I second LanX's suggestion (++) of using Perl's record separator ($/), but would initialize a local copy of it to 'STORE':

use strict;
use warnings;

local $/ = 'STORE';
my $count = 1;

while (<DATA>) {
    chomp;

    if (/MONITORING/) {
        s/^\s+//;
        s/\s+$//;
        print "First two lines:\n$/ $_\n\n";
    }
    elsif (/\S/) {
        print "\n\nRecord " . $count++ . ":\n$/ $_";
    }
}

__DATA__

STORE MONITORING REPORT      as of 13-05-02 10:05:07
Scanning for FTFIMS

 STORE002 

-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 59025 Apr 11  2012 eft100.cbr
16295    58
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 61143 Nov 15 15:47 chk075.cbr
33334    60
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 420952 Sep  6  2012 test-encrypt
63327   412
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 427068 Sep  6  2012 eft115-20
36184   418
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 460694 Apr  3 06:15 eft6un
07640   450
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admins store 481069 Oct  4  2012 hostsocgw
46087   470
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admins store 503666 Feb 13 09:10 stratgw
22452   492
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 14318 Nov  1  2010 unityrep
50196    14

 STORE006 

-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 59025 Apr 11  2012 eft100.cbr
16295    58
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 61143 Nov 15 15:47 chk075.cbr
33334    60
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 420952 Sep  6  2012 test-encrypt
63327   412
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 427068 Sep  6  2012 eft115-20
36184   418
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 460694 Apr  3 06:15 eft6un
07640   450
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admins store 481069 Oct  4  2012 hostsocgw
46087   470
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admins store 503666 Feb 13 09:10 stratgw
22452   492
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 14318 Nov  1  2010 unityrep
50196    14
[download]

Output:

First two lines:
STORE MONITORING REPORT      as of 13-05-02 10:05:07
Scanning for FTFIMS



Record 1:
STORE 002 

-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 59025 Apr 11  2012 eft100.cbr
16295    58
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 61143 Nov 15 15:47 chk075.cbr
33334    60
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 420952 Sep  6  2012 test-encrypt
63327   412
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 427068 Sep  6  2012 eft115-20
36184   418
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 460694 Apr  3 06:15 eft6un
07640   450
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admins store 481069 Oct  4  2012 hostsocgw
46087   470
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admins store 503666 Feb 13 09:10 stratgw
22452   492
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 14318 Nov  1  2010 unityrep
50196    14

 

Record 2:
STORE 006 

-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 59025 Apr 11  2012 eft100.cbr
16295    58
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 61143 Nov 15 15:47 chk075.cbr
33334    60
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 420952 Sep  6  2012 test-encrypt
63327   412
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 427068 Sep  6  2012 eft115-20
36184   418
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 460694 Apr  3 06:15 eft6un
07640   450
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admins store 481069 Oct  4  2012 hostsocgw
46087   470
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admins store 503666 Feb 13 09:10 stratgw
22452   492
-rwxr-xr-- 1 admins store 14318 Nov  1  2010 unityrep
50196    14
[download]

Hope this helps!

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