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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2000<br>
                                               Registration No. 333-________
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</br>
                       Washington, D.C. 20549</strong></font></p>

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<p align="center"><font size="4"><strong>FORM S-8</strong></center></font>


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                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
                                    Under<br>
                       The Securities Act of 1933
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                           <u>DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY</u>
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                    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE=1>Delaware</P>
</B><P ALIGN="CENTER">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">13-3542950</P>
</B><P ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">One Market, San Francisco, California
94105</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)<BR>
______________________</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Del Monte Foods Company<BR>
Non-Employee Director and Independent Contractor <BR>
1997 Stock Incentive Plan</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Del Monte Foods Company<BR>
1998 Stock Incentive Plan</P>
</B><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Full titles of the Plans)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">William R. Sawyers, Esq.<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Del Monte Foods Company<BR>
One Market, San Francisco, California 94105</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2>(Name and Address of Agent for Service)<BR>
<B>(415) 247-3000</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<BR>
</FONT>______________________<BR>
<B><FONT SIZE=2>Copies to:<BR>
Douglas D. Smith, Esq.<BR>
Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher LLP<BR>
One Montgomery Street, 26th Floor<BR>
San Francisco, California 94104<BR>
(415) 393-8200</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title of Securities <BR>
<U>to be Registered</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount to be Registered(1)</U> </FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum <U>Offering Price per Share(2)
</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum <U>Aggregate Offering
Price(2)</U> </FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of <U>Registration Fee</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to be issued under the
Non-Employee Director and Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive
Plan</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">75,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$8.0938 </FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$607,035</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$162</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to be issued under the
1998 Stock Incentive Plan</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">2,870,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$8.0938 </FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$23,229,206</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$6,133</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Total</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">2,945,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$23,836,241</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$6,295</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>(1)&#9;This Registration Statement shall also cover any
additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Non-Employee
Director and Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and the 1998 Stock
Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Del Monte
Foods Company Common Stock.</P>
<P>(2)&#9;A Registration Statement on Form S-8 was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 26, 1999, registering shares of Common Stock and
Options to purchase such Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Non-Employee
Director and Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and the 1998 Stock
Incentive Plan and a registration fee was paid in connection therewith. The fee
for the 2,945,000 additional shares included in this Registration Statement is
calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and
low selling prices per share of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on December 13, 2000.</DIR>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Information Required in the Registration Statement</P>


</B><P>Item 3<B>. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</P>
</B></U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into
this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):</P><DIR>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(a)&#9;The contents of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No. 333-79315) filed with the Commission on May 26,
1999;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(b)&#9;The Registrant's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(c)&#9;The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September&nbsp;30,&nbsp;2000; and</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">d)&#9;The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant
contained in the Prospectus dated February 4, 1999 filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
of the Securities Act with respect to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-1, as amended (No. 333-48235), filed with the Commission on March 19,
1998 and incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed by the Registrant under the Exchange Act with the Commission on July 23,
1998.</P></DIR>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">All documents filed pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act")
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Any document, and any statement contained in a document,
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed
document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such document or statement. Any such document or
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to
the foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration Statement is
qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated by reference.</P>
<P>Item 4. <B><U>Description of Securities</P>
</B></U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not Applicable.</P>
<P>Item 5.<B> <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</P>
</B></U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not Applicable.</P>
<P>Item 6. <B><U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</P>
</B></U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (the "Delaware Law") authorizes a Delaware corporation to
indemnify officers, directors, employees and agents of the corporation, in
connection with actual or threatened actions, suits or proceedings provided that
such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner
such officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's
best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful. This authority is sufficiently broad to
permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. </P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides for
indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant has, and intends in the future to
enter into, agreements to provide indemnification for directors and officers in
addition to that contained in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-
laws. </P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The Del Monte Foods Company Non-Employee Director and
Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and the Del Monte Foods Company
1998 Stock Incentive Plan each provide that no member of the Registrant's Board
of Directors nor any committee thereof shall be liable for any action or
determination made in good faith with respect to such plan. The Registrant also
carries liability insurance covering officers and directors. </P>

<P>Item 7. <B><U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</P>
</B></U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not Applicable.</P>

<P>Item 8. <B><U>Exhibits</P></U></B>

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Del Monte Foods Company Non-Employee Director and
Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.
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   4.2
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Del Monte Foods Company 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as
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   5.1
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Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher
LLP.
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  23.1
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Public
Accountants.
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  23.2
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Consent of Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher LLP (contained
in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).
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  24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8).
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<P>Item 9. <B><U>Undertaking</P>
</U></B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">A.&#9;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the 1933
Act; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement; and (iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
<U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that clauses (1)(i) and (l)(ii) shall not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(2)&nbsp;that for the purpose of determining any liability
under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof, and </P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(3)&nbsp;to remove from registration by means of a post-
effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
upon the termination of the offering.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">B.&#9;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d)
of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">C.&#9;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnity provisions incorporated by
reference in Item&nbsp;6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P><DIR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</P></DIR>
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</B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of
California, on this 20th day of December, 2000.</P><DIR>
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<P>DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY</P>
<P>By: &#9;/s/Richard G. Wolford</P>
<P>&#9;Richard G. Wolford</P>
<P>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P></DIR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints David L. Meyers and William R.
Sawyers, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P></FONT>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE=2>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Date</B></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Richard G. Wolford</U><BR>
&#9;Richard G. Wolford</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 14, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/David L. Meyers</U><BR>
&#9;David L. Meyers</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 19, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Richard L. French</U><BR>
&#9;Richard L. French</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P>Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal
Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 19, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Richard W. Boyce</U><BR>
&#9;Richard W. Boyce</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 19, 2000</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Timothy G. Bruer</U><BR>
&#9;Timothy G. Bruer</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 15, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Al Carey</U><BR>
&#9;Al Carey</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 17, 2000</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Patrick Foley</U><BR>
&#9;Patrick Foley</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 19, 2000</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Brian E. Haycox</U><BR>
&#9;Brian E. Haycox</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 15, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Denise M. O'Leary</U><BR>
&#9;Denise M. O'Leary</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 19, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/William S. Price, III</U><BR>
&#9;William S. Price, III</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 19, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Jeffrey A. Shaw</U><BR>
&#9;Jeffrey A. Shaw</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 19, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;/s/Wesley J. Smith</U><BR>
&#9;Wesley J. Smith</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">December 18, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBIT INDEX</P></U>

<P>&nbsp;
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH=650>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
<TD WIDTH="15%">
<font size="2"><strong>
<u> Exhibit Number</u>
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<TD WIDTH="85%">
<font size="2"><strong>
<u>Exhibit</u>
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Del Monte Foods Company Non-Employee Director and
Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.
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<TD>
<font size="2">
&nbsp;
   4.2
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<font size="2">
Del Monte Foods Company 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as
amended.
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</TD>
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<font size="2">
&nbsp;
   5.1
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<font size="2">
Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher
LLP.
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&nbsp;
  23.1
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Public
Accountants.
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12222000 S8 DOC
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2000
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
13-3542950
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Market, San Francisco, California
94105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
______________________
Del Monte Foods Company
Non-Employee Director and Independent Contractor
1997 Stock Incentive Plan
Del Monte Foods Company
1998 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full titles of the Plans)
______________________
William R. Sawyers, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Del Monte Foods Company
One Market, San Francisco, California 94105
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(415) 247-3000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
______________________
Copies to:
Douglas D. Smith, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
One Montgomery Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 393-8200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to be issued under the
Non-Employee Director and Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive
Plan
75,000 shares
$8.0938
$607,035
$162
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to be issued under the
1998 Stock Incentive Plan
2,870,000 shares
$8.0938
$23,229,206
$6,133
Total
2,945,000 shares
$23,836,241
$6,295
(1)	This Registration Statement shall also cover any
additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Non-Employee
Director and Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and the 1998 Stock
Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Del Monte
Foods Company Common Stock.
(2)	A Registration Statement on Form S-8 was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 26, 1999, registering shares of Common Stock and
Options to purchase such Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Non-Employee
Director and Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and the 1998 Stock
Incentive Plan and a registration fee was paid in connection therewith. The fee
for the 2,945,000 additional shares included in this Registration Statement is
calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and
low selling prices per share of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on December 13, 2000.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3
.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into
this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)	The contents of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-79315) filed with the Commission on May 26,
1999;
(b)	The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000;
(c)	The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2000; and
d)	The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant
contained in the Prospectus dated February 4, 1999 filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
of the Securities Act with respect to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-1, as amended (No. 333-48235), filed with the Commission on March 19,
1998 and incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed by the Registrant under the Exchange Act with the Commission on July 23,
1998.
All documents filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act")
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any document, and any statement contained in a document,
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed
document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such document or statement. Any such document or
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to
the foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration Statement is
qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated by reference.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (the "Delaware Law") authorizes a Delaware corporation to
indemnify officers, directors, employees and agents of the corporation, in
connection with actual or threatened actions, suits or proceedings provided that
such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner
such officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's
best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful. This authority is sufficiently broad to
permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides for
indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant has, and intends in the future to
enter into, agreements to provide indemnification for directors and officers in
addition to that contained in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-
laws.
The Del Monte Foods Company Non-Employee Director and
Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and the Del Monte Foods Company
1998 Stock Incentive Plan each provide that no member of the Registrant's Board
of Directors nor any committee thereof shall be liable for any action or
determination made in good faith with respect to such plan. The Registrant also
carries liability insurance covering officers and directors.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Del Monte Foods Company Non-Employee Director and
Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.
4.2
Del Monte Foods Company 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as
amended.
5.1
Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Public
Accountants.
23.2
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained
in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8).
Item 9.
Undertaking
A.	The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933
Act; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that clauses (1)(i) and (l)(ii) shall not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement;
(2) that for the purpose of determining any liability
under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof, and
(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-
effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
upon the termination of the offering.
B.	The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
C.	Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnity provisions incorporated by
reference in Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of
California, on this 20th day of December, 2000.
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY
By: 	/s/Richard G. Wolford
Richard G. Wolford
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints David L. Meyers and William R.
Sawyers, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/Richard G. Wolford
Richard G. Wolford
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 14, 2000
/s/David L. Meyers
David L. Meyers
Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
December 19, 2000
/s/Richard L. French
Richard L. French
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal
Accounting Officer)
December 19, 2000
/s/Richard W. Boyce
Richard W. Boyce
Director
December 19, 2000
/s/Timothy G. Bruer
Timothy G. Bruer
Director
December 15, 2000
/s/Al Carey
Al Carey
Director
December 17, 2000
/s/Patrick Foley
Patrick Foley
Director
December 19, 2000
/s/Brian E. Haycox
Brian E. Haycox
Director
December 15, 2000
/s/Denise M. O'Leary
Denise M. O'Leary
Director
December 19, 2000
/s/William S. Price, III
William S. Price, III
Director
December 19, 2000
/s/Jeffrey A. Shaw
Jeffrey A. Shaw
Director
December 19, 2000
/s/Wesley J. Smith
Wesley J. Smith
Director
December 18, 2000
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Del Monte Foods Company Non-Employee Director and
Independent Contractor 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.
4.2
Del Monte Foods Company 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as
amended.
5.1
Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Public
Accountants.
23.2
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained
in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8).