The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, is a supermarket

Supermarket

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 and liquor store chain in the United States. Its supermarkets, which are under six different banner

Banner

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s, are found in Connecticut

Connecticut

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, Delaware

Delaware

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, New York

New York

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, and Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. A&P's liquor stores, known as Best Cellars, are found in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia

Virginia

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. A&P's corporate headquarters are in Montvale, New Jersey

Montvale, New Jersey

Montvale is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,844.Montvale was incorporated as a borough on August 31, 1894, from portions of Orvil Township and Washington Township, at the height of the "Boroughitis" craze then...

. Supermarket News ranked A&P #19 in the 2010 "Top 75 Food Retailers and Wholesalers" based on 2009 fiscal year estimated sales of $9.1 billion.