Millwood Among A&P Stores Sold in 2nd Auction

Supermarket News reports that A&P sold eight more stores in the second round of auctions last week.

That includes:

• The Millwood A&P to Ruben Luna, owner of Key Foods and C-Town
• The Hastings store to Shanghai Enterprises
• A real estate group called CW A&P Mamaroneck LLC bid successfully for the Mamaroneck store

There were another 72 stores in that round which went unsold. Some of them received bids that were under A&P’s limit, Supermarket News said. That leaves about 72 out of 300 stores still on the block.

Read the entire article on SupermarketNews.com.

A bulk sale of A&P stores to Acme and Stop & Shop occurred in September. Most could be operating under their new ownership by the end of October. For example, the Greenburgh store opened as ACME Oct. 11.

“On behalf of over 20,000 ACME associates, I invite you to visit your new local supermarket – ACME. ACME is a company that has been serving communities like yours for over 124 years,” ACME President Dan Croce wrote in an open letter. “We are excited to be part of your community and are committed to providing you with a great shopping experience. Our friendly and knowledgeable store associates are looking forward to providing you with superior customer service – and, I’m sure you will see some of the same familiar faces with a renewed spirit!”

Some of the other local stores that have changed hands so far: Key Food won the bidding for the store in Port Chester and the Food Emporium in Bedford. Best Yet Market picked up the Yonkers store. Stop & Shop bought the Mount Kisco store, A&P’s flagship.

A&P, which was founded in New York 156 years ago, fell on hard times in recent years, particularly after it acquired Pathmark in 2007.

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A&P and Pathmark had numerous locations, including Nanuet and Valley Cottage in Rockland County and Bedford, Brewster, Goldens Bridge, Mount Kisco, Port Chester, Yorktown Heights, Thornwood, Harrison, Millwood, Mahopac, Scarsdale, New Rochelle, Hastings-on-Hudson, Croton-on-Hudson, Mamaroneck, Greenburgh, Bronxville, Yonkers, Briarcliff Manor, Shrub Oak, Mohegan Lake and Peekskill in Putnam and Westchester counties.