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A&P Canada Company was a Canadian supermarket company that operated from 1927 until 2009, when its stores were rebranded under the Metro name by Metro Inc.
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Partners George F. Gilman and George Huntington Hartford open a store-warehouse operation in downtown Manhattan.
Company adds coffee to its offerings. George Huntington Hartford later gives the brand a name, Eight O'Clock Coffee.
Company, now with 11 stores, renames itself the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., in honor of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Great American Tea Co. name is retained for mail order and wagon routes.
At the company's Vescey Street store in New York, a chemist creates baking powder on-site, marking A&P's entry into the manufacturing business.
John Augustine Hartford, another son of George Huntington Hartford, joins the company at age 16 as a clerk.
Annual sales of $5.6 million; nearly 200 stores. Sales growthsparked in part by premium items — such as china and glassware — available through coupons accrued by shopping.
Corporate headquarters moves from lower Manhattan to Jersey City, N.J.; annual sales of $15 million in more than 70 stores.
John Hartford opens the first A&P Economy Store in Jersey City, N.J. Offering a plain selection of groceries at sharp prices, but no premium items or extras like delivery and credit, the store is a huge success and triggers a massive rollout.
Founder George Huntington Hartford dies; his will stipulates that sons George L. Hartford (as board chairman, right) and John Hartford (as president, left) were to have administrative control of A&P until their deaths.
A&P's coffee division, the American Coffee Corp., becomes a wholly owned subsidiary. A&P becomes the world's largest coffee retailer by 1929, with 90% of its sales coming from its own products.
In 2005, A&P sold its 237-store Canadian division (consisting of A&P, Dominion, Ultra Food and Drug stores, as well as the Canadian Food Basics units) to Montreal-based Metro Inc. for Can$1.7 billion in cash plus shares of Metro.
Apr 6, 2009 · As of 2006, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company’s 15,000 stores had dwindled to just over 400, operating under the A&P, A&P Super Foodmart, Waldbaum’s, Food Emporium, Super Fresh, Farmer Jack, Sav-A-Center and Food Basics names.
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Jul 20, 2015 · Grocery store operator A&P is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to sell off stores as it faces increasingly tough competition.
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Oct 22, 2023 · An iconic name in grocery retailers is now unrecognizable to anyone who grew up in the last 20 years - here's why A&P grocery stores disappeared off the map.
