Forgotten: A&P Grocery — Mistakes Were Made

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From 1915 through 1975, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) was the largest grocery retailer in the United States. Until 1965 A&P was the largest U.S. retailer of any kind. A&P was considered an American icon, that according to the Wall Street Journal, “was as well known as Mcdonalds or Google is today,” and was “the Walmart before Walmart.”…