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Pathmark to Close 3 South Jersey Stores

MONTVALE, N.J. — A&P has informed workers that it intends to close three Pathmark stores in Southern New Jersey, sources told SN Tuesday.

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

July 9, 2013

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MONTVALE, N.J. — A&P has informed workers that it intends to close three Pathmark stores in Southern New Jersey, sources told SN Tuesday.

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Pathmark stores in Edgewater Park, Camden and Cherry Hill will close on or around Sept. 6.

“They basically told us they weren’t making money in those stores and because of performance, they were going to close them,” Sam Ferraino, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1360, West Berlin, N.J., which represents front-end clerks at all three stores.

Read more: Pathmark to Close Long Island Store

Meat, deli and seafood workers at the stores, represented by UFCW Local 152, Mays Landing, N.J., may be able to transfer to other Pathmark stores in the union’s jurisdiction, Brian String, Local 152’s president, told SN.
 
String said A&P representatives approached the union several months ago to discuss revising their contract to attain cost savings, but those discussions did not proceed.

A&P representatives were not immediately available for comment Tuesday.

 

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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