Exhibit 23.2





                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the use of our report dated November 3, 2006, except as to note
22 which is dated March 23, 2007, relating to the consolidated financial
statements of METRO, Inc. as at September 30, 2006 and for the year then ended,
included in The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc. Annual Report on
revised Form 10-K for the year ended February 24, 2007 which appears in this
Current Report on Form 8-K.


Ernst & Young LLP
Chartered Accountant


Montreal, Canada
October 23, 2007