KASH N KARRY FOOD STORES INC
8-A12G/A, 1995-06-14
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549

                            FORM 8-A/A

                      AMENDMENT TO FORM 8-A
        FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                 Kash n' Karry Food Stores, Inc.                 
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware            0-25260             95-4161591     
(State of incorporation       (Commission File    (IRS Employer
or organization)              Number)        Identification No.)


  6422 Harney Road, Tampa, Florida                    33610      
(Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)



  Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:  None

Title of each class           Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered:          each class is to be registered

       None                                None

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                 Preferred Share Purchase Rights                 
                        (Title of Class)




                       Page 1 of 7 pages.
                (Exhibit Index appears on page 4)<PAGE>
Item 2.   Exhibits

     The undersigned registrant hereby amends its Form 8-A filed on
April 17, 1995, as amended on April 25, 1995, by restating Item 2,
as follows, to add a new exhibit consisting of the First Amendment
to Rights Agreement dated as of June 13, 1995:

     "Item 2.  Exhibits

          Exhibit No.    Description

              (1)        Rights Agreement ("Rights Agreement")
                         dated as of April 13, 1995 between the
                         Company and Shawmut Bank Connecticut,
                         N.A., as Rights Agent (previously filed
                         as Exhibit 1 to the Company's
                         Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A
                         dated April 25, 1995, which exhibit is
                         hereby incorporated by reference).

              (2)        Form of Certificate of Designations
                         (included in Exhibit A to the Rights
                         Agreement).

              (3)        Form of Rights Certificate (included in
                         Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement).

              (4)        Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred
                         Shares (included in Exhibit C to the
                         Rights Agreement).

              (5)        First Amendment to Rights Agreement dated
                         as of June 13, 1995 between the Company
                         and Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A., as
                         Rights Agent (filed herewith)."






















                                    2<PAGE>
                           SIGNATURES


          Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              KASH N' KARRY FOOD STORES, INC.



Date:  June 14, 1995         By: /s. R.P. Springer
                                -------------------------------
                                 Name:  R.P. Springer
                                 Title: Senior Vice President
                                        Chief Financial Officer








































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                          EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                                                  Page No.

  1.      Rights Agreement ("Rights Agreement") dated        
          as of April 13, 1995 between the Company and
          Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A., as Rights
          Agent (previously filed as Exhibit 1 to the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A
          dated April 25, 1995, which exhibit is hereby
          incorporated by reference).

  2.      Form of Certificate of Designations with          
          respect to Series A Junior Participating
          Preferred Stock (attached as Exhibit A to the
          Rights Agreement).

  3.      Form of Right Certificate (attached as Exhib-     
          it B to the Rights Agreement).  Pursuant to
          the Rights Agreement, printed Right Certifi-
          cates will not be mailed until the Distribu-
          tion Date (as defined in the Rights Agree-
          ment).

  4.      Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred           
          Shares (attached as Exhibit C to the Rights
          Agreement).

  5.      First Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as       5
          of June 13, 1995 between the Company and
          Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A., as Rights
          Agent (filed herewith).

























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                     FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE            EXHIBIT
                                                           5
                        RIGHTS AGREEMENT               (Conformed
                                                        Copy)

          THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to the Rights Agreement dated as of

April 13, 1995 (the "Rights Agreement") between and among KASH N'

KARRY FOOD STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),

and SHAWMUT BANK CONNECTICUT, N.A., as Rights Agent (the "Rights

Agent"), is entered into this 13th day of June, 1995.  Capitalized

terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed

thereto in the Rights Agreement.

          WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has

authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase

right (a "Right") for each Common Share of the Company outstanding

at the Close of Business on April 27, 1995 (the "Record Date"),

each Right representing the right to purchase one one-hundredth of

a Preferred Share, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set

forth in the Rights Agreement, and has further authorized and

directed the issuance of one Right with respect to each Common

Share that shall become outstanding between the Record Date and the

earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the

Final Expiration Date;

          WHEREAS, the Company reserved the right from time to time

to supplement or amend the Rights Agreement without the approval of

any holders of Right Certificates in such manner as the Company may

deem necessary or desirable, subject to certain limitations

applicable from and after such time as any Person becomes an

Acquiring Person;<PAGE>
          WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no Person has become an

Acquiring Person; and

          WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend Section 1(i) of the

Rights Agreement to clarify the definition of the term "LGP;" 

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the

mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as

follows:

          1.   Amendment.  Section 1(i) of the Rights Agreement is

hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

               (i)  "LGP" shall mean Leonard Green & Partners L.P.,

          a limited partnership, and its Affiliates and Associates;

          provided that if LGP transfers to any Person beneficial

          ownership of all Common Shares then owned by LGP, then

          "LGP" shall mean such Person, and any other Person who

          may subsequently acquire all such shares, and such

          Person's Affiliates and Associates.

          2.   Incorporation.  This First Amendment is hereby

incorporated into and made a part of the Rights Agreement as if

fully set forth therein.  Except as modified herein, the Rights

Agreement remains in full force and effect.  In the event of any

conflict between the provisions of the Rights Agreement and the

provisions of this First Amendment, the provisions of this First

Amendment shall govern.





                                  2<PAGE>
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this

Agreement to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and

year first above written.



                              KASH N' KARRY FOOD STORES, INC.


Attest:


By:/s/ Raymond P. Springer    By:/s/ Ronald E. Johnson            
   ------------------------      ---------------------------------
   RAYMOND P. SPRINGER           RONALD E. JOHNSON
   Title:   Secretary            Title:  Chairman of the Board,
                                          Chief Executive Officer
                                          and President



                              SHAWMUT BANK CONNECTICUT, N.A.
Attest:                       


By: /s/ Joseph E. Fortuna     By: /s/ Rockwell Spaulding         
   ------------------------      --------------------------------
   Name:                         Name:
   Title: Assistant Corporate    Title:  Vice President
           Trust Administrator


















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