SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C.  20549

                           FORM 8-A/A

                       (Amendment No. 3)
          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      (IRS Employers
or organization)           File Number      Identification No.)
 
     6422 HARNEY ROAD, TAMPA, FLORIDA             33610
(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)

If this Form relates to the       If this Form relates to the 
registration of a class of        registration of a class of 
debt securities and is            debt securities and is to 
effective upon filing pursuant    become effective 
to General Instruction A(c)(1)    simultaneously with the 
please check the following        effectiveness of a concurrent 
box.  []                          registration statement under 
                                  the Securities Act of 1933 
                                  pursuant to General 
                                  Instruction A(c)(2) please 
                                  check the following box. []

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)
 
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      The undersigned registrant hereby amends Item 1 of its
Registration on Form 8-A, filed on April 17, 1995, as amended on 
April 25, 1995 and June 14, 1995 (as so amended, the "Form 8-A"), 
by adding the information set forth below.  The registrant also 
amends Item 2 of the Form 8-A by adding the Second Amendment to 
the Rights Agreement as Exhibit 6.

Item 1.   Description of Registrant's Securities to be 
          Registered.

Second Amendment to the Rights Agreement

     On October 31, 1996, Food Lion, Inc., a North Carolina 
corporation ("Parent"), KK Acquisition Corp., a Delaware 
corporation ("Sub") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and 
Kash n' Karry Food Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the 
"Company"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated 
as of October 31, 1996 (the "Merger Agreement"), providing, among 
other things, for the merger of Sub with and into the Company, 
whereupon the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of 
Parent.

     On October 30, 1996, immediately prior to the execution of 
the Merger Agreement, the Company and Fleet National Bank 
(successor to Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A.), as Rights Agent 
(the "Rights Agent") entered into the Second Amendment (the 
"Second Amendment") to the Rights Agreement between the Company 
and the Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement") dated as of April 
13, 1995 and amended as of June 13, 1996.  The Second Amendment 
provides, among other things, that (a) neither the Merger 
Agreement nor the Stockholders Agreement dated as of October 31, 
1996 by and among the Company, Parent, Sub and the stockholders 
of the Company signatory thereto (the "Stockholders Agreement"), 
nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, 
will cause (i) Parent, Sub or any of their affiliates or 
associates to have beneficial ownership of any Shares solely as a 
result of any such event, (ii) Parent or Sub or any of their 
affiliates or associates to be deemed an "Acquiring Person" under 
the Rights Agreement or (iii) the "Shares Acquisition Date" or 
the "Distribution Date" under the Rights Agreement to occur upon 
any such event, and (b) the "Rights" (each of the above as 
defined in the Rights Agreement) will expire immediately prior to 
the occurrence of any of certain events, including (i) the 
closing of the purchase of Shares pursuant to the exercise of the
Stock Option (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and
(ii) the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of
the Merger.

     A copy of the Second Amendment is available free of charge 
from the Company.  This summary description of the Second 
Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its 
entirety by reference to the Second Amendment which is attached 
hereto as Exhibit 6 and is incorporated herein by reference.  
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Item 2.     Exhibits

     The undersigned registrant hereby amends Item 2 to the Form 
by restating Item 2, to read as follows:

Exhibit No.   Description

(1)           Rights Agreement dated as of April 13, 1995 between 
              the Company and Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A., as 
              Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement") (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 Rights Certificate (attached as Exhibit B 
              to the Rights Agreement).

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

(5)           First Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as of 
              June 13, 1995 between the Company and Shawmut Bank 
              Connecticut, N.A., as Rights Agent (previously 
              filed as Exhibit 5 to the Company's Registration 
              Statement on Form 8-A/A dated June 14, 1995, which 
              exhibit is hereby incorporated by reference).

(6)           Second Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated as 
              of October 30, 1996 between the Company and Fleet 
              National Bank (successor to Shawmut Bank 
              Connecticut, N.A.), as Rights Agent (filed 
              herewith)."






  
 
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                           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:  November 1, 1996       By: /s/ Ronald E. Johnson
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                                 Name:  Ronald E. Johnson
                                 Title:  Chairman of the Board,
                                         President and Chief
                                         Executive Officer

 
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                            EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                                                 Page No.

     1.   Rights Agreement dated as of April 13, 1995 
          between the Company and Shawmut Bank 
          Connecticut, N.A., as Rights Agent (the 
          "Rights Agreement") (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 Rights Certificate (attached as 
          Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement).  

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

     5.   First Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated 
          as of June 13, 1995 between the Company and 
          Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A., as Rights 
          Agent (previously filed as Exhibit 5 to the 
          Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A 
          dated June 14, 1995, which exhibit is hereby 
          incorporated by reference).

     6.   Second Amendment to the Rights
          Agreement dated as of October 30, 1996 
          between the Company and Fleet National 
          Bank (successor to Shawmut Bank 
          Connecticut, N.A.), as Rights Agent 
          (filed herewith)."