SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                             ----------------------

                                   FORM 8 - K


             Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)             November 10, 2003
                                                             -----------------

                         Commission File Number: 1-14222

                         SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.
                         -------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                                           22-3410353
        --------                                           ----------
(State or other jurisdiction                            (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)                                  Identification No.)

                                240 Route 10 West
                              Whippany, N.J. 07981
                                 (973) 887-5300
                              --------------------
          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)





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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On November 10, 2003,  Suburban  Propane  Partners,  L.P. issued a press release
(the  "Press  Release")  announcing  that its  operating  partnership,  Suburban
Propane,  L.P.,  had  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., all of which entities are
wholly owned  subsidiaries  of Agway,  Inc. A copy of the Press Release has been
furnished as exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.


ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)  Exhibits.   A copy of the Press  Release has been furnished as Exhibit 99.1
                 to this Current Report.



















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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.

November 10, 2003                     By:  /s/  Janice G. Meola
                                          -----------------------
                                          Name:  Janice G. Meola
                                          Title: Vice President, General Counsel
                                                 and Secretary
















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                                    EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.                           Exhibit
-----------                           -------

99.1                                  Press Release dated November 10, 2003
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                             ----------------------

                                   FORM 8 - K

             Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)             November 10, 2003
                                                             -----------------

                         Commission File Number: 1-14222

                         SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.
                         -------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                           22-3410353
        --------                                           ----------
(State or other jurisdiction                            (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)                                  Identification No.)

                                240 Route 10 West
                              Whippany, N.J. 07981
                                 (973) 887-5300
                              --------------------
          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On November 10, 2003,  Suburban  Propane  Partners,  L.P. issued a press release
(the  "Press  Release")  announcing  that its  operating  partnership,  Suburban
Propane,  L.P.,  had  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., all of which entities are
wholly owned  subsidiaries  of Agway,  Inc. A copy of the Press Release has been
furnished as exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)  Exhibits.   A copy of the Press  Release has been furnished as Exhibit 99.1
                 to this Current Report.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.

November 10, 2003                     By:  /s/  Janice G. Meola
                                          -----------------------
                                          Name:  Janice G. Meola
                                          Title: Vice President, General Counsel
                                                 and Secretary

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EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.                           Exhibit
-----------                           -------

99.1                                  Press Release dated November 10, 2003