A&P Family Mart
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Defunct | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Clearwater, Florida |
Area served | Southern United States |
| Products | Deli, bakery, produce, snacks, pharmacy, frozen foods |
| Parent | The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company |
A&P Family Mart, sometimes referred to simply as Family Mart or Family Mart Sav-A-Center, was a Clearwater, Florida based[1] chain of full service supermarkets that existed in the Southern United States from the 1970s through the 1990s. The last Family Mart location closed in 1999.[2]
The first Family Mart was opened by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company as The Family Mart in Greenville, South Carolina in 1977.[3] The Family Mart Chain consisted of mostly 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) to 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) stores, and were among the first in the A&P family of supermarkets to possess both full-service supermarket and pharmacy combinations.[4]
The chains went defunct in 1999 as A&P closed its southeast divisions. In the 1980s and 1990s most of the stores received a green and white paint motif that A&P also used in its A&P and Super Fresh locations. Previously the store's colors were orange and white.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.groceteria.com/place/southeast/tampa-bay-area/tampa-bay-area-history-timeline/ Tampa Bay Area History Timeline
- ↑ "Old School Retail: Remembering the shops of our past". Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.groceteria.com/store/national-chains/ap/ap-history/ A&P History: The Assorted “Rebirths”
- ↑ "A CSA full-issue study of A&P". Chain Store Age. December 1977.
- ↑ http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1987&view=next A&P/Family Mart
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