Continuing the celebration of The Market Report's 10th year! Each month of 2026, I'll be posting a different special feature to celebrate my 10th year of writing this blog. Last month, we took a look at my favorite posts of 2016-2020 , and in January, we investigated the history of A&P and its other brands . This month, let's spend some more time on the past with a look at some memorabilia today along with this week's historical photos and first memorabilia post . Today, in our final memorabilia post, we'll be looking at matchbooks ( which we've seen before ). These were all purchased at an antique store in downtown Gloucester, MA. The apostrophe has since been dropped from Gristedes. Elm Farm has an extensive ad for Bonded Meats inside this matchbook. Given that the antique store was in Gloucester, I wouldn't be surprised if these came from right in town. The Shaw's in Gloucester was previously a Star Market... ...and I don't know if ...
Continuing the celebration of The Market Report's 10th year! Each month of 2026, I'll be posting a different special feature to celebrate my 10th year of writing this blog. Last month, we took a look at my favorite posts of 2016-2020 , and in January, we investigated the history of A&P and its other brands . This month, let's spend some more time on the past with a look at some memorabilia today along with yesterday's historical photos . Tomorrow is one more day of memorabilia! A&P This was a particularly exciting find at an antique store in Gloucester, MA. This tin was sold for $2.99 at A&P's 125th anniversary in 1984. Seeing this, it wasn't a hard decision to make this part of my own collection. The tin depicts a ca. 1912 A&P store, and I love the images around the tin. On the back, you get a look inside the store at that time. And here's some more information from the bottom of the tin. If you're interested in all things A&P, d...