A-Mart was an American discount

supermarket A supermarket is a self-service Retail#Types of outlets, shop offering a wide variety of food, Drink, beverages and Household goods, household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earli ...

chain that operated in the Eastern United States from 1969, until all locations were renamed (because of a legal threat from similarly named rival Kmart) by its parent company, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P), to that name by 1972.Walsh, William I. The Rise and Decline of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. Secaucus, New Jersey, Carol Publishing Group/Lyle Stuart. 1986. .

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Retail companies established in 1969 American companies disestablished in 1972 Defunct supermarkets of the United States The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company American companies established in 1969 {{US-retail-company-stub