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		<title><![CDATA[Third Parties, Different Developments with A&P, Safeway]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10003973/third-parties-different-developments-with-ap-safeway/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One way retailers have been rolling with the economic punches over the past few years has been by launching marketing programs with third parties that have developed new kinds of promotional strategies.  Relationships with third parties can work out well or badly depending upon circumstances.    Among...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:30:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Q&A: A&P Chairman Haub Backs Better Food's Advantages, Pt. 2 Private Label]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10002626/qa-ap-chairman-haub-backs-better-foods-advantages-pt-2-private-label/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Consumers are learning important lessons in the recession, ones that will benefit supermarket operators such as A&P long term.    Yesterday, in the first part of Bnetâ€™s Q&A with Christian Haub, executive chairman of A&P, the topic of discussion was better food and how A&P had adapted its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:37:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Q&A: A&P Chairman Haub Backs Better Food's Advantages in Recession, Pt. 1]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10002586/qa-ap-chairman-haub-backs-better-foods-advantages-in-recession-pt-1/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Not long before the recessionâ€™s start, A&P launched a strategy of significantly enhancing the quality of the food in its supermarkets, particularly in departments where it believed it could establish a competitive advantage, and, despite the recession, it isnâ€™t backing off its better edibles stance.    A&P is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A&P Launches Private Labels that Promote More Than Price]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10001100/ap-launched-private-labels-that-promote-more-than-price/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A&P is now adding the new private labels and revamping its basic own brand, but it isnâ€™t abandoning the idea of giving its customers more than just price. by Mike Duff]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:36:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Deals Cool Down Amid Credit Crunch]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5292/is_200711/ai_n21270023]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Equity firms steer clear of competitive retail sector, favor less volatile targets   AFTER CREDIT-MARKET FEARS froze assets, white knights reined in their horses rather than continuing to ride to the rescue of struggling retailers. Plus-size women's apparel retailer United Retail Group and supermarket chain Pathmark Stores agreed to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A&P Tries To Reinvent Itself-Again]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5292/is_200706/ai_n21253618]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MONTVALE Venerable grocer focuses on its Northeast home market   THE GREAT ATLANTIC & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. (A&P) is in behindclosed-doors talks to sell its Sav-ACenter stores in Eouisiana, the latest sign that the struggling Montvale-based grocer means business as it reinvents itself. The company says it is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pathmark brings rich pharmacy history to A&P merger]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TO form a stronger retail operation to compete with swelling competition in the New York, New Jersey and greater Philadelphia markets, Pathmark Stores agreed earlier this year to be acquired by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. While both names have long and respected histories in their trade areas,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sweep Up in Aisles 1 through 14]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5292/is_200703/ai_n21254071]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Supermarket chain owner The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. in Montvale is negotiating to buy Carteret's Pathmark Stores. The possible $12.50 per-share offer is in cash and stock for Pathmark's 52.2 million outstanding shares, a deal worth $652.5 million. Neither company released further details of the talks. Any agreement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BWR Begins Tracking The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200702/ai_n19701850]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-28 February 2007-Blue Chip News: BWR Begins Tracking  The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc.C1994-2007 M2  COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:01032007    Once the biggest bagger of groceries in the US, The Great Atlantic  & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) has been reduced...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Supermarket Chains Fight for Business, Survival in New Jersey.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200107/ai_n21525934]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kevin G. DeMarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight  Ridder/Tribune Business News    Jul. 22--Supermarkets have undergone big changes in North Jersey in  the  past year, with every major chain confronting issues affecting its  very  existence.    Pathmark has gone in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2001 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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