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Waldbaum's operated full-service traditional supermarkets with varying footprints and store models and its popular marquee in certain aisles along with good food and reliable service. At its peak in the 1980s, it was the 12th largest supermarket chain in the United States and had 140 stores throughout the New York metropolitan area. [ 3 ]
Waldbaum's was acquired in 1986. The New York City-based chain was founded in 1904 and opened its first supermarket in 1951. The company quickly expanded from the city into Nassau and Suffolk counties, and later into Connecticut and Massachusetts. In the early 2000s, A&P operated 80 Waldbaum's in southernmost New York state (outside Manhattan ...
The Waldbaum's Supermarket Fire was a major fire on August 2, 1978, in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York City, United States, that killed six FDNY firefighters. The Waldbaum's store at 2892 Ocean Avenue was undergoing extensive renovations, but was open for customers when the fire broke out.
Hawley Lane Mall opened in 1971 with two anchor stores, Caldor (featuring a two-story design and belt escalators) and a Waldbaum's supermarket. Other, smaller stores such as B. Dalton booksellers and Hawley Lane Shoes have also called the mall home. A third anchor store, Sage-Allen took up residence
She married Israel (aka Izzy) Waldbaum when she was 21, and he was 28. He owned a grocery store, and she worked there, they brought up three children together. [2] In 1947, at age 55, her husband had died. At the time, the family-owned a chain of seven stores. [1] In 1986, A&P bought the chain from the family. At that year, the chain consisted ...
In 1904 Joseph Waldbaum started a shop in Brooklyn. From this one store he expanded and created the Waldbaum's Supermarket Chain, which reached its zenith of 160 stores before being bought by The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in 1986.
Pathmark was formed out of the Wakefern Food Corporation, parent company of ShopRite, Wakefern was both a wholesale operation and a retail operation; among its members was a subgroup, Supermarkets Operating Co., in Union, New Jersey, [4] formed in 1956 by Alex Aidekman, Herb Brody, and Milt Perlmutter. [5]
The supermarket banner was created by Shopwell Inc., whose roots can be traced to Daitch Crystal Dairies (established 1919). [1] Shopwell Inc. was acquired by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1986 and at the time, the company operated the upscale, gourmet banner stores in and around New York City; Westchester County, NY; and ...