POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Christopher McGarry, Joan Roensch and Gabrielle Scalise,
oreither of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the
undersigneds true and lawful attorney in fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigneds name and on the
undersigneds behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigneds capacity as an officer and/or director of The
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (the Company),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)		do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form3, 4, or 5, complete and execute
any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,
the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney in fact's
discretion.

       	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full
powerand authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power
of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are notassuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

       	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

       	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this  day of February ,2010.


____________________  Signature

            Ronald Marshall  Print Name




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