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A&P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea)
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company emerged from Chapter 11 in March 2012 with $490 million in debt and equity financing from Mount Kellett, Yucaipa and funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. It filed Chapter 11 again on July 19, 2015. Its store assets were sold to other retailers, including 25 former A&P stores acquired and converted by Ahold in 2015.
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Outcomes researched
Reviewed operating findings or a classified operating outcome are available.
Record updated Oct. 11, 2026
Current ownership
Current owner not established
This record does not identify a current owner. That absence is a gap in the record, not a conclusion about ownership.
1 ownership record has an unresolved current/former status.
Ownership and transaction history
Chronology from recorded ownership periods, transactions and reviewed outcome events. Event order does not imply causation.
Nov. 1, 2015
Operations ceased
Operating outcome
Date not recorded
What happened under and after ownership
Operating outcome
No longer meaningfully operating
Filed its second Chapter 11 in July 2015 and ceased supermarket operations in November 2015 after 156 years, its stores and store banners sold off individually.
Former locations were bought by other chains, including Acme Markets, Stop & Shop and ShopRite, and now operate under those banners; no business operates as A&P.
- Founded
- 1859
- Grocery Dive · ceased operations November 2015, banners and IP sold to separate buyers
- Wikipedia · founded February 17, 1859; employed 28,500 in 2015 at closure (not established as historical peak)
Sources and evidence
Other recorded sources
Public provenance attached to an entity, ownership or bankruptcy record.
- R1Ahold Annual Report 2015, Note 4: Acquisitions
Koninklijke Ahold N.V., filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · SEC filing · Retrieved Oct. 11, 2026
Supports: Entity record
- R2Memorandum Opinion Regarding Specialty Preference Allegations, In re The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York · Court filing · June 17, 2026
Supports: Entity record
- R3A&P Emerges From Chapter 11 As Private Company
A&P company release republished by Perishable News · Company announcement · March 16, 2012
Supports: Entity record
What we do not know
These are gaps in the public record, not findings about the organization.
- No current public ownership assessment has been published.
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