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59-410: (Redirected from Shop Rite ) Shoprite , ShopRite , Shop Rite or Shop-Rite may refer to: ShopRite , the retailers' cooperative (co-op) chain of supermarkets in the northeastern United States Shop-Rite (Canada) , a Canadian catalogue store that operated from the 1970s to 1982 Shoprite (Isle of Man) , former Manx food retailer that once traded in

118-598: A Super Fresh store opened in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia in place of a planned Pathmark, reflecting the parent company's diminished faith in the Pathmark banner. In August 2012, an employee of the Old Bridge, New Jersey Pathmark opened fire on his coworkers with an assault rifle while working an overnight shift. Two employees were killed before he took his own life. On July 26, 2013,

177-649: A White Plains retailer that operated the Howland's and Steinbach department stores in 1967. It also acquired the New Jersey–based Rickel home centers in 1968 and Hochschild Kohn stores of the Baltimore area in 1969. In 1968, Supermarkets General left the Wakefern cooperative, renaming its ShopRite stores Pathmark. Pathmark's stores included not only supermarkets (33 of which had a drug department with

236-927: A chain of supermarkets throughout the northeastern United States . The chain was founded by Supermarkets General, which previously operated ShopRite stores as a member of the Wakefern cooperative and chose to go into business for itself as a direct competitor. The company would eventually take the Pathmark name and would later be purchased by competing supermarket chain A&;P in 2007. Before its initial closure, Pathmark previously operated stores in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. In 2007, Supermarket News ranked Pathmark No. 31 in its annual "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on Pathmark's 2006 estimated sales of $ 4.1 billion (~$ 5.96 billion in 2023). Based on 2005 revenue, Pathmark

295-406: A greater emphasis on fresh and organic foods, upscale specialty items and extensive prepared-foods offerings than regular ShopRite stores, giving Wakefern and its members a format that can work in smaller urban locations. Wakefern executives were also quoted in the press as saying that as several The Fresh Grocer stores are located near college campuses, the chain would give Wakefern "new insight into

354-611: A joint venture with the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation to bring a community grocery store to the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn. It proved to be one of the company's most successful stores. Perlmutter died in 1978 and was succeeded by Louis Lowenstein as chief executive officer of Supermarkets General. After about a year, Lowenstein was removed and replaced by vice chairman Herb Brody in 1979. In February 1982, Leonard Lieberman

413-681: A particular region, valid for all area ShopRites, however some stores choose to put special items on sale based on stock. The Price Plus Card also tracks purchases and use of rewards. In 1996, ShopRite launched its own line (with Dietz & Watson ) of deli meats, cheeses and complements with its private label, Black Bear of the Black Forest, to compete against the expansion of Boar's Head in competitor's supermarkets. In 2011, over 15 million pounds of Black Bear slicing meats and cheeses were sold at ShopRite. Since 1999, ShopRite has offered an online grocery shopping service at select stores, under

472-456: A pharmacy) but 11 freestanding drugstores and 11 gasoline stations. Pathmark's 81 supermarkets were accounting for about 85 percent of Supermarkets General's sales and 80 percent of its earnings in 1969. The number of Pathmark supermarkets had reached 91 in October 1971, with 38 others either a gas station or a drugstore. In May 1972, many Pathmark locations began operating 24 hours a day. It

531-473: A very small ShopRite Garden Center on Route 130 in East Windsor, New Jersey . In 2004, with the construction of a massive Home Depot directly adjacent to the small store, a decision was made to close the store and Foodarama moved its garden center operations into a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m ) former Frank's Nursery & Crafts store. The store had operated as a Franks location for four years before

590-651: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages ShopRite Based in Keasbey, New Jersey , ShopRite consists of 50 individually owned and operated affiliates with over 300 stores, all under its corporate and distribution arm, Wakefern Food Corporation . Wakefern itself owns and operates 28 of the locations through subsidiary ShopRite Supermarkets. Several Wakefern members own and operate single ShopRite stores, while most own multiple locations. The average Wakefern member operates six stores. The Saker family owns and operates

649-607: Is held in January. Until the early 1990s, the sale was held in the second and third weeks of January but expanded to the entire month. Animated commercials for this promotion feature a chorus line of cancan dancers and a French artiste , though the style changed on several occasions over the years. In 2002, ShopRite expanded that sale to twice a year when they introduced the Summer Can-Can Sale, held in July. In 2018,

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708-705: The Hartford area in Connecticut , extending as far north as Hudson, New York. While New Jersey is home to the most ShopRite stores, the chain also has a strong presence in the New York City suburbs, and in Pennsylvania (mostly in the Philadelphia area). In 2010, ShopRite expanded its presence in Connecticut through the purchase of 11 former Shaw's stores. In 2011–2013, ShopRite returned to

767-672: The Wall Street Journal reported that A&P was seeking to sell the company after emerging from bankruptcy in 2012. On July 19, 2015, A&P filed for Chapter 11 protection for the second time in less than five years. The company announced that 25 stores would be closed immediately, including 16 Pathmark locations. Other locations were sold. By November 25, 2015, all Pathmark stores were either closed or sold to other chains such as Acme Markets , Stop & Shop , Key Food , ShopRite , and other competitors. In 2016, Allegiance Retail Services LLC bought up several stores and

826-619: The "Super Drug" banner in Connecticut. Pathmark's two remaining Connecticut supermarkets, in Bridgeport and Norwalk, were closed in September 1998, signaling Pathmark's exit from New England. In February 1996, Pathmark announced a restructuring of the company that split its two operating divisions into five marketing regions covering 30 stores each: New York City and Connecticut, Long Island, northern New Jersey, central New Jersey and

885-670: The 141 Pathmarks. Approximately 150 organic and natural products were included in the partnership, among them: Italian sodas, balsamic vinegar , organic fruit spreads, and flatbread crackers. In March 2007, Pathmark's competitor A&P bought it for $ 678.6 million. Conditions for the acquisition included the sale of five Waldbaum's locations and one Pathmark store. Pathmark and A&P remained separate banners. Store level staff were not affected, while buying and back-office functions were consolidated. A&P sold off Pathmark's Carteret, New Jersey headquarters in June 2008. The merger

944-854: The Albany and Colonie locations. Plans for additional future store locations had not been announced in late 2010. In 2013, ShopRite was the only unionized supermarket in the area. In October 2023, ShopRite announced that it would be closing all five of its Capital Region, NY stores due to "underperforming sales", marking this the second time they exited the market. All five stores in the region closed on November 18, 2023. On July 20, 2015, competitor A&P filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced plans to close or sell off all of its stores. ShopRite acquired 13 supermarkets in A&;P's bankruptcy auction, including some that had been ShopRite locations before Supermarkets General (later acquired by A&P) broke off from

1003-567: The FTC did not allow Pathmark's acquisition plans, it filed for bankruptcy in July 2000, recovering a year later. In February 2001, Pathmark bought six Grand Union supermarkets after C&S bought the chain. In March 2002, Stop and Shop purchased 26 Big V Supermarkets, selling nine of them to Pathmark. In March 2005, Yucaipa Companies paid $ 150 million for a 40 percent stake in Pathmark. In February 2007, Pathmark partnered with Wild Oats Markets by adding Wild Oats-brand private label goods to

1062-949: The Greater Philadelphia area. In March, chief executive Jack Futterman left the company and president Anthony Cuti quit in April. Pathmark appointed James Donald, formerly with Safeway and Walmart, as its chief executive and chairman that October. By January, he had the company cut about a third of its executives. In late 1996, Pathmark introduced Chef's Creations To Go, fresh, prepackaged meals for takeout, offering choice entrees and side dishes in microwavable containers. After five years, construction began in August 1997 on Pathmark's controversial $ 14.5 million (~$ 25.6 million in 2023) supermarket on 125th Street in Manhattan's East Harlem. This 53,000-square-foot (4,900 m ) unit

1121-832: The New York Capital District after exiting the market 23 years earlier. The SRS operating division opened stores in Niskayuna , Albany, Slingerlands , Colonie and North Greenbush . The Albany store opened on April 26, 2012; the Slingerlands store opened on September 30, 2012; and the Colonie store opened on April 7, 2013. The most recent addition was the North Greenbush location, which opened in December 2017. ShopRite currently has gas stations at

1180-440: The New York area. Many Pathmark units had become "unkempt, dirty, and outmoded" stocked with "scores of the dreary no-frills offerings customers have shunned for years." Merrill Lynch fired Chief Executive Kenneth Peskin, replacing him with Jack Futterman. In November 1989, Robert E. Wunderle, the company's chief economist and vice president of public affairs, was found shot to death in a Rockaway drainage ditch. Police theorized it

1239-478: The Northeast. The website, focused on electronics, bulk-order baby-care, specialty foods, and health and beauty, has been well received, and has shipped orders to customers in all 50 states. In April 2021, the concept of ShopRiteDelivers was discontinued, with the site now only selling ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer gift cards. Wakefern acquired the trademarks of this supermarket chain, which operates primarily in

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1298-578: The Philadelphia area when its former owner, Pat Burns, joined the cooperative as its 50th member in August 2013. At the time, the chain had eight stores: five in Philadelphia, one in suburban Upper Darby, one in Wilmington, Delaware, and one in New Brunswick, N.J. The Upper Darby store became a ShopRite, and the New Brunswick and Southwest Philadelphia stores have since closed. The Fresh Grocer stores are smaller than modern ShopRite stores and place

1357-741: The Price Rite banner would be made available to all of those members, so they can open and operate their own outlets. The North Jersey locations, in Garfield and Paterson , are operated by Inserra Supermarkets, while the South Jersey location, in Camden , operated by the Ravitz Family closed in 2021. The Price Rite name was first used in the early 1990s on Wakefern's failed warehouse club concept stores. For many years, Foodarama operated

1416-655: The Summer Can-Can Sale was discontinued, replaced with the "Can It Get Any Hotter?" sale, which itself was discontinued in 2023. In 1989, ShopRite introduced the Price Plus Club Card , which eventually merged with the Check Cashing Card (for those that use it for that purpose as well); it is free of charge to acquire. Having a Price Plus Card enables shoppers to receive special weekly discounts, listed in circulars mailed with local newspapers. Most sales are chain-wide regardless of owner but sometimes in

1475-660: The United Kingdom Shoprite (South Africa) , the South African food distributor Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shoprite . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shoprite&oldid=1236863882 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1534-478: The banner's fortunes. A&P filed for bankruptcy and sold or liquidated its stores in 2015, including approximately 150 Pathmark stores. Wakefern and its cooperative members acquired nine Pathmark locations along with several other former A&P banners with the intention of opening ShopRite, Price Rite and The Fresh Grocer locations. In 1971, ShopRite introduced their Can-Can Sale, where canned goods (and eventually other products) were placed on steep discounts, and

1593-420: The blighted area east of Crotona Park . In fiscal year 1997 (ending February 1, 1997), the parent company had a net loss of $ 20 million on sales of $ 3.71 billion. This included a charge the company took for the upcoming sale of 12 unprofitable Pathmark stores, mostly in southern New Jersey. Pathmark's supermarket sales came to all but $ 9 million of the corporate total. Same-store sales decreased 2.8 percent from

1652-516: The company closed seven stores in Pennsylvania after union workers rejected a proposal to cut employee salaries. By 1995, there were 27 Pathmark 2000 stores in operation. In August 1995, Pathmark launched Chef's Creations, which offered a menu of entrees, side dishes, and salads, made daily by a team of chefs. Pathmark was named 1995 "Pharmacy Chain of the Year" by the magazine Drug Topics ,

1711-465: The company operated 104 Pathmark stores. By this time, Pathmark's profit margins had slipped to as low as 0.18 percent. In 1977, after relative stagnation , Pathmark opened its first 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) Super Center in Jericho on Long Island. These larger, discount grocery stores also offered health and beauty products, small appliances, and videotape rentals. Also in 1977, Pathmark started

1770-543: The company sold 25 of its Heartland and Pharmacity drug stores in New Hampshire and Massachusetts to the Melville Corporation , which operated CVS at the time. Although corporate sales reached $ 6 billion (~$ 12.8 billion in 2023) in fiscal 1989 (which ended January 28, 1989), the 51-unit Rickel subsidiary was performing poorly, while Pathmark, now with 142 stores, had slipped to third place in

1829-513: The company was liquidated, and the large building combined 23,000 sq ft (2,100 m ) of interior selling space with 32,000 sq ft (3,000 m ) of covered outside selling area, for a total of 55,000 sq ft (5,100 m ). The ShopRite Garden Center closed in 2008. In December 2013, Wakefern launched the ShopRiteDelivers.com website to expand their digital footprint outside of their traditional markets in

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1888-567: The company's commercials from 2001 until 2009. After A&P filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015, Pathmark's remaining stores were liquidated and closed. In 2016, Allegiance Retail Services purchased the Pathmark name and all intellectual property with the intention of reviving the well-known brand. The brand's first new location opened in Brooklyn, New York on April 12, 2019. The company has stated that they will see how this first location performs before opening additional locations. Pathmark

1947-605: The concept was tested in the two Northern New Jersey stores, A&P announced the conversion of 16 Pathmark Super Centers, plus eight of the 13 Philadelphia-area A&P Super Fresh stores to the Pathmark Sav-A-Center banner. A&P eventually rolled out the Sav-A-Center branding to Pathmark's website and circulars. In 2009, several changes were made to Pathmark. In July, the Randolph, New Jersey store

2006-647: The cooperative. On January 26, 2021, ShopRite announced that it would close 62 pharmacies in its stores. Wakefern also manages its wholly owned subsidiary, Price Rite , which is a limited-assortment chain of stores found only in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Rhode Island. As of April 2018, there are currently 66 Price Rite stores; 63 of those are owned outright by Wakefern. The Price Rite stores in New Jersey are operated individually by Wakefern's cooperative members; in 2014, Wakefern announced that

2065-406: The deal, which was used towards its $ 1.47 billion debt. In March 1999, Royal Ahold , a Dutch supermarket company which operated Edwards stores in the New York area, agreed to a $ 1.75 billion deal to acquire Pathmark. Under the terms of the deal, Edwards Super Food Stores would become Pathmark stores. The sale was abandoned after the FTC rejected Ahold's offer to divest overlapping stores, saying

2124-632: The first time a supermarket had won the award. Of Pathmark's 142 supermarkets, all had pharmacies except six found in shopping centers. Prescriptions accounted for nearly 7% of Pathmark's sales volume in 1994. In May 1995, Purity Supreme supermarkets and its Li'l Peach convenience stores were sold to Stop and Shop. In June, Pathmark reduced its pharmacy operations, selling 30 of its 36 freestanding drugstores to Rite Aid Corp. for $ 60 million (~$ 110 million in 2023) in order to concentrate on its in-store pharmacies. In December, Pathmark announced it would be closing its six remaining drugstores operating under

2183-474: The grocers try cooperative buying. Seven of the grocers agreed, paying $ 1,000 each to launch Wakefern Food Corp., which was incorporated on December 5, 1946. In 1951 The company reincorporated in New Jersey using the trademark name ShopRite in an effort to consolidate the marketing of involved stores under one name. In 1958, ShopRite cut prices by 10% as an alternative to giving away trading stamps , which other supermarkets in New Jersey were doing. The move

2242-483: The late 1970s, the volume lost from Supermarkets General's departure was restored. For many years, ShopRite and Pathmark were extremely competitive on price in the New York Metro area, and each one had its loyal customer base. A highly leveraged management buy-out in the late 1980s left Pathmark saddled with too much debt, and the supermarket chain had no cash to fix up its stores, or invest in lower prices. At

2301-524: The most ShopRite stores in the cooperative (40) throughout Monmouth, Ocean, and Mercer counties in New Jersey. ShopRite has been the largest food retailer in New Jersey for close to 70 years and is also number one in the entire New York metropolitan area . Since 2011, ShopRite is also the largest retailer of food in Greater Philadelphia , pushing long-dominant Acme Markets to second place and, in 2013, to third place. As of 2011 , Wakefern

2360-632: The next generation of consumers" and enable it to reach new customers. ShopRite is the title sponsor for the ShopRite LPGA Classic . Pathmark Pathmark is a supermarket brand owned by Allegiance Retail Services, a retailers’ cooperative based in Iselin, New Jersey , USA. Pathmark currently has one location in East Flatbush, Brooklyn , New York, which it has operated since 2019. From 1968 until 2015, Pathmark operated

2419-462: The offer would "not preserve competition" in the New York area. Ahold ultimately cancelled the deal and later announced that it would rebrand Edwards stores as Stop & Shop. In September 1999, the company started selling prepackaged veal, lamb and pork products instead of fresh cut meat. In November, Pathmark opened its first, smaller community store in the Kew Gardens of Queens. Because

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2478-555: The outside (including the shopping carts and cart corrals ), although the stores themselves have a similar layout. ShopRite stores that were previously other stores usually contain elements of the previous occupants. As large corporations buy up stores, recent years have brought a homogenization in building design and store layout. As of 2024 , ShopRite's base stretches northeast from the Washington metropolitan area in Maryland to

2537-943: The previous fiscal year, primarily due to heavy competition. In October 1997, Pathmark announced that C&S Wholesale Grocers of Brattleboro, Vermont would take over its Woodbridge, New Jersey distribution facilities and become the chain's supplier for almost all groceries and perishables. The facilities also included a frozen food distribution facility in Dayton, New Jersey , a complex for dry groceries in New Brunswick, New Jersey , and one for general merchandise in Edison, New Jersey . It had processing facilities for delicatessen products in Somerset, New Jersey and for banana ripening in Avenel, New Jersey . Pathmark received $ 50 million from

2596-533: The product of the era in which they were opened, and the owner's style. For example, the ShopRite of West Caldwell, New Jersey , owned by Sunrise ShopRite, has a Japanese motif inside and outside of the store (including rickshaws, an exit sign reading " Sayonara " and two Japanese-style phone booths ). The RoNetco family of stores ( Netcong , Byram , Newton , Franklin , Sparta , Flanders , Mansfield , Sussex , and Succasunna, New Jersey ) have different looks on

2655-427: The same time, ShopRite stores were being replaced and rebuilt, stealing market share away from Pathmark. On November 23, 2000, Big V Supermarkets, which operated 39 ShopRite stores in New Jersey and New York, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced that several ShopRite stores would close. The Pathmark chain was sold to A&P in 2007. A&P ran Pathmark as a division, but was unsuccessful in turning around

2714-476: The service name Order. Pickup. Deliver. (formerly ShopRite from Home until April 2022.) For an additional fee, customers can place an order for pickup or delivery through the ShopRite website or mobile app, ShopRite employees then fulfill a customer's shopping order at a local ShopRite with options for curbside pickup. As a result of the cooperative system, there is no set format for building architecture, store layout, or color scheme of storefronts. Most stores are

2773-685: Was a mob hit related to Wunderle's role with union negotiations, but the case was never solved. By 1991, Pathmark had 146 supermarkets and 32 drugstores. In April, Supermarkets General announced it would be spending $ 385 million over the next three years to expand its Pathmark supermarket division. In July, Purity Supreme was sold off. The company introduced its new concept, Pathmark 2000, in 1992. These stores were up to 64,000 square feet and included produce, seafood, baked goods, flowers, health and beauty products, video rentals, film processing, and UPS delivery; and restrooms with tables for changing diapers. In March 1993, Supermarkets General announced it

2832-613: Was able to be reached after a 26-day strike. In July the company announced the acquisition of Purity Supreme , including 28 supermarkets and 14 Heartland warehouse stores. The chain was still No. 1 in the New York metropolitan area in 1985, with a 12.5 percent sales share. In order to foil a takeover bid by Dart Group Corp., Supermarkets General agreed to be acquired by Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Inc. and its own senior managers for $ 1.58 billion in April 1987. Pathmark president Kenneth Peskin replaced Leonard Lieberman as chairman and chief executive officer. To help pay down related debt,

2891-557: Was approved on December 3, with the sale completed that month. In spring 2008, Pathmark introduced a "price impact" store concept, under the Pathmark Sav-A-Center brand. This format was introduced to remodeled stores in Irvington and South Edison, New Jersey . The Sav-A-Center name had been used for A&P stores in the 1980s, and for an A&P-owned chain of stores in the New Orleans area which were sold in 2007. After

2950-738: Was closed. A former A&P in nearby South Plainfield opened as a Pathmark Sav-A-Center. The North Plainfield Pathmark also closed as part of this store consolidation. Meanwhile, A&P was updating its former Super Center branding by retrofitting older stores with new interior decor to comply with its Sav-A-Center branding. In August 2010, A&P announced it would close 25 stores, including nine Pathmark locations in New Jersey. On December 12, 2010, A&P filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing assets of $ 2.5 billion and debts totaling $ 3.2 billion. The company emerged from bankruptcy protection on March 13, 2012, making its six supermarket divisions, including Pathmark, private. In August 2011,

3009-1232: Was formed out of the Wakefern Food Corporation , parent company of ShopRite , Wakefern was both a wholesale operation and a retail operation; among its members was a subgroup, Supermarkets Operating Co., in Union, New Jersey , formed in 1956 by Alex Aidekman, Herb Brody, and Milt Perlmutter. This company operated ShopRite stores; in 1963 it branched into non-food retail by acquiring Crown Drugs. In 1966, Supermarkets Operating Co. and General Super Markets (another subgroup within Wakefern) merged to become Supermarkets General Corporation, with Perlmutter as president. At this time, Supermarkets General operated 75 ShopRite stores across Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, with annual sales of about $ 420 million (~$ 3.01 billion in 2023). Supermarkets General achieved high volume by opening large stores in densely populated areas and keeping prices low on both nationally branded-goods and private-label items. In an attempt to diversify, Supermarkets General bought Genung's Inc.,

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3068-592: Was named president and chief operating officer of the Supermarkets General Corporation and Herbert Brody became vice chairman and chief executive officer. That month, the company agreed to acquire Pantry Pride , which operated 150 supermarkets in Florida, Georgia, and Virginia. However, the deal fell through by April when shareholders sued to stop the sale. Pathmark sales reached $ 2.8 billion (~$ 7.48 billion in 2023) in 1982, when it

3127-732: Was planning to take the company public, though this was later cancelled. It also spun off Rickel Home Centers and sold it a year later. It also split off its distribution and transportation business. That October, in a corporate reorganization, Supermarkets General Corp., a subsidiary of Supermarkets General Holdings Corp., changed its name to Pathmark Stores, Inc. In 1994, Pathmark added to its private-label products, introducing Pathmark Preferred, an upscale line to match its mid-tier Pathmark and generic No Frills brands. Pathmark's over 3,300 private-label items were accounting for about 24 percent of its sales. On April 30, 1994, Pathmark opened its third Super Drug discount store in Connecticut. In November,

3186-551: Was ranked 17th by sales among all supermarket operators in the United States. In a 2022 survey by Newsweek, ShopRite was named the "Most Trusted Grocery Retailer" in the Northeast. ShopRite originated in 1946, when a Del Monte Foods sales representative talked to independent grocers in Newark , New Jersey . The grocers were having problems getting reasonable prices for wholesale goods. The Del Monte representative suggested

3245-459: Was successful, drawing customers and helping create more ShopRite stores. By 1961, ShopRite had 70 members, totaling $ 100 million in annual sales. One large member, Supermarkets General, pulled out of Wakefern in the late 1960s, halving the number of stores. The Supermarkets General stores became Pathmark in 1968. The surviving Wakefern members increased their efforts, adopting the management tenet of "one member, one vote," and actively expanded. By

3304-437: Was the 67th largest retailer in the United States. Pathmark was well known for its radio and television commercials starring character actor James Karen , who was the chain's spokesperson for more than 20 years. Pathmark's original spokesperson was Arlene Francis , who appeared in its commercials beginning almost immediately after Pathmark left the ShopRite cooperative. Peter "Produce Pete" Napolitano had starred in many of

3363-400: Was the first New York-area supermarket chain to have stores with overnight hours. By February 1973, 90 of the company's 99 stores were open around the clock. That year, Pathmark instituted a price freeze on hundreds of products to help combat rising costs. In September 1974, Pathmark introduced the use of computer scanners at checkout counters in its Middlesex Mall location. At this time,

3422-488: Was the largest supermarket in Harlem , and had been bitterly opposed by owners of neighborhood convenience stores . This Pathmark was expected to generate hundreds of construction jobs, and within the store, which would include a pharmacy and a Chase bank branch. It opened for business in April 1999. Pathmark was planning its biggest Bronx store in 1998: a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m ) unit on 10 acres (40,000 m ) in

3481-742: Was the nation's 10th-largest supermarket chain. In 1983, Pathmark opened its first Manhattan superstore, a 42,600-square-foot (3,960 m2) unit, in Pike Slip, near Chinatown . At this time over 100 Pathmark locations included pharmacy departments and 27 had Barnes & Noble bookstore departments. Pathmark continued to dominate Supermarkets General's sales and operating profits, accounting for 87% of sales and 83% of operating profit, respectively. In January 1984, 7,000 butchers and delicatessen clerks at 336 Pathmark, ShopRite, Grand Union, and Foodtown supermarkets in New Jersey and New York voted to go on strike during contract negotiations. A tentative agreement

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