Welcome to The Market Report's 10th year!
Happy 2026 (a little late, but we were busy with visiting stores), and welcome to The Market Report's 10th year! I started photographing supermarkets back in May 2016, and started writing the blog in November 2016. So all year in 2026, we're going to celebrate with a new special feature every month!
This month... we're going back in time to remember A&P, which declared bankruptcy for the final time in the summer of 2015. I've worked very hard on this special feature and I hope you enjoy! Regular posting resumes Monday. Here's a preview of what's next.
The most iconic of supermarket chains, A&P, dates back to 1859 when George F. Gilman and George Huntington Hartford started a tea and spice business in New York City. After transitioning from its original mail-order business to retail tea and coffee stores and then to neighborhood grocers, A&P introduced their first supermarkets in the 1930s. As suburbs grew in the postwar era, A&P boomed, building stores coast to coast. The chain ultimately also grew internationally and domestically by acquiring other chains, and owned recognizable chains like Farmer Jack, Waldbaum's, and Pathmark. After shrinking to their core market of the northeastern US, A&P declared bankruptcy in 2010, then again in 2015, when the chain went under finally.
At the time of their 2015 bankruptcy, A&P also owned stores under the Food Basics, Food Emporium, Pathmark, SuperFresh, and Waldbaum's banners. 10 years after the chain's final bankruptcy, it's a great time to remember the stores. Read on to see where those stores are now, and to check out featured locations from each chain!
At the time of their 2015 bankruptcy, A&P also owned stores under the Food Basics, Food Emporium, Pathmark, SuperFresh, and Waldbaum's banners. 10 years after the chain's final bankruptcy, it's a great time to remember the stores. Read on to see where those stores are now, and to check out featured locations from each chain!
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