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A&P acquired the 79-store Farmer Jack chain in 1989 and used that name until the division was closed in 2007. In 2007, A&P acquired the 141-store Pathmark chain, and continued to operate most of them as such until 2015. For most of its history, A&P operated its stores under that name.
Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...
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]
Al's Auto Supply – Chain that operated in Washington, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Alaska; purchased by CSK Auto.Founded by Abe "Al" Wexler in Everett, Washington in the late 1950s; [1] [2] sold 15 store chain to Paccar in 1987; [3] Paccar sold chain (along with Grand Auto) in 1999 to CSK Auto which eventually rebranded stores as Schucks.
On September 22, 2015, the sale of 25 A&P stores to Stop & Shop and 70 A&P stores to competitor Acme Markets was approved by a judge in federal bankruptcy court. [18] Most of the stores purchased by Stop & Shop and Acme had been operating under the Pathmark or Waldbaum's banners (A&P had acquired Waldbaum's in 1986 and had bought Pathmark in 2007).
Dominion started from one Toronto store on May 23, 1919. The store was founded by American businessmen Robert Jackson of New Hampshire and William J. Pentland of Connecticut. [2] Pentland was manager of A&P stores in Connecticut and was hired by Jackson. By the end of 1919, they had a 20-store chain of which 18 were acquired from rival Loblaws.
Grand Union purchased the chain in 1978. [2] The North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia stores were sold to Harris Teeter in 1988, [3] while the Georgia stores were sold in 1992, with most of the Atlanta locations going to A&P. These stores were heavily remodeled, but eventually sold to Publix in 1999.
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