28 Facts About Pathmark

Pathmark is a supermarket brand owned by Allegiance Retail Services, a retailers' cooperative based in Iselin, New Jersey, USA.

Pathmark currently has one location in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, which it has operated since 2019.

From 1968 until 2015, Pathmark operated a chain of supermarkets throughout the northeastern United States.

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 has stated that they will see how this first location performs before opening additional locations.

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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.

Pathmark's stores included not only supermarkets but 11 freestanding drugstores and 11 gasoline stations.

In 1974, Pathmark pioneered the use of computer scanners at checkout counters.

In 1977, after relative stagnation, Pathmark opened its first Super Center, a larger, discount grocery store which offered health and beauty aids, small appliances, and videotape rentals.

Pathmark continued to dominate Supermarkets General's sales and operating profits, with 87 and 83 percent of the corporate total respectively.

Pathmark opened its first Manhattan superstore, a 42,600-square-foot unit, in Pike Slip, near Chinatown, in 1983.

Pathmark sold 25 of its free-standing drug stores in New Hampshire and Massachusetts to the Mellville Corp.

Pathmark now had 146 supermarkets, 33 freestanding drug stores, and 7 distribution-processing facilities.

Pathmark lowered its interest costs, from 13 percent to 9 percent of revenue, increasing cash flow, which allowed Pathmark to increase capital investment.

Pathmark now was betting on stores larger in size than its Super Centers.

In 1994, Pathmark added to its private-label products, introducing an upscale line, Pathmark Preferred, to its generic and mid-tier brands.

In late 1995, Pathmark launched Chef's Creations, which offered a menu of entrees, side dishes, and salads, made daily by a team of chefs.

In late 1996, Pathmark introduced Chef's Creations To Go, fresh, prepackaged meals for takeout, offering choice entrees and side dishes in microwavable containers.

Pathmark was named 1995 "Pharmacy Chain of the Year" by the magazine Drug Topics, the first time a supermarket had won the award.

In June 1995, Pathmark reduced its pharmacy operations, selling 30 of its 36 freestanding drugstores to Rite Aid Corp.

Pathmark's remaining 6 drugstores, operating under the "Super Drug" banner in Connecticut, were closed in 1995 and 1996.

In September 1998, Pathmark's two remaining Connecticut supermarkets, in Bridgeport and Norwalk, were closed, signaling Pathmark's exit from New England.

Pathmark was planning its biggest Bronx store in 1998: a 55,000-square-foot unit on 10 acres in the blighted area east of Crotona Park.

Pathmark's stores ranged from 26,000 to 66,500 square feet in size.

Pathmark received $50 million from the deal, which was used towards its $1.

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In 1999, Pathmark proposed the sale of itself to Royal Ahold, a Dutch supermarket company which operated Edwards stores in the New York area.

In spring 2008, Pathmark introduced a "price impact" store concept, under the Pathmark Sav-A-Center brand.

Pathmark emerged from bankruptcy protection on March 13,2012, making its six supermarket divisions, including Pathmark, private.