10 Morris County A and P Stores Laying Off 853 Employees on Thanksgiving

More than 850 employees at 10 grocery stores in Morris County will be relieved of their duties on November 26 this year - Thanksgiving Day - according to WARN notices filed by the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, last week.

The Bergen County-based supermarket chain, Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, announced earlier this year it would befiling 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.

The following stores, their locations, and number of layoffs is as follows:

A&P:

• Boonton Township, 99 employees
• Denville, 111 employees
• Ledgewood, 13 employees
• Mt. Olive, 88 employees
• Oak Ridge, 98 employees
• Randolph, 87 employees

Pathmark:

• Kinnelon, 108 employees
• Lake Hopatcong, 86 employees
• Landing, 79 employees
• Parsippany, 84 employees

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 arescheduled 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.

A spokesperson for the company declined to comment.