Hopelawn Pathmark Store Laying Off 82 Employees on Thanksgiving

By TOM DAVIS (Patch Staff)

August 24, 2015

Eighty-two employees at the Pathmark grocery store in the Hopelawn section of Woodbridge will be released from their jobs on Nov. 26 – Thanksgiving Day – this year, according to WARN notices filed by the company last week.

The company is expected to lay off another 86 employees at its Avenel store.

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. Efforts to obtain comment from the company were unsuccessful.

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.