EXHIBIT 99.1
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                                  NEWS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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           SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P. ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF ASSET
                   PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE AGWAY ENERGY

WHIPPANY,  N.J., NOVEMBER 10, 2003 - Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SPH),
a marketer of propane gas and related  products and services  nationwide,  today
announced that its operating  partnership,  Suburban Propane,  L.P., has entered
into an Asset Purchase  Agreement to acquire  substantially all of the assets of
Agway Energy  Products,  LLC,  Agway  Energy  Services,  Inc.,  and Agway Energy
Services  PA, Inc.  (collectively  "Agway  Energy"),  all of which  entities are
wholly owned subsidiaries of Agway, Inc.

Agway,  Inc.  is  presently  a  debtor-in-possession  under  Chapter  11 of  the
Bankruptcy Code in a case pending before the United States  Bankruptcy Court for
the Northern District of New York. Agway Energy is not a Chapter 11 debtor.

The stated purchase price is $206 million,  subject to adjustments.  The sale is
subject to Bankruptcy  Court approval after the conclusion of an auction process
conducted under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court.

Suburban Propane Partners,  L.P. is a publicly traded Master Limited Partnership
listed on the New York Stock Exchange.  Headquartered  in Whippany,  New Jersey,
Suburban has been in the customer  service  business since 1928. The Partnership
serves   approximately   750,000   residential,   commercial,   industrial   and
agricultural  customers  through  more than 320 customer  service  centers in 40
states.

Company contact:  Robert M. Plante
                  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                  (973) 503-9252