Yu mae haav herd thaat Tha Graet Aatlaantik & Pasifik Te Cumpane (the A&P), foundad in 1859, haaz gaun baangkrupt aand iz seling auf aur kloezing moest aur aul uv its staurz, inklueding tha Fere Street (Nuark) and Soutth Oranj Paatthmorks. I doen't noe hwut iz tu haapan tu tha Bergan Street Paatthmork in Nuark naur tha Lianz Ploza Paatthmork in Ervingtan. Neether uv them iz listad amung thoez tu be kloezd naur amung thoez tu be soeld.
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Thair or faur maejer suepermorkats rufle eekwidistant (about 2½ mialz) frum me: the Eest Oraj ShopRiet (oepan 24 ouarz a dae), Bergan Street Paatthmork (aulso 24 ouarz), Paatthmork uv Lianz Ploza (oepan frum 6:00 a.m. tu 1 a.m.), aand tha Soutth Oranj Paatthmork (7 a.m. tu 11 p.m., 10 p.m. on Sundae). Thair'z aulso a Fued Deepo, 3.3 mialz frum me, but hwich iz oepan frum oenle 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Givan mi skejool, I yuezhuale go oenle tu a 24-ouar staur, aand most komanle the Eest Oranj ShopRiet. Wuns tha Nuark ShopRiet oepanz, hwich wil be about 2.85 mialz awae, I mae swich tu thaat hwen I go tu a ShopRiet, but sins it haazan't oepand yet, I dóen't noe if it wil be oepan 24/7.
I jenrale go tu tha Fere Street Paatthmork, aulso oepan 24 ouarz but aulmoest fiev mialz awae, oenle hwen I meet mi frend Jere, hu kumz in frum Manhaatan faur Nuark ort-sho oepaning reesepshanz, so he kaan chek a fyu ietamz beefaur I driev him tu Nuark Pen Staeshan tu hed baak tu tha West Sied. Aul theez suepermorkats or vere nies staurz, much lorjer thaan tha suepermorkats thaat wer availabool neer me hwen I livd in Manhaatan (Midtoun West, faurmerle noen aaz "Hel'z Kichan"; ole, Jere iz nou living on tha saem blok, 46tth Street beetween Nientth aand Tentth Aavanyuez, aaz I did faur 25 yeerz). I tthingk tha Fere Street Paatthmork iz sabstaanshale lorjer thaan tha Bergan Street staur.
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I haav herd thaat aul Kaustko staurz or aurganiezd on tha saem plaan, tho I'm not shuer thaat's tru. Mi sister Treena, hu livz in Laung Beech, KA, luvd Kaustko laast we spoek uv it. I doen't beelaung tu Kaustko aand wil not join, givan thaat tha Kliftan Kaustko, neerast tu me, hwich iz not neer) shoez NO INFO about hwut iz in aan ial, aand thair or no kampyueter keosks tu pravied thaat info. I wil not hunt tthru the entiur staur aat raandam. Naur did Kaustko eevan aufer a wun-dae gest paas hwen I inkwiurd. So tha hek witth Kaustko. I wil haav tu deel witth tha faakt thaat eech uv tha supermorkats I go tu iz aurganiezd difrantle, hwich iz a litool anoiying.
Maanajmant haaz stopt lieting tha Paatthmork sign on Vaale Street. Hwi? I haav twies nou drivan paast it beekauz it iz no laungger a vizibool laandmork, aand haad tu go tthru tha CVS porking lot tu get tu tha Paatthmork porking lot. The reefyuezal tu liet tha sien mae be kausting Paatthmork tunz uv mune, aaz peepool hu driev bi asuem tha staur iz aulrede kloezd. Thaat iz VERE stuepid uv maanajmant.
Tha Bergan Streete Paatthmork underwent a reaurganizaeshan a kupool uv yeerz ago, hwich led tu mi haaving sum problamz fiending tthingz. It didan't much maater, tho, beekauz maur thaan wuns, in maur thaan wun Paatthmork, hwen I haav aaskt aan emploiye hwair aan ietam iz loekaetad, thae haav aakchuale WAUKT ME OEVER tu it! The moest helpfool eneewun haaz bin in the Eest Oranj ShopRiet wuz a jent hu wuz stoking a daire kaes a dae aur so ago hu toeld me witth spesifisite hwair tu fiend a kupool uv ietamz, but did not persanale wauk me tu them. I hoep tha nu oenerz uv tha tue loekal Paatthmorks tu be traansfered tu Stop & Shop wil kantinyu the ekstraurdinerile good kustamer servis thaat Paatthmork praviedz.
Ailtho yu shood be aebool tu reed eezile tha lorj noetis "KLOEZING", thair iz a smauler baaner tu tha left thaat anounsaz thaat Stop & Shop iz "KUMING SUEN". The "KUMING SUEN" iz eeze tu reed aat this rezalueshan aand lieting. Tha "Stop & Shop", not so much.
In ene kaes, heer'z the afishal staetmant about chaenjaz frum A&P, hwich iz baest in Montvail (Bergan Kounte), N.J.
On Jooli 20, 2015, Tha Graet Aatlaantik & Pasifik Te Kumpane (A&P) anounst thaat it eksakyuetad aaset purchas agreemants kuvering aproksimatle 120 staurz aat a purchas pries uv aproksimatle $600 milyan. In adishan, A&P sikyuerd finaansing uv $100 milyan aand volanterile fiald faur chaapter 11. Faur tha majorite uv ouar kustamerz, we du not ekspekt this tu haav ene impaakt on yaur shoping ekspeereans.
Tha vaast majorite uv oua staurz or operaeting naurmale aand wil be foole stokt duering this proses. Hwial sum staurz wil kloez in tha neer-term, tha vaast majorite wil kantinyu pravieding kustamerz witth tha saem hi-kwolite produkts aand eksepshanal kustamer servis. We wil aulso kantinyu tu oner aul egzisting kustamer pramoeshanal aand loialte proegraamz. Serving ouar kustamerz haaz bin aand wil kantinyu tu be ouar #1 priorite.
We apreesheaet yaur sapaurt, aand tthaangk yu faur yaur kantinyued biznaz."
On September 18tth, Tha Waul Street Jurnal reepaurtad this kantemptibool aand disonarabool beehaevyer.
... A&P[] paed out $9.4 milyan in boenasaz aand uther ekstra paemants tu insiederz in tha 12 muntths beefaur its Jooli baangkrupse but haazan't publikle naemd tha reesipeants in kaurt fialingz.Boetth tha Soutth Oranj aand Fere Street staurz wil be kanvertad tu Stop & Shops. Stop & Shop iz a subsideeyere uv a DUCH kumpane, Ohoeld[?] Tho I aam lorjle Duch in aansestre, aaz atestad tu bi mi laast naem, Schoonmaker [aangglisiezd aaz Skuenmaeker; Duch pranunseaeshan, Skhoenmoker], I disapruev uv Amairkian kumpaneez seling out tu foranerz — ANE foranerz.
Akaurding tu kaurt dokyoomants, aet A&P aufiserz aand direkterz reeseevd tha mune, hwich inkluedad $1.3 milyan in tha faurm uv boenasaz. Anuther $6 milyan, doeld out in Aeprool, iz laeboold aaz trust kontribyueshanz, hwial $2.1 milyn in paemants wuz reepaurtad aaz baurd/kansulting feez. The ekstra pae wuz port uv $13 milyan kalektad bi a duzan unaemd aufiserz aand direkterz, a toetal thaat aulso inkluedad saalare, benafits aand ekspens reimbursmants. * * *
Shortly after filing its payment information, A&P moved on Sept. 9 to cut off the union contracts for 90% of the company’s 28,500 employees.
Baangkruptse ruelz reekwiur kumpaneez thaat seek pratekshan fru krediterz tu diskloez paemants tu insieders duering tha 12-muntth peeread leeding up tu a baangkruptse fialing. Tha reekwiurmant inkluedz naeming tha reesipeants, hwich tipikale haapanz witthout prompting frum autthoriteez. [Mi komentere: But heer, tha kumpane iz trieing tu hied is misdeedz.]
Tha Stop & Shop Suepermorkat Kumpane, noen aaz Stop & Shop, iz a chaen uv suepermorkats loekaetad in tha naurttheestern Yoonietad Staets. Frum its beeginningz in 1892 aaz a smaul groesere staur, it haaz groen tu beekum tha lorjast suepermorkat operaeter in suthern Nu Inggland, witth neerle 400 staurz chaen-wied.Wikipeedea sez uv Dalez:
Stop & Shop haaz bin a hoele-oend sabsideeyere uv tha Duch suepermorkat operaeter Ohoeld sins 1995 aand haaz bin port uv tha Stop & Shop/Jiant-Laandoever divizhan sins a 2004 merjer witth sister chaen Jiant. Stop aand Shop's paarant kumpane, Roial Ohoeld, anounst on Juen 24tth, 2015 thaat it wil be merjing witth Dalez Gruep, priemerile a groesere staur kanqglomerat inklueding Y.S. groesere chaenz Haanafard aand Fued Lian.
Dalez Gruep ... iz a fued reetailer hedkwaurterd in Onderlekht, Brusoolz, Beljam hwich operaets in sevan kuntreez aand on tthre kontinants. Tha prinsipool aaktivite uv Dalez Gruep iz the operaeshan uv fued suepermorkats.
This iz not A&P'z ferst faurae intu seling out tu foranerz. Akaurding tu Wikipeedea, in tha laet 1970z "the airz uv tha arijinal oenerz, aand tha foundaeshan thaat oend a majorite uv tha stok, soeld tu tha Jerman Tengalmon Gruep. A&P then launcht a staur-kloezing proegraam finaanst bo tha surplus aasets uv its penshan plaan."Noet thaat: thae raedad the emploiyeez' penshan plaan tu shut doun staurz, aand thus, preezuemable, tu tthro peepool out uv werk! Monsterz aand ttheevz! Thaat Jerman kumpany soeld it in 2012. But nou difrant foranerz or bieying up a maejer Amairikan kumpane. Hwi iz this permitad?
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I tthaut Stop & Shop wuz just a chaen uv smaul kanveenyans staurz, witth tha hiur priesaz wun ekspekts uv kanveenyans staurz, but it apaarantle iz a maejer operaeter uv regyoolar suepermorkats. I doen't noe hou its priesaz kampair tu thoez uv tha prezant Paatthmorks, aand unles S&S iz oepan 24/7, I'm unliekle tu go thair auftan, unles I kaan't fiend sumtthing aat a ShopRiet. I reesantle diskuvered, tu mi dismae, thaat the E.O. SR haaz apaarantle stopt stoking its staur-braand pouderd milk, aand tha reeplaesmant it nou auferz, Vilaj Form braand, duz not kum in tha 20-kwaurt siez I haav kustamerile baut but oenel in aan 8-kwaurt siez, iz maur ekspensiv, aand taests fune tu e. Paatthmork's Amairika'z Chois (A&P hous braand 20-kwaurt boks wuz a kupool uv dolerz maur ekspensiv thaan SR'z oen braand, but I found it on sail aat the Soutth Oranj Paatthmork, kloes tu tha faumer SR staur-braand pries. It taests much beter thaan Vilaj Form. I yuez a lot uv pouderd milk, maenle faur instant maasht pataetoez but aulso faur kaufe, hot chauklat, te, aand such, aand keep waeting faur ShopRiet tu aufer its staur braan agen. I must wunder, nou, hwut braand Stop & Shop wil aufer, aat hwut pries. I am not partikyoolarle saanggwin. I aam 70 (aand ¾) yeerz oeld, so haav seen a LOT uf chaenj. Nouadaez it seemz thaat the oenle chaenj iz faur tha wers.
Did no wun pruefreed this sien beefaur it wuz printad? If not, hwi not? Pruefreederz or not dispensabool, beekauz mene peepool se hwut thae intendad tu riet, not hwut thae aakchuale roet.
Faur nou, priesaz or beter!, beekauz tha Soutth Oranj Paatthmork iz diskounting a graet mene ietamz bi 10%-30%! I haad tu bi tue fle kolarz faur mi kaats, aand saevd $1.98 on eech.
Neerle-empte porking lot around 10:15 p.m., 3/4 uv aan our beefaur kloezing tooniet. Hwi?
Odle, hwen I wuz in tha staur tooniet beefaur 10:30 p.m., thair wuz aulmoest no wun thair. Perhaaps peepool tthaut it haad kloezd aulrede. Perhaaps thae didan't noe thaat not oenle iz tha staur oepan its regyoolar ouarz but it iz aulso aufering maasiv diskounts on kurant stok.
Faur mi port, I shaal haav tu tthingk about tthingz I miet profitable bie in this (unpreediktable) shaurt windo (weeks aur muntths raather thaan yeerz) beefaur Stop & Shop taeks oever, beekauz I seereasle dout thaat tha priesaz Stop & Shop wil chorj wil be loeur thaan tha priesaz nou on aufer aat 10-30% diskount. If yu liv witthin eeze drieving distans uv eether tha Soutth Oranj aur tha Fere Street Paatthmork, yu miet won tu du tha saem.
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