Kinnelon Pathmark Laying Off 108 Employees on Thanksgiving

More than 100 employees in at a local grocery store in Kinnelon 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, Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, 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, 108 employees from the Kinnelon Pathmark 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 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.