Mt. Olive A and P Laying Off 88 Employees on Thanksgiving

More than 140 employees in two A&P grocery stores surrounding Washington Township will be released from their jobs on Nov. 26 – Thanksgiving Day – this year, according to WARN notices filed by the company last week.

The Bergen County-based supermarket chain announced earlier this year it would be filing for bankruptcy. Many store locations were purchased by other companies, including ACME Markets, Inc., Ahold’s Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., and Key Food Stores Co-operative Inc.

A&P owns stores of the same name, Pathmark, Superfresh, and Waldbaums.

According to the WARN notice, filed with the Department of Labor, 88 employees from the Mt. Olive location will be let go.

A total of 8,662 employees across the state are expected to be let go on Nov. 26, the WARN notices showed.

According to the website apteanotice.com, designed to keep employees and consumers up to date on what’s happening with the company, 10 New Jersey locations are scheduled to close completely. They include:

• A&P (2101 Route 35, Holmdel, NJ)
• A&P (325 Highway 35 South, Cliffwood, NJ)
• Pathmark (115 Belmont Avenue, Belleville, NJ)
• Pathmark (85 Ackerman Avenue, Clifton, NJ)
• Pathmark (895 Paulison Avenue, Clifton, NJ)
• Pathmark (50 Racetrack Road & Route 18, East Brunswick, NJ)
• Pathmark (561 Route 1, Edison, NJ)
• Pathmark (651 North Stiles Street, Linden, NJ)
• Pathmark (1043 Route 9 North, Old Bridge, NJ)
• Pathmark (1256 Indian Head Road, Toms River, NJ)

To see the full list of New Jersey locations impacted by the layoffs, go here.

Request for comment was not immediately returned by the company.