Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

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         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby

constitute and appoint each of Frank G. Vitrano and Marc A. Strassler, signing

singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:



(1)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

         capacity as an officer and/or director of Pathmark Stores, 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;



(2)      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

         Forms 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments

         thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities

         and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;

         and



(3)      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 to such

         attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

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 not assuming,

nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's 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 Forms 3, 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 the 27th day of November, 2005.





                                                /s/ Sarah Nash

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                                                    Sarah Nash