The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC this month opened a Stop & Shop grocery in the former A&P location at 195 N. Bedford Ave. in Mount Kisco.
The Quincy, Massachusetts-based supermarket chain closed the A&P store Nov. 13 and re-opened Nov. 19.
Stop & Shop, which operates a regional office in Purchase, bought 25 former A&P, Pathmark and Waldbaums stores throughout the New York metropolitan area for $146 million after The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. declared bankruptcy in July. The Mount Kisco store, A&P”™s most profitable Westchester location, was Stop & Shop”™s sole Westchester acquisition.
The Stop & Shop chain, owned by Dutch retailer Ahold, broke the conversions of former A&P stores into five waves; the Mount Kisco location is part of the final wave, which also includes stores in Queens, Staten Island and Long Island.
Stop & Shop New York Metro Division President Don Sussman said recently that despite the rapid turnover, all store conversions were expected to be completed by the holiday season.
“We”™ve completed the conversion process of more than half of the 25 newly acquired A&P stores to Stop & Shop stores,” Sussman said. “This has been a monumental task for all those involved.”
Other former A&P stores in Westchester were acquired by Pennsylvania-based Acme Markets Inc.; Staten Island-based Key Food Stores Co-operative Inc.; CVS Pharmacy; Mount Vernon-based PSK Supermarkets Inc.; CW A&P Mamaroneck LLC; and Queens-based LLC Shanghai Enterprises.
