commencement Date (as defined in Section 7.1) occurs before a Change in Control
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(as defined in Section 7.2), then Participant’s benefits under the Plan shall be governed by the amount of the Established Value of his or her
account, which amount shall be paid at the time and in the manner hereinafter provided. Should a Change in Control Benefit Commencement Date occur prior to a Benefit Commencement Date, then a Participant’s benefits hereunder shall be governed
by the Change in Control Established Value of his or her account, which amount shall be payable at the times and in the manner hereinafter provided. 
  

	7.	Commencement of Payment. 

 7.1 Benefit
Commencement Date. The date on which payment of a Participant’s Established Value shall commence (“Benefit Commencement Date”) shall be the ninetieth (90th) day following the Retirement, Total Permanent Disability or death of
such Participant. Company, in its sole discretion, may authorize an earlier date for the Benefit Commencement Date. 
 7.2 Change in
Control Benefit Commencement Date. The payment of the Change in Control Established Value of a Participant’s account shall be made (“Change in Control Benefit Commencement Date”) on the day immediately preceding the closing of a
Change in Control. 
  

	8.	Method of Payment. 

 8.1 Established Value. Payments of the Established Value of a Participant’s account, at the option of Company or the applicable Employer, shall be made in (i) a lump sum or (ii) in equal annual
installments over a five (5) year period from the Benefit Commencement Date provided that such payments shall not violate the provisions or covenants of any bank credit agreement, the Indenture dated August 6, 1999 with respect to
Company’s 10 3/4% Senior Notes due 2006 or any other agreements then in effect to which Company is a party.
Such payments shall be sufficient to amortize Participant’s Established Value plus interest computed at the then prevailing prime rate of the Bank of America over such five (5) year period. 
 8.2 Change in Control Established Value. Payment of the Change in Control Established Value of a Participant’s account shall be made in a
single lump sum. 
  

	9.	Recipient of Benefits. 

 (a) Except as is
provided in Section 9(c) below, payments under the Plan shall be made to Participant if Participant is then living. 
 (b) In the event
of Participant’s death, the benefits payable under the Plan shall be paid to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by Participant in accordance with Section 10 below or as otherwise provided in such Section 10. 
 (c) Whenever and as often as any person entitled to benefits hereunder shall be under a legal disability, or in the sole judgment of the Committee shall
otherwise be unable to apply such payments in furtherance of his or her own interests and advantage, the Committee, in the exercise of its discretion, may direct all or any portion of such payments to be made in any one or more of the following
ways: 
  

	 	(i)	Directly to such person; 

  

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	 	(ii)	To the guardian of his or her person, or of his or her estate; or 

  

	 	(iii)	To his or her spouse or to any other person, to be expended for his or her benefit. 

 The decision of the Committee as to the recipient or recipients of Plan benefits shall, in each case, be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons that are interested hereunder, and the Committee shall not be
obligated to see to the proper application or expenditure of any payment so made. Any payment made pursuant to the power herein conferred upon the Committee shall operate as a complete discharge of the obligations of the Committee and of Company, to
the extent of the amounts so paid. 
  

	10.	Beneficiary Designation. 

 Each Participant
must, on a form provided for that purpose, signed and filed with Company at any time prior to complete distribution of amounts payable under the Plan, designate a beneficiary (or beneficiaries) or his or her estate to receive the benefits, if any,
which may be payable in event of his or her death, pursuant to any of the provisions of the Plan, and each such designation may be revoked by such Participant by signing and filing with Company a new designation of beneficiary form prior to such
complete distribution. As a condition to any married Participant naming a person other than his or her spouse as beneficiary, the Committee may, in its discretion, require the consent of such spouse. If a deceased Participant failed to name a
beneficiary in the manner above prescribed, or if the beneficiary or beneficiaries named by a deceased Participant predecease Participant, the benefits payable hereunder with respect to such Participant as of the date of his or her death shall be
paid, in the discretion of the Committee either to (i) a person otherwise designated by such Participant as a beneficiary for purposes of the Plan, (ii) all or any one or more of the persons comprising the group consisting of
Participant’s spouse, Participant’s descendants, Participant’s parents, or Participant’s heirs-at-law, and the Committee may pay the entire amount to any member of such group or apportion such amount among any two (2) or
more of them in such shares as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine, or (iii) the estate of such Participant. In any of such cases, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may direct that payment be paid in a lump sum. Any
payment made to any person pursuant to the power and discretion conferred upon the Committee hereunder shall operate as a complete discharge of all obligations under the Plan with respect to such deceased Participant and shall not be subject to
review by anyone, but shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons ever interested hereunder. 
  

	11.	Withholding of Taxes. 

 The amounts payable
to a Participant under the Plan shall be reduced by any amount which Company or the applicable Employer is required to withhold with respect to such payments under the then applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and state or local
income tax laws. 
  

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	12.	Notices; Abandonment of Benefits. 

 12.1
Address of Recipients. Participant and other persons entitled to benefits under the Plan shall file with Company from time to time in writing Participant’s or such persons’ mailing address and each change of address. Any check
representing payment and any communication addressed to Participant or other person entitled to benefits under the Plan at his or her last address filed with Company, or if no such address has been filed, then at his or her last address as indicated
on the records of Company, shall be deemed to have been delivered to such person on the date on which such check or communication is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid. 
 12.2 Notice to Participants and Abandonment. If Company, for any reason, is in doubt as to whether payments made pursuant to the Plan are being
received by the person entitled thereof, it shall, by registered mail addressed to the person concerned, at such person’s address last known to Company, notify such person that (i) all unmailed and future payments shall be henceforth
withheld until he or she provides Company with evidence that he or she is still living and provides Company with his or her proper mailing address, and (ii) his or her right to any payment under the Plan shall be canceled if, at the expiration
of four (4) years from the date of such mailing, he or she shall not have provided Company with evidence of his or her continued life and his or her proper mailing address. If, upon expiration of four years from the date of such mailing,
Company shall not have received the requested information, such persons shall be deemed to have abandoned forever his or her right to any benefits provided under the Plan. 
  

	13.	Restrictions on Eligible Employees. 

 13.1
Continued Employment. The grant of an Award to an Eligible Employee pursuant to the Plan shall not give the Eligible Employee any right to be retained in the employ of the Employer and the right and power of the Employer to dismiss or
discharge any Eligible Employee is specifically reserved. 
 13.2 No Property Rights. The grant of an Award to an Eligible Employee
pursuant to the Plan shall not be deemed the grant of a property interest in any assets of Company or the Employer. Subject to Section 6, such grant is merely intended to evidence a general obligation of Company to comply with the terms and
conditions of the Plan and make payments in accordance therewith from the assets of Company which are available for the satisfaction of obligations to creditors. 
 13.3 No Rights as a Shareholder. A Participant shall have no dividend, voting, or any other rights as a shareholder with respect to any Share Units. 
  

	14.	Amendment or Termination. 

 The Board of
Directors may, from time to time, amend, modify, change, suspend, or terminate, in whole or in part, any or all provisions of the Plan, except that no amendment, modification, change, suspension, or termination may affect any right of any
Participant, without his or her consent, who has been granted an Award pursuant to the Plan, with respect to any vested benefit that has accrued thereunder prior to the effective date of such amendment, modification, change, suspension, or
termination. 
  

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	15.	Assignment. 

 No right or interest to or in
any Award, payment or benefit to a Participant shall be assignable by such Participant except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. No right, benefit or interest of a Participant hereunder shall be subject to anticipation, alienation,
sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, hypothecation or set off in respect of any claim, debt or obligation, or to execution, attachment, levy or similar process, or assignment by operation of law. Any attempt, voluntarily or involuntarily,
to effect any action specified in the immediately preceding sentences shall, to the full extent permitted by law, be null, void and of no effect; provided, however, that this provision shall not preclude a Participant from designating one or more
Beneficiaries to receive any amount that may be payable to such Participant under the Plan after his or her death and shall not preclude the legal representatives of Participant’s estate from assigning any right hereunder to the person or
persons entitled thereto under his or her will, or, in the case of intestacy, to the person or persons entitled thereto under the laws of intestacy applicable to his or her estate. 
  

	16.	Information Confidential. 

 As partial
consideration for Company’s making of an Award, each Participant shall hold in confidence all information and knowledge which Participant has relating to the manner and amount of his or her participation in the Plan. 
  

	17.	Notices. 

 Whenever any notice is required or
permitted hereunder, such notice; must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail, overnight delivery, or facsimile. Any notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is
personally delivered or sent by facsimile, or, whether actually received or not, on the first business day after sent by overnight delivery, and the third business day after it is deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage
prepaid, addressed to the person who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified by written notice and delivered in accordance herewith. Company or a Participant may change, at any time and from time to time, by
written notice to the other, the address which it, he or she had theretofore specified for receiving notices. Until changed in accordance herewith, Company and each Participant shall specify as its, his and her address for receiving notices, the
address set forth in the letter agreement pertaining to the Award to which such notice relates. 
  

	18.	Capital Structure. 

 This Plan and the Awards
granted hereunder shall have no effect on Company’s capital structure, and shall not affect the right of Company or any Affiliated Company to reclassify, recapitalize, or otherwise change its debt or capital structure, or to merge, consolidate,
convey any or all of its assets, dissolve, liquidate, wind up, or otherwise reorganize. 
  

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	19.	Other Benefits. 

 Amounts paid under the Plan shall not be
considered as part of a Participant’s salary or compensation under any other employee benefit plan, or otherwise used for the calculation of any other pay, allowance, pension or other benefits, unless expressly provided by such other employee
benefit plan or required by applicable law. 
  

	20.	Inurement of Rights and Obligations. 

 The
rights and obligations under the Plan and any related agreements shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon Company, its successors and assigns, and Participants and their respective beneficiaries and legal representatives. 

 

	21.	Arbitration. 

 Any controversy, dispute or
claim hereunder shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, using a single arbitrator. Judgment upon any award rendered by such arbitrator may be entered in any
court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitration shall be conducted in the City and State of Company’s principal executive office. In connection with arbitration conducted in accordance herewith, the prevailing party shall be entitled to
recover its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. The arbitrator shall be deemed to possess the powers to issue mandatory orders and restraining orders in connection with such arbitration; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall
be construed so as to deny Company the right and power to seek and obtain injunctive relief in a court of equity for any breach or threatened breach by a Participant of any of his or her covenants contained herein or in any Award agreement.

  

	22.	Entire Agreement. 

 This Plan and any Award
agreement constitute the entire agreement between Company and Participants concerning the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all other agreements, whether written or oral, pursuant to such subject matter. Any amendment or modification hereto must
be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 14. 
  

	23.	Payments Limited to Deductible Amount. 

 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no amounts shall be payable hereunder to the extent that the same would not be deductible by Company for federal income tax purposes (whether pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Sections
162(m), 280G, or otherwise). 
  

	24.	Tax Treatment. 

 The Employer is not
responsible for, and makes no representation or warranty whatsoever in connection with the tax treatment hereunder and each Participant should consult his or her own tax advisor. 
  

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	25.	Adoption of Plan. 

 The Plan shall be
effective as of June 27, 2000, the date the Board of Directors of Company adopted the Plan. 
  

	26.	General. 

 26.1 Laws Governing. The
substantive laws of the State of California shall govern the validity, construction, enforcement, and interpretation of the Plan and Awards, unless otherwise specified therein. 
 26.2 Good Faith Determinations. No member of the Committee or the Board of Directors shall be liable, with respect to the Plan or any Award, for
any act, whether of commission or omission, taken by any other member or by any officer, agent, or employee of the Employer or Company, nor, expecting circumstances involving his or her own bad faith, for anything done or omitted to be done by
himself or herself. 
 26.3 Effect of Headings. Section headings contained in the Plan are for convenience only and shall not affect
the construction of the Plan. 
 26.4 Invalid Provisions. If any provision of the Plan or any Award granted hereunder is held to be
illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the term of the Plan, (1) such provision shall be fully severable; (2) the Plan or such Award shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid, or
unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of the Plan or such Award; and (3) the remaining provisions of the Plan or such Award shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable
provision or severance from the Plan or such Award. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision there shall be added automatically as part of the Plan or such Award a provision as similar terms to such illegal, invalid,
or unenforceable provision as is possible and still be legal, valid, and enforceable. 
 26.5 Set-Off. Company shall be entitled, at
its option and not in lieu of any other remedies to which it may be entitled, to set off any amounts due Company or any affiliate of Company against any amount due and payable by Company or any affiliate of Company to a Participant pursuant to this
Plan or otherwise. 
 26.6 Waivers. No waiver of any term or condition hereof shall be binding unless it is in writing and signed by
the Committee and the affected Participant. The waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this Plan shall not operate or be construed as a Waiver of any subsequent breach by any party. 
 [END OF PHANTOM STOCK PLAN] 
  

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 STATER BROS. HOLDINGS INC. 
 FORM OF 
 PHANTOM STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT 
 THIS PHANTOM STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), made and entered into on the date set forth in Annex A hereto, between Stater Bros. Holdings
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and the individual named in Annex A hereto (“Participant”). 
 WITNESSETH:

 WHEREAS, Participant is employed by Stater Bros. Markets (“Employer”) a subsidiary of Company in a key position and Company
desires Participant to remain in its service, and to give Participant added incentive to advance the interests of Company through the Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. Phantom Stock Plan (the “Plan”); and 
 WHEREAS, Company desires to grant Participant a Phantom Stock Award (“Award”) under terms and conditions established by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. (the “Committee”). 
 NOW, THEREFORE, Company and Participant
agree as follows: 
 1. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Company grants to Participant an Award of Share Units (as
defined in the Plan) in the amount specified in Annex A hereto, such award to be payable as provided in the Plan and as set forth in Annex A. 
 2. The rights under this Agreement shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. During Participant’s lifetime amounts due under this Agreement shall be payable only to Participant. No assignment
or transfer of this Agreement, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, except a transfer by will or by the laws of descent or distribution, shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest or right whatsoever in this
Agreement. 
 3. Participant shall not be deemed a stockholder of Company with respect to any of the Share Units subject to this Agreement.
This Agreement shall not confer on Participant any right to continue in the service of Company, or any of its affiliates, or affect their right to terminate Participant’s service at any time, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed a
waiver or modification of any provision contained in any other agreement between Participant and Company or any parent or subsidiary thereof. This Agreement shall not affect the right of Company or any parent or subsidiary thereof to reclassify,
recapitalize or otherwise change its capital or debt structure or to merge, consolidate, convey any or all of its assets, dissolve, liquidate, wind up or otherwise reorganize. 
  

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 4. Any question concerning the interpretation of this Agreement, any adjustments required to be made
under the Plan and any controversy which may arise under this Agreement shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. 
 5.
Company’s address for purposes of notices under the Plan is: 
 Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. 
 21700 Barton Road 
 P.O. Box 150 
 Colton, CA 92324 
 6. Participant’s address for purposes of notices under the Plan is as set forth in Annex A hereto. 
 7.
The terms of the Award are governed by and supplemented by the terms of the Plan, a copy of which has been previously provided to Participant. In the case of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms
of this Agreement shall govern. Any matter that is not addressed by this Agreement but that is addressed by the Plan shall be governed by the Plan. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company and Participant have caused this Agreement to be executed on the day and year specified in Annex A hereto 
  

					
	Company:
	
	Stater Bros. Holdings Inc.,
	a Delaware corporation
		
	By:	 	  
		 		 	Jack H. Brown
		 	Its:	 	 Chairman of the Board, President
 and Chief Executive
Officer

	
	Participant:
	
	  

  

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 ANNEX A 
 TO 
 STATER BROS. HOLDINGS INC. 
 PHANTOM STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT 
 Date of Agreement:
                    ; Effective Date:
                     
 Name of Participant:
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
             
 Stated Value of one Share Unit: $20.00 
 Number of Share Units awarded under this
Agreement:                                      
                                        
   
 Address of Participant (for purpose of notices under the Plan): 
  

					
		 	  	 	
		 	  	 	
		 	  	 	

 This Phantom Stock Award shall be paid in cash upon the
terms and conditions and on the payment dates described below: Share Units shall become vested on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award or as otherwise approved by Company, except that upon a Participant’s Retirement, Total Permanent Disability or death prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, such Participant shall vest in his/her account, on the following basis prorated to the date of
Retirement, Total Permanent Disability or death: twenty percent (20%) on the first (1st) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, twenty percent (20%) on the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award,
twenty percent (20%) on the third (3rd) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, twenty percent
(20%) on the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, and twenty percent (20%) on
the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award or as otherwise approved by Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Participants will be one hundred percent (100%) vested upon any Change in Control. If a Participant voluntarily terminates his/her employment or if Participant is terminated for cause (as defined in the Plan)
prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Award, he/she shall not vest, in whole or in
part, in his/her respective account and such Participant shall not be entitled to any payment under the Plan. The Established Value of each Share Unit shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and all payments due under this
Award shall be made as determined by Company or the appropriate Employer pursuant to the Plan. 
  

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