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Pathmark was an American chain of supermarkets that was a subsidiary of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, which was based in Montvale, New Jersey. It was founded in 1968 when its then parent, Supermarkets General Corporation, pulled out of the ShopRite retailers' cooperative and decided to go into business for itself as a competitor to ShopRite, Grand Union, and other chains in its market area including its future parent, A&P. Pathmark once had stores in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Deleware and Maryland. Before A&P bought Pathmark, ''Supermarket News'' ranked Pathmark No. 31 in the 2007 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on Pathmark's fiscal year 2006 estimated sales of $4.1 billion.〔(2007 Top 75 North American Food Retailers ), ''Supermarket News''. Retrieved February 24, 2007.〕 Based on 2005 revenue, Pathmark was the 67th largest retailer in the United States.〔(Top 100 Retailers: The Nation's Retail Power Players (PDF) ), ''Stores'', July 2006.〕 Pathmark is well known by baby-boomers for its radio and television commercials starring character actor James Karen, who was the chain's spokesperson for more than 20 years. Pathmark's original spokesperson was Arlene Francis, who appeared in its commercials beginning almost immediately after Pathmark broke off from ShopRite. Peter "Produce Pete" Napolitano had starred in many of the company's commercials from 2001 till 2015.〔(History / Expertise: "KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT A LOT". JACK OF ALL TRADES MASTER OF NONE..... )〕 ==History== Pathmark began when some of the supermarkets of the Wakefern Food Corporation, parent company of ShopRite, broke away in 1968, as some independent New Jersey grocers felt they needed to compete better with large supermarket chains. Some members of the cooperative agreed to operate their stores under the ShopRite name. Wakefern was both a wholesale operation and a retail operation; among its members was a subgroup, ''Supermarkets Operating Co''., in Union, New Jersey formed in 1956 by Alex Aidekman, Herb Brody, and Milt Perlmutter. This company opened ShopRites; in 1963 it branched into nonfood retail by acquiring Crown Drugs. Supermarkets Operating Co. and General Super Markets (another subgroup within Wakefern) merged in 1966 to become Supermarkets General Corporation, with Perlmutter as president. Supermarkets General operated 75 ShopRites across Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania by 1966, with annual sales of about $420 million. Supermarkets General achieved high volume by opening large stores in densely populated areas and keeping prices low on both nationally branded-goods and private-label items. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pathmark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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