A&P Bankruptcy Has Little Impact: Observers

MALVERN, PA—The A&P store location fire sale continues as ACME Markets says it has an agreement to acquire 76 A&P stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania under the A&P, Superfresh and Pathmark banners.  Separately, two industry observers say the A&P bankruptcy is unlikely to have much effect on the grocery retail sector.

“This is A&P’s second bankruptcy and it has not really be a viable player in the industry for 20-25 years,” David Livingston, president of DJL Research, a supermarket location research firm in Milwaukee, tells GlobeSt.com exclusively. “They’ve pretty much been forgotten, been considered and ineffectual competitor.”