A&P+Grocery

 ** A & P Grocery Store "If Saving Money Is Fun, Then Shopping A & P Is A Gas!"** In 1859 The Great American Tea Company was founded by George Hartford and George Gilman in New York City. The company sold tea, coffee, and spices at good prices. In 1869, the company was renamed the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. The company extended operations to the west and became the first national supermarket chain in the United States. **

__About A & P__**
 *    Deliveries were made using horse-drawn wagons
 *    A & P sent large food donations to Chicago residents after the great fire in 1871
 *    After the fire, A & P established itself in America's heartland when it built stores in the city
 *    In 1881 A & P became the first grocery chain to operate 100 stores
 *   In the 1880's A & P created its own brand of coffee, Eight O'Clock Breakfast Coffee.
 *   1887 the company marketed its own brand of baking powder
 *   A & P were the first to use refrigerated railroad cars to transport fruit and were the first to ship fresh seafood to the Midwest

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