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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, was an American chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015. [1] From 1915 through 1975, A&P was the largest grocery retailer in the United States (and, until 1965, the largest U.S. retailer of any kind).
There were as many as 84 A&P stores in the city, 20 being supermarkets and the others being cash and carry stores; this building is one of the last surviving of these, and it was among those which kept operating up until A&P entirely left the city in 1979–1980. [2]: 18 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]
The chain evolved from Norfolk, Virginia's D. P. Pender Grocery Stores, the first of which opened in 1900. [1] [2] [3] In its early years the company used horse drawn wagons to deliver goods to customers. [1] In 1919 Pender opened a second grocery store in Norfolk, later expanding to more locations in Central and Eastern Virginia. [1]
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Chris Hondros/Getty Images By Tom Hals, Supriya Kurane and Yashaswini Swamynathan Storied supermarket chain Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., better known as A&P, has filed for bankruptcy ...
[28] [29] In order to help turn around the business, A&P identified 32 locations for closure, including Waldbaum's stores in Farmingdale, Smithtown, and Valley Stream. [30] [31] In January 2012, A&P announced six more stores would close in Commack, West Babylon, East Islip, Lake Ronkonkoma, Huntington Station and Rockville Centre. [32]
SuperFresh is a supermarket brand owned by Key Food Stores which operates in New York City and its New Jersey suburbs. The company currently operates twenty supermarkets. The name previously belonged to a chain of stores run by A&P, based largely in the cities and suburbs of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington DC.
The supermarket companies in the United States are organized in this article, but to see a worldwide list, see List of supermarket chains. This is a list of supermarket companies in the United States and the names of supermarkets which are owned or franchised by these companies. For supermarkets worldwide, see List of supermarket chains.