Food Emporium News

The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company announced that it will unveil its newly remodeled The Food Emporium store located on 1066 Third Avenue in New York City on Friday, May 18, as part of its comprehensive store investment strategy.

A&P president and CEO Sam Martin, will be the star of the retailer's new integrated marketing campaign highlighting the company's vision to be the best neighborhood food and drug store by offering high-quality, localized products, enhanced services and greater value, the company announced Wednesday.

For more than a decade — through stints in residential real estate and as merchandiser and director of catering for Dean & Deluca — David Anderson has been planning an urban market.

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., the supermarket company known as A&P, won approval for a plan to restructure and exit bankruptcy with financing from an investor group that includes Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos.

It's been there for years: a large metal box in the Food Emporium parking lot, claiming that clothing placed in it will go to benefit "God's Property Inc.," "Helping recovering addicts & Christian rehab.