Article

2015-06-21 Economy

One of America's biggest grocery chains is on the brink of death

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Fred 2015-06-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 It's time. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company has been doomed for years. They never could make the move from 1954 supermarket.

Posted by Shipman 2015-06-21 01:53|| 2015-06-21 01:53|| Front Page Top

#2 A&P meets S&H ... ah alas, there is no going home.

Posted by Lemuel and Company6787 2015-06-21 07:53|| 2015-06-21 07:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Ahhhhhhh Green Stamps. I remember as a kid filling the books every time Mom went to the store. Best thing I ever got was a real dart board with real darts. I was admonished about trying to stick one in my older sister.

Posted by AlanC 2015-06-21 08:43|| 2015-06-21 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Ahh - my own fond memories of pasting up Green Stamps for my Granny Jessie

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2015-06-21 09:18|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2015-06-21 09:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Growing up in rural Alabama it was a real treat to go to the Green Stamp Store. A welcome relief from staring at cows and corn fields all day.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-06-21 09:38|| 2015-06-21 09:38|| Front Page Top

#6 ...They've been dying for about 40 years now. Put 'em outta their misery.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-06-21 10:22|| 2015-06-21 10:22|| Front Page Top

#7 American's stop spending money in bad supermarket chain shock.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-06-21 10:42|| 2015-06-21 10:42|| Front Page Top

#8 A welcome relief from staring at cows and corn fields all day.

Got to be an Alabama joke hidden there somewhere, but I'm not going there.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-06-21 12:12|| 2015-06-21 12:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Aww, come on, Besoeker, I need a good laugh.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-06-21 13:02|| 2015-06-21 13:02|| Front Page Top

#10 @#5: Motto: "The First Listing On The Phonebook of States." (yeah, I stole it this morning.)

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-06-21 13:09|| 2015-06-21 13:09|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm so old.... my granma bought me my first rifle (Rem Nylon 66) with S&H Green Stamps IN MASSACHUSETTS.....

Posted by Mercutio 2015-06-21 14:36|| 2015-06-21 14:36|| Front Page Top

#12 profit margins among grocery stores is surprisingly low, and competition high

Posted by Frank G 2015-06-21 14:37|| 2015-06-21 14:37|| Front Page Top

#13 ...till the apparatchiks at the Dept of Agriculture get their hands on redistribution. Wonder which plutocrat has the money to buy that state controlled monopoly.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-06-21 14:47|| 2015-06-21 14:47|| Front Page Top

#14 I got a trading stamp as late as 2002, I think it was. In a grocery store on Molokai.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2015-06-21 19:36|| 2015-06-21 19:36|| Front Page Top

#15 ZOOOOOOMG, A & P is still around???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-06-21 19:49|| 2015-06-21 19:49|| Front Page Top

#16 ZOOOOOOMG, A & P is still around???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-06-21 19:49|| 2015-06-21 19:49|| Front Page Top

23:28 Skidmark
23:27 Skidmark
22:48 JosephMendiola
22:45 packed lunch
22:35 JosephMendiola
22:31 OldSpook
22:29 OldSpook
22:27 OldSpook
22:26 OldSpook
22:23 OldSpook
22:21 OldSpook
22:11 James
22:07 James
21:59 JosephMendiola
21:47 Secret Master
20:08 Blossom Unains5562
20:05 JosephMendiola
20:04 JosephMendiola
19:58 JosephMendiola
19:49 JosephMendiola
19:49 JosephMendiola
19:47 JosephMendiola
19:36 Angie Schultz
19:21 Punky Panda5331