- Amended Statement of Beneficial Ownership (SC 13D/A)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)

GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO. INC.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $1.00 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

390064103

(CUSIP Number)

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

Ms. Ann Marie Swanson

Aletheia Research & Management, Inc.

100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1960

Santa Monica, CA 90401

(310)-899-0800

December 3, 2010

(Date of event which requires filing of this statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4) check the following box £ .

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.

SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 390064103

Page 2 of 5 Pages

1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Aletheia Research & Management, Inc., IRS No.- 95-4647814
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*	(a) £ (b) £
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS* WC, OO
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) £
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY	7	SOLE VOTING POWER 14,189,872 shares of Common Stock.
OWNED BY EACH	8	SHARED VOTING POWER 0
REPORTING	9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 14,189,872 shares of Common Stock.
PERSON WITH	10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0

11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 14,189,872 shares of Common Stock.
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* o
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 25.21%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA

Item 1 .

Security and Issuer .

This statement relates to the Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Issuer”). The Issuer maintains its principal executive office at 2 Paragon Drive, Montvale, New Jersey 07645.

Item 2 .

Identity and Background .

(a) This statement is filed by Aletheia Research & Management, Inc., a California corporation (“Aletheia”), with respect to shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock held by managed accounts over which Aletheia has discretionary authority and through partnerships with respect to which Aletheia serves as general partner. Ann Marie Swanson is the Chief Compliance Officer of Aletheia.

(b)-(f) Aletheia filed an initial Schedule 13D for an event of September 30, 2009 (the “Initial Schedule”), an Amendment No. 1 for an event of February 25, 2010, an Amendment No. 2 for an event of April 9, 2010 and an Amendment No. 3 for an event of November 19, 2010 (collectively, the “Previous Amendments”). Except to the extent set forth in this Amendment, the information in the Initial Schedule and the Previous Amendments remains unchanged. The filing of any amendment to this Schedule 13D (including the filing of this Amendment No. 4) shall not be construed to be an admission by Aletheia that a material change has occurred in the facts set forth in this Schedule 13D or that such amendment is required under Rule 13d-2 of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended.

Item 3 .

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration .

Aletheia owns 14,189,872 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock on behalf of managed accounts and partnerships with respect to which Aletheia serves as general partner. Such managed accounts and partnerships have collectively paid $165,970,628 from their working capital for such shares.

Item 5 .

Interest in Securities of the Issuer .

(a) The number of shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and the percentage of the outstanding shares (based upon 56,280,414 shares of Common Stock outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 11, 2010) directly or indirectly beneficially owned by the Reporting Person is as follows:

Name	Number of Shares	Percentage of Outstanding Shares

Aletheia	14,189,872	25.21%

(b) Aletheia has sole power to vote and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 14,189,872 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock.

(d) Certain persons have the right to receive dividends from or the proceeds of sale of certain of the shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock included in this statement. No such person individually has the right to receive dividends or proceeds relating to shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock constituting more than 5% of the class of the Issuer’s Common Stock.

(e) Not applicable.

Signatures

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: December 6, 2010

ALETHEIA RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT, INC.


	By:	/s/ Ann Marie Swanson
		Ann Marie Swanson
		Chief Compliance Officer

APPENDIX I

TRANSACTIONS IN

GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO. INC.

COMMON STOCK - SINCE LAST FILING

Trade Date	Number of Shares Purchased	Purchase Price	Average Share Price for Purchases	Number of Shares Sold	Sales Price	Average Share Price for Sales

11/22/10	17,793	60,635	3.41	22,358	75,430	3.37
11/23/10	3,540	11,444	3.23	10,668	37,365	3.50
11/24/10	1,760	5,842	3.32	388,415	1,299,267	3.35
11/26/10	11,062	35,744	3.23	24,660	79,656	3.23
11/29/10	1,143	3,463	3.03	24,145	73,015	3.02
11/30/10	4,019	12,070	3.00	23,600	70,782	3.00
12/01/10	1,494	4,808	3.22	57,930	184,935	3.19
12/02/10	10,955	35,902	3.28	26,865	87,509	3.26
12/03/10	49,046	156,011	3.18	32,789	102,325	3.12