RICHFOOD HOLDINGS INC
S-8, 1996-02-28
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
on February 28, 1996

                  Registration Statement No. 33-____________     


                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                       ____________________

                             FORM S-8
                      REGISTRATION STATEMENT 
                               UNDER
                    THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                       ____________________

                      RICHFOOD HOLDINGS, INC.
      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      Virginia                            54-1438602
   (State or other                      (I.R.S. Employer
   jurisdiction of                     Identification Number)
   incorporation or 
   organization)
                        8258 Richfood Road
               Mechanicsville, Virginia  23111-2008
    (Address of principal executive office, including zip code)

                         SUPER RITE FOODS, INC.
                     INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY PLAN 
                      FOR RETAIL UNION EMPLOYEES
                     (Full title of the plan)
                       ____________________

                         Donald D. Bennett
               Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                      Richfood Holdings, Inc.
                        8258 Richfood Road
               Mechanicsville, Virginia  23111-2008
                           804-746-6000
      (Name, address and telephone number, including area code,
                          of agent for service)

                          With a copy to:

                          Gary E. Thompson
                          Hunton & Williams
                      Riverfront Plaza - East Tower
                         951 East Byrd Street
                     Richmond, Virginia  23219-4074


                    CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                           Proposed
                           maximum      Proposed
 Title of                  aggregate    maximum      
securities        Amount     offering     aggregate    Amount of
  to be           to be     price per    offering    registration
registered     registered    share(1)    price(1)        fee

Common Stock,     10,000 
no par value(2)   shares    $27.50    $275,000.00      $100.00

     (1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the
registration fee.  This amount was calculated based on the
average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February 21, 1996. 

     (2)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests in the employee benefit plan described herein.   

EXPLANATORY NOTE:  Effective October 15, 1995, pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of June 26, 1995,
as amended, by and between Richfood Holdings, Inc. (the
"Company") and Super Rite Corporation ("Super Rite"), and the
related Plan of Merger, SR Acquisition, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, merged with and into Super Rite 
and Super Rite became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company.  As part of the transaction, the Company assumed Super
Rite's obligations under the Super Rite Foods, Inc. Investment
Opportunity Plan for Retail Union Employees (the "Plan").

                             PART I

      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Items 1 and 2.  Plan Information and Registrant Information and
Employee Plan Annual Information.

     Not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission").


                             PART II

       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents previously filed with the Commission
are incorporated herein by reference:

          (a) the Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994;

          (b) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended April 29, 1995, as amended by Form 10-K/A1
filed with the Commission on September 6, 1995;

          (c) the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarters ended July 22, 1995, October 14, 1995 and
January 6, 1996;

          (d) the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed
with the Commission on July 12, 1995, October 30, 1995 and
November 30, 1995; and
     
          (e) the Company's Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
dated September 7, 1995, included in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission (File No.
33-62413) on September 7, 1995.

     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act") after the date hereof and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any
statement contained in a document incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that
is incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
earlier statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     The Virginia Stock Corporation Act permits, and the Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company require,
indemnification of the Company's directors and officers in a
variety of circumstances, which may include liabilities under the
Securities Act.  Under sections 13.1-697 and 13.1-702 of the
Virginia Stock Corporation Act, a Virginia corporation generally
is authorized to indemnify its directors and officers in civil or
criminal actions if they acted in good faith and, in the case of
criminal actions, had no reasonable cause to believe that the
conduct was unlawful.  The Company's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation require indemnification of directors
and officers with respect to any liability, expenses or other
amounts incurred by them by reason of having been a director or
officer, except in the case of willful misconduct or a knowing
violation of criminal law.  The Company's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation provide that, to the full extent that
the Virginia Stock Corporation Act permits elimination of the
liability of directors or officers, no director or officer of the
Company shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders for
any monetary damages.  The Company may purchase insurance on
behalf of directors, officers, employees and agents that may
cover liabilities under the Securities Act.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.      Exhibit

4.1              Super Rite Foods, Inc. Investment Opportunity
                 Plan for Retail Union Employees.

4.2              Articles III and IV of the Company's Amended and
                 Restated Articles of Incorporation
                 (incorporated by reference to the Company's
                 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the twelve
                 week period ended July 24, 1993).

4.3              Article V of the Company's Amended and Restated
                 Bylaws (incorporated by reference to the
                 Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                 fiscal year ended April 29, 1995).

23.1             Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

23.2             Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

23.3             Awareness Letter of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

23.4             Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Item 9.  Undertakings

     (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          1.   To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:

               (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section
                    10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; 

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                    events arising after the effective date
                    of the registration statement (or the most
                    recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                    which, individually or in the aggregate,
                    represent a fundamental change in the
                    information set forth in the registration
                    statement; and

               (iii)To include any material information with
                    respect to the plan of distribution
                    not previously disclosed in the registration
                    statement or any material change in such
                    information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed or
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference herein.

          2.   That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          3.   To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. 

     (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
provisions described under Item 6 above, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.

     (d)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that the
registrant will submit or has submitted the Plan and any
amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in
a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by
the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code.

                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
Mechanicsville, Virginia, on this 28th day of February, 1996.

                            RICHFOOD HOLDINGS, INC.
                              (registrant)
          

                             By /s/ Donald D. Bennett
                               Donald D. Bennett
                               Chairman of the Board of Directors
                                and Chief Executive Officer


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each of the directors and/or officers of the registrant
whose signature appears below hereby appoints Donald D. Bennett,
John E. Stokely and Daniel R. Schnur, or any of them, as his or
her attorney-in-fact to sign in his or her name and on his or her
behalf in any and all capacities stated below, and to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments to this registration
statement, making such changes in the registration statement as
appropriate, and generally to do all such things in their behalf
in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the
registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933 and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on February 28,
1996.


           Signature                      Title
  

By     /s/ Donald D. Bennett       Chairman of the Board of 
       Donald D. Bennett           Directors and Chief Executive
                                   Officer
                                   (principal executive officer)


By     /s/ John E. Stokely         Director, President and  
       John E. Stokely             Chief Operating Officer



By     /s/ J. Stuart Newton        Senior Vice President -  
       J. Stuart Newton            Finance and Chief Financial
                                   Officer 
                                   (principal financial officer)


By     /s/ David W. Hoover         Vice President - Finance 
       David W. Hoover             (principal accounting officer)


By     /s/ Roger L. Gregory        Director
       Roger L. Gregory


By     /s/ Grace E. Harris         Director
       Grace E. Harris


By     /s/ John C. Jamison         Director
       John C. Jamison


By     /s/ Michael E. Julian, Jr.  Director
       Michael E. Julian, Jr.


By     /s/ G. Gilmer Minor, III    Director
       G. Gilmer Minor, III


By                                 Director
       Claude B. Owen, Jr. 


By                                 Director
       John F. Rotelle


By     /s/ Albert F. Sloan         Director
       Albert F. Sloan

By     /s/ George H. Thomazin      Director
       George H. Thomazin


By     /s/ James E. Ukrop          Director
       James E. Ukrop


By                                 Director
       Edward Villanueva



     The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the trustees of the Plan have caused this registration
statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereto duly authorized, in the City of Harrisburg, State of
Pennslyvania, on this 28th day of February, 1996.

                                   SUPER RITE FOODS, INC. 
                                   INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY PLAN
                                   FOR RETAIL UNION EMPLOYEES
                                   

                                   By: /s/ Peter Vanderveen
                                       Peter Vanderveen
                                       Trustee

                          EXHIBIT INDEX



     Exhibit No.            Description             Sequentially
                                                    Numbered Page
         4.1     Super Rite Foods, Inc. Investment
                 Opportunity Plan for Retail Union
                 Employees.

         4.2     Articles III and IV of the Company's
                 Amended and Restated Articles of
                 Incorporation (incorporated by 
                 reference to the Company's Quarterly 
                 Report on Form 10-Q for the twelve 
                 week period ended July 24, 1993).

         4.3     Article V of the Company's Amended and
                 Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference
                 to the Company's Annual Report on Form
                 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 29,
                 1995). 

        23.1     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

        23.2     Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

        23.3     Awareness Letter of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

        23.4     Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.



                                                     Exhibit 4.1

The Prudential                         Corporate Address:
                                 The Prudential Insurance Company
                                          of America
                                        Prudential Plaza
                                    Newark, New Jersey 07101

agrees to pay the benefits provided under this contract in
accordance with and subject to its terms.


Contract-Holder:                      Plan:
   TRUSTEES OF THE SUPER RITE            Super Rite Foods, Inc.,
   FOODS, INC., INVESTMENT               Investment Opportunity
   OPPORTUNITY PLAN AND TRUST            Plan for Retail Union
   FOR RETAIL UNION EMPLOYEES            Employees

Effective Date:                       Group Annuity Contract:
                                      Number:
   February 1, 1994                   GA-7711A

Provisions and Schedules attached:    Jurisdiction:

   Provisions I-VIII, inclusive       Pennsylvania
   Schedules A-D, inclusive 

                                      Initial Interest Rate:

                                      5.10%

TRUSTEES OF THE SUPER RITE            THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE   

FOODS, INC., INVESTMENT                  COMPANY OF AMERICA
OPPORTUNITY PLAN AND TRUST FOR
RETAIL UNION EMPLOYEES
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

By:

_____________________________    _____________________________
    Trustee                      Chairman of the Board and
                                 Chief Executive Officer

Date:________________________    _____________________________
                                  Secretary

By:__________________________    _________________________Attest
   Trustee                       

Date: _______________________    Date:________________________


Group Annuity Contract providing for contributions on account of
Participants.  Annual determination of participation in divisible
surplus.  All subject to the provisions of this contract.

GAA-2517-CQ-85 (PA)
(as modified by GAA-7608.  Also as modified by GAA-7906 and
GAA-7908 effective February 3, 1994.)

Provision I.  CONTRIBUTIONS - ACCOUNTS - CHARGES:


1.1  Contributions:

     The contributions which are payable under this contract for
     a Participant are all or any portion of the amounts
     contributed by him or for him by his employer under the
     Plan.  Contributions will be transmitted by the
     Contract-Holder.  A Participant is a person for whom 
     contributions have been paid under this contract and whose
     Participant's Account (see section 12) has not been
     cancelled.

     For a period of time agreed to by the Contract-Holder and
     Prudential, the Contract-Holder may put Plan contributions
     in the Contract-Holder's Account (see section 5.4) before   

     they are allocated to Participants' Accounts under this
     contract or another group annuity contract issued to the
     Contract-Holder by Prudential (a "companion contract").

     (To save words, male pronouns are used in this contract to
     refer to both men and women.)

1.2  Participant's Account:

     Prudential will establish a "Participant's Account" for each
     person for whom a contribution is paid under this contract. 
     Each contribution paid for a Participant is added to his
     Account on the day it is received or allocated to his
     Account, if later.  Interest is added at the rate and in the
     manner set forth in Provision II.  Prudential may maintain a
     Participant's Account in a single portion or in two or more
     portions.  The sum of the portions is equal to the Account's
     dollar amount.  Amounts are added to the newest portion.

     The dollar amount of a Participant's Account as of the end
     of any day is the sum of the amounts, including interest,
     added to it, less the sum of the amounts withdrawn from it.

     The Account is subject to charges described later.

1.3  Account Charge:

     On the last Business Day of each calendar year after 1986 an
     amount will be withdrawn from each Participant's Account
     equal to the Annual Account Charge.  Also, on any other day
     after May 1987 on which a Participant's Account is
     cancelled, an amount will be withdrawn from his Account
     equal to the Annual Account Charge.  However, no Charge will
     be withdrawn if the Participant's Account is being cancelled
     on a January 1 to purchase an annuity for him under this 
     contract.

     The Annual Account Charge will not exceed $100.

     A Participant may have an Account for Plan contributions
     under a companion contract.  If so, the total Annual Account
     Charge that applies to all his Accounts will not exceed
     $100.  This Charge will be shared among his Accounts as 
     Prudential determines.  Also, no Charge will be withdrawn
     from his Account under this contract when the Account is
     cancelled if any amount remains in an Account for him under
     a companion contract.

     If the Contract-Holder pays the Annual Account Charge, no
     Annual Account Charge will be withdrawn from any Account.

     This section may be changed as provided in section 6.1.

1.4  Reports:

     Prudential will quarterly furnish a status report with
     respect to each Participant's Account which has not been
     cancelled.

Provision II.  INTEREST:


2.1  Interest Rates:

     The interest rate that applies to contributions received
     during the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date
     occurs is the Initial Interest Rate set forth on the cover
     page.  This rate will continue to apply to these
     contributions through the end of the following calendar
     year.

     The interest rate that applies to contributions received in
     each later calendar quarter will be set by Prudential before
     the beginning of that quarter.  That interest rate will 
     apply to the contributions received in that quarter through
     the end of the following calendar year.  For calendar year
     1994 the rate will not be less than 3.50%.  For each later
     calendar year it will not be less than the rate set by     
     Prudential for that calendar year.

     After the end of the calendar year following the one in
     which a contribution was received, the interest rate that
     applies to the contribution and the interest credited on it
     will be set by Prudential from time to time.

     Each interest rate set pursuant to the above paragraphs for
     the years shown below will not be less than the following:

               Calendar Year            Rate

               1995 - 2003              3.5%
               2004 and each later year 3%

     Prudential will notify the Contract-Holder of each interest
     rate it sets.  Each rate is an effective annual rate.

     Calendar quarters begin on January 1, April 1, July 1, and
     October 1.

     This section may be changed as provided in section 6.1.

2.2  Interest Crediting:

     Interest will be added to each portion of a Participant's
     Account at the end of each day on the amount in that portion
     at the end of the day before.  Interest will be added
     at the effective annual rate that applies on that day to
     that portion.

     This section may be changed as provided in section 6.1.

Provision III.  PARTICIPANT'S WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS--DEATH
                PAYMENTS:


3.1  Withdrawals:

     If permitted by the Plan, a Participant may make withdrawals
     from his Participant's Accounts.  However, the
     Contract-Holder may specify that the Participant is not
     fully vested for the dollar value of his Account pursuant to
     the Plan.  In that event, not more than the specified vested
     part of his Account may be withdrawn.  The balance will be
     disposed of as provided in section 5.3.  Also, as described
     below, certain withdrawals of after-tax employee
     contributions may be made only with Prudential's consent. 
     Payment to the Participant will normally be made within 30
     calendar days of Prudential's receipt of the request for it.

     The amount paid to the Participant will be the dollar amount
     withdrawn less the Annual Account Charge if it applies. 
     However, if the entire dollar amount of his Account is
     withdrawn, the amount paid will not be less than the
     contributions received under this contract for the
     Participant reduced by previous withdrawals and transfers. 
     In the preceding sentence, "withdrawals" does not include
     the Annual Account Charge and "transfers" does not include
     any investment income transferred.  The amount payable is
     also referred to as the "Withdrawal Value."

     Withdrawals will be made on a pro rata basis from all
     portions of a Participant's Account.

     As of the first day no amounts remain in the Participant's
     Account or in an Account for him under a companion contract,
     his Account is cancelled.

     In any calendar year, a withdrawal of after-tax employee
     contributions under the Plan may be made without
     Prudential's consent if the sum of such withdrawal and all
     other withdrawals and transfers from Participants' Accounts
     during that calendar year does not exceed the following
     amount:  20% of the total amount in all Participants' 
     Accounts at the beginning of that calendar year.  If
     this condition is not met, a withdrawal of after-tax
     employee contributions may be made only with Prudential's
     consent.

     "After-tax" means employee contributions made to the Plan
     which were, when made, subject to federal income taxes. 

     This section may be changed as provided in section 6.1.

3.2  Death Payments:

     If a Participant dies before his Participant's Account has
     been cancelled, the dollar amount will be paid to his
     Beneficiary (see section 8.6).  The amount will be based on
     all or part of the Participant's Account as specified by the
     Contract-Holder  pursuant to the Plan.  The payment will be
     made in one sum unless the Participant has directed that an
     annuity be purchased for the Beneficiary.  The Beneficiary
     may elect to have the specified part of the Participant's
     Account applied to purchase an annuity, but only if such
     election is permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan. 
     Proof of the Participant's death must be received by
     Prudential before any payment will be made.  Payment will
     normally be made within 30 calendar days of Prudential's
     receipt of such proof.  Any payment made pursuant to this
     section must be consistent with the Plan.

     The annuity form may be any of those described in section
     4.4.  If annuity payments are to start at a future date, the
     Participant's Account will be maintained for the Beneficiary
     in the same manner as for the Participant.  No contributions
     may be made to the Account after the Participant's death.

     If the Contract-Holder specifies that only a part of the
     Participant's Account is to be paid to the Beneficiary, then
     the remaining part will be cancelled.  A credit equal to the
     cancelled part will be transferred to the Contract-Holder's
     Account described in section 5.4.

     As of the first day no amounts remain in the Participant's
     Account or in an Account for the Beneficiary under a
     companion contract, the Participant's Account is cancelled.
   
3.3  Transfers Among Accounts, Related Contracts or Other
     Investment Funds:

     (a)  At the request of the Participant:

          If permitted by the Plan, a Participant may transfer an
          amount from one of his Participant's Accounts to
          another investment fund (described in the Plan),
          subject to the following:

          Direct transfers between the Participant's Account
          under this contract and an Account maintained in
          connection with another investment fund made available
          under the Plan which is a "competing fund," may not be
          made without Prudential's consent.  Indirect transfers
          between the Participant's Account under this contract
          and an Account which is invested in a competing fund
          may be made, without Prudential's consent, provided the
          amount to be transferred is first transferred to an
          Account which is invested in a "noncompeting" fund and
          is held in such non-competing fund for a period of at
          least 90 days before being transferred to a competing
          fund.

          Transfers will be made on a pro rata basis from all
          portions of a Participant's Account.

     (b)  At the Contract-Holder's request:

          If permitted by the Plan, the Contract-Holder may
          transfer an amount from this contract to an Account or
          Accounts maintained in connection with another
          investment fund made available under the Plan subject
          to the following:

          Direct transfers between the Accounts under this
          contract and Accounts which are invested in a competing
          fund may not be made without Prudential's consent. 
          Indirect transfers between Accounts which are invested
          in a competing fund may be made, without Prudential's
          consent, provided the amount to be transferred is first
          transferred to an Account or Accounts which are
          invested in a non-competing fund for a period of at
          least 90 days before being transferred to the competing
          fund.

          A "competing" fund is any of the following:  (a) a fund
          which is comprised of less than 30% equities, (b) a
          fund which is comprised primarily of fixed income
          securities with an average duration of four years or
          less, (c) a balanced fund which is comprised of (i)
          less than 30% equities, (ii) less than 25% fixed income
          securities with an average duration of less than four
          years and (iii) not more than 30% in short-term
          instruments.  A "competing" fund, for the purposes of
          this section 3.3, is the Money Market Fund.  A
          "non-competing" fund is a fund which is not a competing
          fund.  Prudential reserves the right, with respect to
          any investment fund which is subsequently added to the
          Plan, to determine whether or not that fund is or has
          become a competing fund.

          Transfers will be made on a pro rata basis from all
          portions of a Participant's Accounts.

          Transfers will normally be made within 30 calendar days
          of Prudential's receipt of the request for it.

       Amounts may be transferred to this contract from other
       investment funds described in the Plan, provided that, in
       the case of any amounts which were initially invested in
       this Contract, such amounts may only be transferred if the
       amount has been invested in such non-competing Investment
       fund for a period of at least 90 days prior to the date of
       such transfer.  An amount transferred to this contract for
       a Participant will be treated as though it was a
       contribution paid for the Participant.  However, in
       determining Withdrawal Values, any portion of the amount
       transferred which is investment income will not be
       considered as a contribution. 

     This section may be changed as provided in section 6.1.

3.4  Transfers to Another Funding Agent:

     The Contract-Holder may request Prudential to make transfer
     payments to a funding agent named in the request.  The
     Transfer Date is the later of the day specified in the
     request and the 45th day after its receipt by Prudential.
    
     All Participants' Accounts and Contract-Holder's Accounts
     will be cancelled as of the Transfer Date.  A liquidation
     account will be established equal to the sum of the
     Withdrawal Values of the cancelled Participants' Accounts
     and the dollar value of the Contract-Holder's Account.
 
     The transfer will be made on one of the following bases, as
     elected by the Contract-Holder at least thirty days before
     the Transfer Date. 

     (a)  Sixty equal monthly withdrawals, including interest,
          will be made from the liquidation account starting as
          of the Transfer Date.  Interest will be added to the
          liquidation account at an effective annual rate
          determined on the Transfer Date.  This rate is
          determined by multiplying each cancelled portion of
          each Participant's Account and the Contract-Holder's
          Account by the interest rate that applies to that
          portion, adding the products, and dividing the sum by
          the total dollar value of all cancelled Accounts.

     (b)  If the liquidation account does not exceed $5,000,000,
          Prudential will withdraw it as of the Transfer Date and
          transfer its market value, but not more than its book
          value, as of the Transfer Date.

          If the liquidation account exceeds $5,000,000,
          Prudential will make up to five quarterly withdrawals
          starting as of the Transfer Date.  Each withdrawal will
          not be less than the smaller of one-fifth of the
          initial liquidation account and the amount remaining in
          the account.  Interest computed at the same rate that
          would have applied under basis (a) will be added to the
          liquidation account. With respect to each withdrawal,
          the amount transferred will be its market value
          determined as of the date on which the transfer is
          withdrawn, but not more than its book value.

          Market values will be determined by uniform procedures
          applicable to all contracts of the same class as this
          contract.  Prudential will furnish a description of
          these procedures on request.

     During the transfer period, interest will be added at the
     end of each day on the amount of the liquidation account at
     the end of the day before.  A daily expense and risk charge
     will be deducted from the liquidation account at the end of
     each day. This charge will be 0.000013665 (equivalent to an
     effective rate of 1/2% a year) times the amount remaining in
     the liquidation account at the end of the day before.

     Each transfer will be in full settlement of Prudential's
     liability for the amount withdrawn to provide the transfer. 
     Any transfer payment will be made within fifteen days of the
     date of withdrawal.

     Any amounts which would be added to the Contract-Holder's
     Accounts after the Transfer Date will instead be paid to the
     named funding agent.

     If more than one employer participates in the Plan, and
     contributions are discontinued for Participants of an
     employer, the Contract-Holder may direct Prudential to make
     transfer payments to another funding agent for that
     employer.  This section 3.4 would then become operative for
     those Participants as if they were the only ones covered
     under this contract.

     This section may be changed as provided in section 6.1.


Provision IV.  ANNUITIES:


4.1  Annuity Elections:

     A Participant may elect to have the dollar value of his
     Participant's Accounts applied to purchase an annuity for
     him, but only if such election is permitted pursuant to the
     terms of the Plan.  Such election will include all the
     information which Prudential shall specify that it requires.

     Such Participant's Account will be applied to purchase an
     annuity within thirty calendar days of receipt of the
     election.  The schedule of annuity purchase rates that
     applies is determined from Schedule A.  The monthly amount
     of any annuity is determined from the schedule of purchase
     rates for that annuity.

     As of the first day no amounts remain in the Participant's
     Accounts under this contract or in an Account for him under
     a companion contract, the Participant's Accounts will be
     cancelled.

4.2  Annuity - Single Sum Payment Combination:

     If permitted by the Plan, a Participant may elect that only
     a part of his Participant's Accounts be applied to purchase
     an annuity with the balance being paid in a single sum.  The
     first portion will be subject to section 4.1 and the balance
     to section 3.1. 

4.3  Small Annuities and Accounts:

     If a person has elected to receive a distribution of his
     Accounts under this contract and the companion contract in
     the form of an annuity, and the value of his Accounts is
     $3,500 or less Prudential may, in lieu of an annuity, make
     payment in a single sum.  The single sum will be equal to
     the amount that would otherwise be applied to purchase an
     annuity as described in section 4.4. 

     If the Participant has terminated employment, and the dollar
     amount of his Accounts under the contracts is $3,500 or
     less, Prudential may cancel his Account under this contract.

     If the Account is cancelled, its dollar amount will be paid
     to the Participant unless he directs payment to a named
     financial institution.  The Annual Account Charge will be
     made only if no Account remains for him under the companion
     contract.

4.4  Terms of Payment of Annuities:

     Life annuities and Payment Certain annuities are available
     under this contract.  A Life form of annuity is one payable
     at least during the lifetime of the person (referred to as
     the "Annuitant") for whom it was purchased.  Depending upon
     the existence and nature of any payment payable after the
     death of the Annuitant, a Life annuity will be one of the
     following forms:  Life - Payment Certain, Life - Contingent,
     or Life - Payment Certain Contingent annuity.  A Payment
     Certain form of annuity may be payable for a period less
     than the lifetime of the person for whom the annuity was
     purchased.  The terms of payment of each form of annuity are
     described below.

     (a)  Life Form of Annuity:

          The first monthly payment of a Life-Payment Certain
          annuity is payable on the date the annuity is
          purchased.  Monthly payments are payable on the first
          day of each month thereafter throughout the Annuitant's
          remaining lifetime.  If the Annuitant dies before the
          number of annuity payments made equals the number of
          Payments Certain applicable to him, monthly annuity
          payments will be continued until the total number of
          payments is so equal.  These continued annuity payments
          will each be in the same amount as was payable to the
          Annuitant.  The number of Payments Certain is
          established when the annuity is purchased and may be
          60, 120, 180, 240, or any other number accepted by
          Prudential.

          The first monthly payment of a Life-Contingent annuity
          is payable on the date the annuity is purchased. 
          Monthly payments are payable on the first day of each
          month thereafter throughout the Annuitant's remaining
          lifetime.  If the Annuitant dies before the death of
          his Contingent Annuitant, monthly Contingent Annuity
          payments will become payable.  The first payment of
          Contingent Annuity will be payable on the first day of
          the month following the month in which the Annuitant's
          death occurs.  Monthly Contingent Annuity payments are
          payable on the first day of the month thereafter
          throughout the Contingent Annuitant's remaining
          lifetime.  The last monthly payment is payable for the
          month in which his death occurs.  The amount of each
          monthly Contingent Annuity payment will be a percentage
          of the monthly annuity payment payable before the
          Annuitant's death.  The percentage is established when
          the annuity is purchased and may be 33 1/3%, 50%, 66
          2/3% or 100%, or any other percentage accepted by
          Prudential.  Under a Life - Payment Certain Contingent
          annuity, 100% will be paid until the end of the
          selected Payment Certain period.

     (b)  Payment Certain Annuity:

          The first monthly payment of a Payment Certain annuity
          is payable on the date the annuity is purchased. 
          Monthly payments are payable on the first day of each
          month thereafter until the total number of Payments
          Certain specified when the annuity was purchased has
          been paid.  The number of Payments Certain may be 60,
          120, 180, 240, or any other number accepted by
          Prudential.

     Other forms of annuity may be provided with the consent of
     Prudential.

4.5  Payees:

     Each annuity payment will be made to the Annuitant,
     Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary entitled to receive it.


Provision V.  CREDITS:


5.1  Cancelling a Part of a Participant's Account:

     The Contract-Holder may notify Prudential that a specified
     part of a Participant's Account is to be cancelled pursuant
     to the Plan other than for death.  (As used in this
     Provision V, "part" may mean 100%.) That part will be
     cancelled as of the day the notice is received.  The
     Participant's Account will be reduced by the appropriate
     amount.  However, an Account will not be cancelled after the
     Plan terminates.

5.2  Cancelling Annuity:

     The Contract-Holder may notify Prudential that a specified
     part of the annuity purchased for a Participant is to be
     cancelled pursuant to the Plan.  That part will be cancelled
     on the first day of the month specified in the notice. 
     However, unless Prudential consents, it will not be earlier
     than 15 days after receipt of the notice.  No annuity will
     be cancelled after the Plan terminates.

5.3  Credits:

     When a part of a Participant's Accounts or annuity is
     cancelled, a credit arises.  The credit arising pursuant to
     section 3.2 is described in that section.  The credit
     arising pursuant to section 5.1 is equal to the specified
     part of the Withdrawal Value of the Participant's Account as
     of the day the part is cancelled.  The credit arising when a
     part of a Participant's annuity is cancelled is the purchase
     price needed to provide the payments due under that part
     after the day it is cancelled.  This price is determined
     from the schedule of annuity purchase rates used when the
     annuity was purchased, but using the Participant's age on
     the day the annuity is cancelled and excluding any expense
     charge.  If the Plan calls for a payment to any person
     because a part of the annuity is cancelled, the credit is
     reduced by that payment.

     Each credit will be added to the Contract-Holder's Account
     on the day it arises, unless the Participant's Account is
     being reinstated as described in section 5.5.

     Credits arising under a companion contract may be
     transferred to this contract.  They will be added to the
     Contract-Holder's Account on the day of transfer.

     This section may be changed as provided in section 6.1.

5.4  Contract-Holder's Account:

     A Contract-Holder's Account will be maintained under this
     contract.  Prudential may maintain the Account in two or
     more portions.  The sum of the portions is equal to the
     dollar value of the Account.  The dollar value of the
     Account as of the end of any day is the sum of the amounts,
     including interest, added to it, less the sum of the amounts
     withdrawn from it.

     Interest will be added to each portion of the 
     Contract-Holder's Account at the end of each day on the
     amount in that portion at the end of the day before. 
     Interest will be added to amounts arising from credits at
     the same rate(s) which would have been added to the amounts
     in the Participants' Accounts from which they were
     transferred.  Interest will be added to amounts arising from
     transfers from a companion contract as if the amounts were
     contributions to a Participant's Account under this contract
     as of the day of transfer.

     The dollar value of the Contract-Holder's Account will be
     withdrawn on the day a contribution is received by
     Prudential under this contract.  The amount withdrawn will
     be treated as a contribution for Participants on that day as
     specified by the Contract-Holder.  The Contract-Holder and
     Prudential may, instead, agree on another use of the
     Account.

     If this contract accepts contributions from more than one
     Plan or if more than one employer participates in the Plan,
     Prudential may maintain a separate Contract-Holder's Account
     for each Plan or employer.  In that case, each reference in
     this contract to the Contract-Holder's Account will mean the
     Account maintained for the Plan or employer which applies to
     the Participant.

     This section may be changed as provided in section 6.1.

5.5. Reinstatement of a Participant's Account:

     The notice to cancel a Participant's annuity pursuant to
     section 5.2 may also specify that the Participant's Account
     is to be reinstated.  Prudential will reinstate the Account
     as of the day the annuity is cancelled.  The credit arising
     from the cancellation is added to the Participant's Account.
  
     A part of the amount applied to purchase an annuity for the
     Participant may have arisen from contributions made by him
     under the Plan.  If so, the Contract-Holder will specify
     which part of each of the Participant's reinstated Account
     is to be considered as having arisen from his contributions.
  

Provision VI.  CHANGES:


6.1  Changes by Prudential:

     Prudential may make changes in this contract as follows:

     (a)  The Annual Account Charge may be changed periodically
          on and after the first anniversary of the Effective
          Date.

     (b)  The time periods to which an interest rate applies, the
          basis for adding interest, and the minimum interest
          rate that applies after 2003 may be changed
          periodically on and after the third anniversary of the
          Effective Date.

     (c)  The schedules of annuity purchase rates, the terms and
          amounts of withdrawals and transfers pursuant to
          Provision III, and the basis for determining the
          credits described in Provision V may be changed
          periodically on and after the fifth anniversary of the
          Effective Date.

     Any change in the schedules of annuity purchase rates will
     apply only to amounts added to Participants' Accounts on and
     after the date the change takes effect and will remain in
     effect for at least five years.  Any change to the Annual
      Account Charge will apply only to Participants being
      covered under this contract on and after the effective date
      of the change.  Any change in the minimum interest rate
      that applies after 2003 will apply only to Participants'
      Accounts established on and after the date the change takes
      effect.  Any other change will apply to amounts in
      Participants' Accounts whether added before or on and after
      the date the change takes effect.

     Any change in accordance with this section will be made by
     giving notice to the Contract-Holder at least 90 days before
     the date on which the change is to take effect.

6.2  Changes by Agreement:

     This contract may also be changed in any respect at any time
     or times by agreement between the Contract-Holder and
     Prudential.

6.3  Changes to Conform to Law:

     Prudential may change this contract as, in its discretion,
     it deems appropriate to satisfy the requirements of any law
     or regulation administered by a governmental agency.

6.4  Person Empowered to Act for Prudential:

     No agent or other person except one of the following
     officers of Prudential may change this contract or bind
     Prudential.

     Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
     President                            Associate Actuary
     Vice President                       Secretary
     Actuary                              Assistant Secretary


Provision VII.  DISCONTINUANCE - TERMINATION OF CONTRACT:


7.1  Discontinuance of Establishing Participants' Accounts:

     Prudential may notify the Contract-Holder that on and after
     a specified date no new Participants' Accounts will be
     established under this contract.  The specified date may not
     be earlier than 90 days after the date of the notice. 
     Thereafter, only contributions for persons who are
     Participants on the specified date will be accepted
     hereunder.  In all other respects this contract will
     continue to operate in accordance with its terms.
   
7.2  Discontinuance of Contributions under this Contract:

     Contributions under this contract will be discontinued with
     respect to all Participants or to Participants of an
     employer participating in the Plan:

     (a)  at any time after receipt by Prudential of notice
          thereof from the Contract-Holder,

     (b)  when the Plan terminates, or

     (c)  as of a date at least 90 days after notice to the
          Contract-Holder by Prudential that no further
          contributions will be accepted hereunder.

     After discontinuance the contract will continue to operate
     in accordance with its terms with respect to Participants'
     Accounts and the Contract-Holder's Accounts.

7.3  Termination of Contract:

     This contract will terminate when all the following have
occurred:

     (a)  no further contributions may be paid under this
          contract;

     (b)  no Account remains uncancelled; and

     (c)  no further annuity or transfer payments are payable
          from this contract.


Provision VIII.  GENERAL TERMS:


8.1  Contract-Holder:

     Prudential will normally deal only with the Contract-Holder.
     However, Prudential and the Contract-Holder may agree to do
     otherwise.  Also, in some cases the contract calls for
     dealing with another person.  Prudential will be entitled to
     rely on any action taken or omitted by the Contract-Holder
     pursuant to the terms of this contract.

     The Contract-Holder may, from time to time, delegate to an
     agency certain administrative powers and responsibilities
     which this contract assigns to the Contract-Holder. 
     Prudential is not bound to recognize any delegation until it
     has received notice of it.  The notice must specify those
     powers and responsibilities and include evidence of
     acceptance by the agency.  On and after the date of receipt
     of the notice, Prudential will deal with the agency with
     respect to those powers and responsibilities and will be
     entitled to rely on any action taken or omitted by the
     agency with respect thereto in the same manner as if dealing
     with the Contract-Holder.  If any agency fails or refuses to
     act with respect thereto, then the delegation will be void
     for the purposes of this contract.  Thereafter, Prudential
     will deal only with the Contract-Holder.  The 
     Contract-Holder may give notice to Prudential of delegation
     to another agency of specified powers and responsibilities.
  
8.2  Communications:

     All communications to the Contract-Holder or to Prudential
     will be in writing.  They will be addressed to the
     Contract-Holder at its principal office, or at such other
     address as it may communicate to Prudential.  They will be
     addressed to Prudential, c/o Prudential Defined Contribution
     Services, 30 Scranton Office Park, Moosic, Pennsylvania
     18507-1789, or at such other address as it may communicate
     to the Contract-Holder.  All communications to any other
     person or organization dealing with Prudential will be
     addressed to that person or organization at the last address
     of record.

8.3  Place of Payment - Currency:

     All payments to Prudential under this contract will be
     payable at its office described above or at an address or to
     a representative specified by Prudential by notice to the
     Contract-Holder.

     All payments under this contract, whether to or by
     Prudential, will be in lawful money of the United States of
     America.  Dollars and cents, as specified in this contract,
     means lawful dollars and cents of United States currency.
  
8.4  Information -- Records:

     The Contract-Holder will furnish all information which
     Prudential may reasonably require for the administration of
     this contract.  If the Contract-Holder cannot furnish any
     required item of information, Prudential may request the
     person concerned to furnish the information.  Prudential
     will not be liable for the fulfillment of any obligations in
     any way dependent upon information unless and until it
     receives the information in form satisfactory to it.
   
     Information furnished to Prudential may be corrected for
     demonstrated errors in it unless Prudential has already
     acted to its prejudice by relying on the information. 
     Except for the corrections, information furnished to
     Prudential will be regarded as conclusive.  Prudential will
     maintain the records necessary for its administration of
     this contract.  These records will be prepared from the
     information furnished to Prudential and will constitute
     evidence as to the truth of the information in the records.


8.5  Misstatements:

     If any relevant fact relating to any person is found to have
     been misstated, the following will apply:

     (a)  The amount of annuity payable by Prudential will be
          that which would be provided by the amount allocated to
          purchase the annuity on the basis of the correct
          information, without changing the date of first payment
          of the annuity.  Any adjustment by Prudential of the
          amount or terms of payment made in accordance with this
          section will be conclusive upon any other person
          affected by it.

     (b)  The amount of any underpayment by Prudential will be
          paid in full with the next payment due.  The amount of
          any overpayment by Prudential will be deducted to the
          extent possible from amounts payable thereafter.

8.6  Beneficiary:

     If, as to any person, this contract provides for the payment
     of an amount or amounts after the person dies to other than
     the person's Contingent Annuitant, payment will be made to
     the Beneficiary the person named.  Any spousal consent
     requirements of applicable Federal law (as it relates to
     employee benefit plans) will apply in designating a
     Beneficiary.  A person for whom an Account is held or an
     annuity is being paid under this contract may change a
     Beneficiary previously designated without the consent of
     such Beneficiary, provided the change complies with any
     applicable Federal law (as it relates to employee benefit
     plans).  However, the Participant may instruct Prudential
     that his Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary is not to have
     this right to name a Beneficiary.

     A Beneficiary may be named by filing a request with
     Prudential on a form acceptable to it.  It will become
     effective when entered on Prudential's records.  It will
     apply to any amounts payable after the request was received
     by Prudential, except any withdrawals and payments made
     before the request was entered on Prudential's records. 
     Prudential will acknowledge the naming of a Beneficiary.
  
     The interest of any Beneficiary who dies before the
     Participant ceases upon that Beneficiary's death.  If there
     is no named Beneficiary when an amount is payable to one,
     payment will be made to the estate of the last to die of the
     Participant or Annuitant, his Contingent Annuitant and his
     Beneficiary.  If a payment would be made to the estate of a
     Participant or Annuitant, Prudential may make the payment to
     any one or jointly to any number of his surviving relatives:
     spouse, children, parents, brothers or sisters.  Prudential,
     in determining whether a person is a relative of a
     Participant or Annuitant or is a Beneficiary entitled to
     payment, may rely solely on any evidence it deems
     acceptable.  Each payment Prudential makes in reliance
     thereon will be a valid discharge of its obligation under
     this contract as to that payment.

     If a series of payments becomes payable to a Beneficiary and
     the first payment is less than $50, Prudential may choose to
     make payment in one sum.  Also, if the payee is not a
     natural person and a series of payments is payable,
     Prudential may choose to make a payment in one sum.  The one
     sum payment will be equal to the value of the series of
     payments discounted at interest from each payment due date
     to the date of the one sum payment.  The discount interest
     rate will be the interest rate in the schedule of annuity
     purchase rates used to establish the series of payments.
   
8.7  Divisible Surplus:

     The portion, if any, of the divisible surplus of Prudential
     accruing upon this contract will be determined annually by
     the Board of Directors of Prudential and credited to
     Participants' Accounts as determined by the Board.  (It is
     unlikely any divisible surplus will accrue upon this
     contract.)

     No annuity under this contract will be taken into account in
     the determination of any divisible surplus to be credited to
     this contract.

8.8  Limit on Assignment:

     To the extent applicable law requires, the interests in and
     payments from this contract are not assignable or subject to
     the claims of any creditor.  For this purpose, compliance
     with the terms of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order as
     defined in subsection 414(p) or the Internal Revenue Code
     will not be considered to be an assignment of benefits.
 
8.9  Certificates:

     Prudential will issue a certificate for each annuity which
     is effected under this contract.  If any law requires, 
     Prudential will issue a certificate to a Participant for
     whom an annuity has not yet been effected.  A certificate
     will be descriptive of the Participant's or Annuitant's
     rights and duties under the contracts.

8.10 Plan Changes:

     This contract applies to the terms of the Plan in effect on
     the Effective Date, and to each Plan change unless
     Prudential notifies the Contract-Holder otherwise within 90
     days following receipt of the change.  The Contract-Holder
     will furnish Prudential a copy of the Plan.  While this
     contract is active, the Contract-Holder will also furnish a
     copy of each Plan change.

8.11 Entire Contract -- Construction:

     This document constitutes the entire contract.

     This contract will be construed according to the laws of the
     jurisdiction set forth on the first page.


                           SCHEDULE A

             FORMS OF ANNUITY WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED


     Form of Payment Payable         Applicable Schedule

1.  Life - Payment Certain       1.  Use Schedule B for
    Annuity.                         allocation.

2.  Life - Contingent Annuity.   2.  Use Schedule C for
                                     allocation.

3.  Payment Certain Annuity.     3.  Use Schedule D for
                                     allocation.


Prudential may provide monthly amounts of annuity larger than
those shown in the following schedules for annuities purchased
during any period specified by Prudential.  Annuity purchase
rates for other forms of annuity consented to by Prudential will
be furnished on request.  The following schedules may be changed
as provided in section 6.1.


                            SCHEDULES


Monthly amount of annuity purchased per $10,000 of a
Participant's Account, after deduction from it of any taxes on
annuity considerations that apply.


SCHEDULE B - Life-Payment Certain Annuity (120 Payments Certain)

                         Monthly Amount
             If date the annuity is purchased is in:

Age            1994           1995           2000           2005

60             40.77          40.58          39.85          39.16
61             41.69          41.49          40.73          39.99
62             42.66          42.45          41.65          40.88
63             43.66          43.45          42.61          41.80
64             44.72          44.50          43.62          42.77
65             45.85          45.60          44.68          43.79


SCHEDULE C - Life-Contingent Annuity

                         Monthly Amount
 If Annuitant and Contingent Annuitant have same date of birth.
           If the date the annuity is purchased is in:

Age            1994           1995           2000           2005

If specified percentage to Contingent Annuitant is 100%:

60             35.45          35.31          34.78          34.28
61             36.13          35.98          35.41          34.88
62             36.85          36.69          36.09          35.52
63             37.61          37.44          36.81          36.21
64             38.43          38.24          37.57          36.94
65             39.29          39.10          38.39          37.71


If specified percentage to Contingent Annuitant is 50%:

60             38.18          38.00          37.34          36.73
61             39.00          38.81          38.13          37.47
62             39.88          39.69          38.95          38.26
63             40.81          40.61          39.84          39.10
64             41.79          41.58          40.77          39.98
65             42.84          42.61          41.75          40.92


SCHEDULE D - Payment Certain Annuity

                         Monthly Amount
             If date the annuity is purchased is in:

     Number of
  Payments Certain     1994       1995      2000      2005

         60          $164.91   $164.73   $164.73   $164.73
        120            88.54     88.45     88.45     88.45
        180            63.27     63.20     63.20     63.20

               *              *         *         *

The rates in these Schedules are to be used without adjustment
only when the facts that apply to the Participant and his annuity
are as shown.  Rates for other facts will be furnished upon
request.

Prudential GEN (AY=1895 [.2X]
For 1994 only SRI Life Rates @ 3.00%, P.C.O. @ 3.00%, L=7.90%


                                                              
                                           Exhibit 23.1











               Consent of Independent Auditors






The Board of Directors
Richfood Holdings, Inc.:
  
  
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statement on Form S-8 of Richfood Holdings, Inc. of our reports
dated June 5, 1995, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Richfood Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of April 29, 1995
and April 30, 1994, the related consolidated statements of
earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows, and the related
financial statement schedules, for each of the fiscal years in
the three-year period ended April 29, 1995, which reports are
included in or incorporated by reference into the Form 10-K
of Richfood Holdings, Inc. for the fiscal year ended April 29,
1995, incorporated by reference into the registration statement. 
 
  
  
                                /s/  KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
  
  
Richmond, Virginia
February 26, 1996




                                          EXHIBIT 23.2


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statement of Richfood Holdings, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report
dated April 21, 1995, except for the sixth paragraph of Note 7
which is dated as of May 5, 1995, on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedules of Super Rite Corporation as of March 4, 1995 and
February 26, 1994 and for the fifty-three week period ended March
4, 1995 and for each of the fifty-two week periods in the
two-year period ended February 26, 1994, which report is included
in the 1995 annual report on Form 10-K, as amended on Form
10-K/A, which is incorporated by reference in Richfood Holdings,
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the
Commission (File No. 33-62413) on September 7, 1995, which
Registration Statement is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement on Form S-8.




                         /s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

One South Market Square
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
February 23, 1996


                                       EXHIBIT 23.3



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

RE:     Richfood Holdings, Inc.
        Registration on Form S-8

We are aware that our report dated July 12, 1995 on
our review of interim financial information of Super Rite
Corporation for the thirteen-week period ended June 3, 1995 and
included in the Super Rite Corporation's quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter then ended is incorporated by reference in
Richfood Holdings,Inc.'s registration statement on Form S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 33-62413)
on September 7, 1995, which registration statement on Form S-4 is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8.  Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this report should not be considered a part of the registration
statement prepared or certified by us within the meaning of
Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.


                          /s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.



One South Market Square
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
February 23, 1996





                                 Exhibit 23.4

                 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation of reference in the registration
statement of Richfood Holdings, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report
dated December 11, 1995, on our audits of the financial
statements of Super Rite Foods, Inc. Investment Opportunity Plan
for Retail Union Employees as of December 31, 1994 and for the
year then ended, which report is included in the annual report on
Form 11-K, incorporated by reference in the registration
statement
on Form S-8.  

                           /s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

One South Market Square
Harrisburg, PA   17101-9916
February 23, 1996




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