A&P is celebrating the BIG 160 this year! We're celebrating with some interesting facts about A&P.
Normal postings will resume on the 21st
A&P was the largest grocer in America from 1915-1975.
Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi shopped at the Little Silver and Middletown A&P's.
A&P was the first nation-wide grocer in America.
A&P was the oldest grocer in America, being founded in 1859.
A&P created the Woman's Day magazine.
Dan Croce, Acme Markets president, was a bagger at the A&P.
John Updike wrote a short story about the A&P.
A&P was the world's largest retailer in 1930.
A&P was originally named The Great American Tea Company (Not The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company)
Oprah worked at the Fort Lee A&P.
A&P was renamed The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company just after the Civil War, when the Confederacy was dissolved.
In the 1880's, A&P opened a store every three weeks.
Gallagher purchased watermelons at the Butler, NJ A&P.
A&P opened its first Canadian store in 1927.
John Travolta worked at an A&P in Englewood, New Jersey.
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