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http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/021511_Montvale_based_AP_announces_more_store_closures.html
Montvale-based A&P announces more store closures
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Last updated: Tuesday February 15, 2011, 6:49 PM
BY KEVIN G. DEMARRAIS
The Record
STAFF WRITER
The struggling A&P supermarket chain, which closed 32 stores and filed for bankruptcy court protection last fall, informed its unions Tuesday that it will close another 32 “under-performing” stores in six states over the next two months, eliminating thousands of jobs.
Included is the Pathmark store in north Hackensack. Most of the other stores are in South and Central Jersey or New York.
The parent, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc., announced later Tuesday afternoon that it had filed a motion seeking approval to close the stores “as the company continues to fully implement its comprehensive financial and operational restructuring.”
“While this was a very difficult decision that will unfortunately impact some of our customers, partners, communities and employees, these actions are absolutely necessary as we work to strengthen A&P’s operating foundation and improve our performance,” said Sam Martin, chief executive officer, in a press release. “We will help our affected colleagues pursue other positions across the company should open positions be available.”
“I was very surprised, but not shocked,” said John Niccollai, president of Little Falls-based Local 464A of the United Food and Commercial Workers, the union representing many of the workers affected.
The Montvale-based chain operates under the Pathmark, Food Emporium, Food Basics and Waldbaum’s banners as well as the flagship A&P.
The targeted stores, including 14 Pathmarks, “are among the worst performers,” he said.
“Still, I would have thought that the last go-round may have been sufficient,” Niccollai said. He estimated that several thousand employees would be affected.
Representatives from his union and Clifton-based Local 1262, which represents most of the Pathmark workers, visited the affected stores on Tuesday to give details to their members.
Included, in addition to the Hackensack store, are Pathmarks in Gillette, Hillsborough, Livingston, Middletown, South Plainfield and Whippany and A&Ps in Flanders, Barnegat and Manville.
“As in the past, members in affected stores will have ‘bumping’ rights, which are based on seniority,” Local 1262 President Harvey Whille told his members in a message posted on the union’s website. That means workers at stores being closed could move to stores that will remain open, replacing workers with less seniority.
A&P made no official announcement of the cuts, and did not respond to a request for more information.
It filed for Chapter 11 protection on Dec. 12, two months after reporting a loss of $154 million in its most recent quarter, its eighth consecutive losing period and almost twice its loss in the same period a year earlier.
The filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, N.Y., listed assets of $2.5 billion and debt of $3.2 billion – much of it from the $1.48 billion purchase of Pathmark in 2007.
“I feel so badly for these people,” Niccollai said by telephone. “It has nothing to do with their personal skills. This is a company that over the decades has been mismanaged. But it’s the workers who are going to suffer.”
A&P, once the nation’s biggest supermarket chain with 15,900 stores from coast to coast, will be down to about 340 between Connecticut and Washington, D.C., after the latest closings.
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Another icon of my youth disappears! I worked as a cashier at this store in the late 1950s when it was an A&P. I was there during the 100th anniversary of A&P. It was a great job, the people were great and the company allowed me to work weekends while going to college. The union was strong then and I continued to get yearly raises even working just on Saturdays.
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you didnt work at this one. it wasnt there in the 50's. The one that is closing is at 450 Hackensack Ave, commonly known as the North Hackensack location. it was built behind where Two Guys was, after Bradlees took over part of the building.
the one on Rt. 17 is called the Hackensack store. that one isnt closing.
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The store and its Bank of America branch will close on April 15 (or so the teller told me today).
I'm guessing the pharmacy must have already closed, because they started taking its sign down as I was leaving.
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In 1963-64 I worked for NJ Bell and our line crew was wiring the original Two Guys as it was being built. The place impressed me in that it was so big I watched a carpenter hammering at one end while I was at the other and there was a delay before I heard the sound. A big space.
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And so the deathwatch begins..............
(click to enlarge)
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does anyone know if Hackensack passed the zoning overlay that they were considering for the NE part of town about two years ago. That was to allow residential mix with retail and office. A couple hundred units was approved next door, to replace Oritani motel. Just wondering if Vornado will tear this Pathmark store down and build a large condo building. Probably not, since their business plan appears to be mostly renting out retail space. Vornado used to own Two Guys many moons ago.
I'm wondering. It might be a great location for residential, because behind the Pathmark is Hackensack River County Park. All the balconies would have great views of the nature park.
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10 days 'til closing! Hurry in for thousands of bargains! (no checks allowed and the self-checkout machines no longer function, but Bank of America is sticking it out until the end)
Close examination of these photos indicates that you can still buy Coke and eggs..............mmmm! Sounds like breakfast!
To be fair, lots of aisles had stuff, but nothing says "slow death" better than photos of the two most barren aisles in the store.
Come on down and pay your respects. You have until April 15.
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Had to go to the bank, so I took one last walk around Pathmorgue.
1. You can buy nothing for a dollar
2. Can't Buy Me Love? Not at Pathmark
3. They still have meat (would you want it?)...........
4. ....but no bread to put it on
5. Need store freezers, slicers, and the kitchen sink?
gabid.com -> all auctions -> scroll down to Pathmark Hackensack -> click on Details, Photo Galleries -> BID until this Friday 4/15 at 11:00am
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Would have been a great location for Ol' Doc Quack to open a clinic.
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"Dr. Quack from North Hackensack"? That would require a change in title, lyrics, and songbooks - not to mention major hassles with ASCAP.
I hear he's deciding between the Circle Brake property, so he can be near the trolley yard and the black rhino OR Holy Trinity School, so he can nearer to Bruce Almighty.
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Contrary to reports you can buy love...it is hanging in the emotions aisle with no other choices available. The brave solitary shopper heading for the meat aisle has put her fate in sell by dates.
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The last day.
I thought it would be totally deserted, but there were more people there today than any of the other days I went. Maybe it just seemed that way because all the aisles were closed off and what little was left was put up front, so the masses were kinda corralled.
Lotta cart use. Some people appeared to buy a bunch of stuff, but I don't know what.............dust bunnies? Skeletal remains?
Doesn't matter now - it's history.
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..."Lotta cart use. Some people appeared to buy a bunch of stuff, but I don't know what.............dust bunnies? Skeletal remains?"
Carts? everyone should have their own family shopping cart... adiós Pathmark of North Hackensack
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everyone should have their own family shopping cart...
It appears that Sears has that franchise locally.
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Are there any plans for that huge space?
Maybe it's time to shed our Riverside Square false front and resurrect Frankie's Market or a Pine Brook Auction, Rt. 3 Drive In Flea Market type of shopping, haggling, eating and drinking beer experience at the former Pathmark before it becomes a giant size Starbucks or is divided into 25 Dunkin Donuts and a few banks ;D
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Maybe it's time to shed our Riverside Square false front and resurrect Frankie's Market or a Pine Brook Auction, Rt. 3 Drive In...
Hell, I'd settle for the old Hackensack Drive-In (minus the inspection station) that you could watch from the Rt 46 bridge. Better yet (and speaking of Rt 46), put the old Rt 46 Drive-In there - that was a great drive-in.
The people in the Oritani Motel could watch the flicks (until THAT gets torn down).
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The New Earth restaurant at the Oritani had a good band and an interesting menu for a time back in the 1980's. My wife and I always enjoyed a night out and tried any place that looked interesting and might be on a par with the old New Bridge Inn our favorite dining spot not just for the food but for the folks who made it happen along with Frank the bartender.
The New Earth was serving a French menu and did their best to put you in a NYC type atmosphere with tuxedoed maitre d' s and the whole deal, only problem was that the French cuisine was good but served sparsely which I assume was the accepted way in France but left you as hungry as when you came in in Hackensack.
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Back in the late '70's and early 80's there were two good restaurants in that neck of town. There was La Pace which was the upscale Italian restaurant located in the Continental Towers and the New Earth. Problem with the New Earth was that there was a constant change in management and ownership and you never knew which New Earth you would find when you walked in the door.
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Thanks for the info Homer, I guess that answers the question as to why you could not get a satisfactory meal at the same restaurant on two different occasions.
The New Bridge Inn remained our favorite for a long time right up to the time it was sold. I have a painting from the bar area that I always admired that Chuck the former owner sold me when he was getting ready to do a major renovation and was changing the interior decorations.
We have not tried Sanzari's but I'm sure it is a fine restaurant.
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may buy a multi-family in Hackensack some time in the next few years (and may start renting out there even sooner)
One "area" I have looked at is the Kinderkamack/Johnson area with all the condos (and the more house-filled area as you go West towards Fairmount) - so the Pathmark would have been in walking distance. That's what I like to do, I like to walk to get around and do stuff.
The Pathmark is closed now. Anybody got any idea if another supermarket is going to open up in the building? Anybody know when?
And how about the new bridge landing re-development? Will that include some sort of market/produce place? It seems all this transit-oriented-development been happening in the past 10-20 years always neglects a supermarket/grocerie of some sort. Yeah, make the neighborhood "liveable", but a grocerie is one of the most basic day-to-day necessities of a neighborhood. I don't need another Starbucks or Panera Bread. Anoying...
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Five years later...............
http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/asian-market-on-the-way-1.1525803
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As a kid we would shop mainly at Valley Fair, but the Path Mark on Rt 17 was our "go to" supermarket for many years, I was saddened to see that one close too. A few years ago the one in Palisades Park closed and became a Korean supermarket too
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I was hoping that shopping center would be rebuilt as combination retail with a few stories of residential on top, since the zoning now allows it. I thought the former Pathmark could possibly be the first component to be rebuilt in that fashion. Oh well. I guess that's not Vornado's business plan
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Hell, I'd settle for the old Hackensack Drive-In (minus the inspection station) that you could watch from the Rt 46 bridge. Better yet (and speaking of Rt 46), put the old Rt 46 Drive-In there - that was a great drive-in.
The people in the Oritani Motel could watch the flicks (until THAT gets torn down).
I remember that drive-in well. You could see the movies while headed west over the Hackensack River bridge....many times we'd sneak in that drive-in as kids, and the traffic was always so backed up on Saturdays getting into inspection too. It took forever to just get into Valley Fair on those days
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http://hackensack.dailyvoice.com/business/99-ranch-market-opening-next-month-in-hackensack-officials-say/733759/
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Don't do what she does:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=898&v=6tnNR5l3AUY
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I had to stop watching it. There's an epidemic of people "up-talking" these days and it makes me crazy.
You know what I mean. When people talk declaratively? But everything they say sounds like a question? Even though they are not asking you anything?
Ponderous. :o
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I think someone mentioned the interrogatory aspect of her speech in the comments when they said she talked like a teenage girl.
Something else that she does that you shouldn't do..............
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99 Ranch Market, a big California-based Chinese supermarket, opened on Wednesday in the Home Depot Shopping Center on Hackensack Avenue (in what was once a Pathmark). The dim sum, roasted ducks and other prepared food make the store the closest you can get to Chinatown without leaving New Jersey. There were free samples, but they were nothing special compared to what is available at any Korean supermarket on the weekends. There is a fresh fish department, and live crawfish were $4.99 a pound. See videos I posted on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkqPcufAFn7/?hl=en&taken-by=victoresasson (https://www.instagram.com/p/BkqPcufAFn7/?hl=en&taken-by=victoresasson)
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DUCK TONGUE, PIG SNOUT, LIVE CRAWFISH AND OTHER EXOTICA
Here's my full report on shopping at the new 99 Ranch Market, the big Chinese supermarket that opened on Wednesday in the space once occupied by Pathmark:
https://thesassonreport.blogspot.com/2018/07/big-new-99-ranch-market-in-hackensack.html (https://thesassonreport.blogspot.com/2018/07/big-new-99-ranch-market-in-hackensack.html)