Editing Pathmark (section)

{{Short description|Supermarket chain owned by Allegiance Retail Services}}
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| logo = PathMark Logo.png
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| industry = [[Grocery store|Grocery]]
| fate = Bankruptcy (original)
| foundation = {{start date and age|1968}} in [[Woodbridge, New Jersey|Woodbridge]],<br>
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| location_city = [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]], [[New Jersey]]
| area_served = [[Northeastern United States]]
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| products = {{ublist |Bakery |Grocery |Florist |Deli |Produce |Seafood |Meats |Dairy |Pharmacy |General Merchandise}}
| brands = {{ublist |Pathmark 1968–2008 |No Frills 1978–1997 |Smart Price 1997–2010 |Chefmark 1975–2008, 2014–2015 |America's Choice 2008–2015 |Best Yet 2019–present}}
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| website = [http://pathmark.com pathmark.com]
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'''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]]. The chain was founded by Supermarkets General, which previously operated [[ShopRite (United States)|ShopRite]] stores as a member of the [[Wakefern Food Corporation|Wakefern]] cooperative and chose to go into business for itself as a direct competitor. The company would eventually take the Pathmark name and would later be purchased by competing supermarket chain [[The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company|A&P]] in 2007.

Before its initial closure, Pathmark previously operated stores in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.  In 2007, ''Supermarket News'' ranked Pathmark No. 31 in its annual "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on Pathmark's 2006 estimated sales of $4.1 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=4100000000|start_year=2006}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref name="2007 SN">[http://www.supermarketnews.com/sns-top-75/ 2007 Top 75 North American Food Retailers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307021209/http://www.supermarketnews.com/sns-top-75/ |date=March 7, 2007 }}, ''Supermarket News''. Retrieved February 24, 2007.</ref> Based on 2005 revenue, Pathmark was the 67th largest [[retailer]] in the United States.<ref name=":6">[http://www.stores.org/pdf/06%20JULY%20TOP%20100.pdf Top 100 Retailers: The Nation's Retail Power Players (PDF)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808215354/http://www.stores.org/pdf/06%20JULY%20TOP%20100.pdf |date=August 8, 2007 }}, ''Stores'', July 2006.</ref>

Pathmark was well known for its radio and television commercials starring character actor [[James Karen]], who was the chain's spokesperson for more than 20 years. Pathmark's original spokesperson was [[Arlene Francis]], who appeared in its commercials beginning almost immediately after Pathmark left the ShopRite cooperative. [[Produce Pete|Peter "Produce Pete" Napolitano]] had starred in many of the company's commercials from 2001 until 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.producepete.com/bio.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801095415/http://www.producepete.com/bio.html|url-status=dead|title=History / Expertise: "KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT A LOT". JACK OF ALL TRADES MASTER OF NONE.....|archive-date=August 1, 2012|access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref>

After A&P filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015, Pathmark's remaining stores were liquidated and closed. In 2016, Allegiance Retail Services purchased the Pathmark name and all intellectual property with the intention of reviving the well-known brand. The brand's first new location opened in Brooklyn, New York on April 12, 2019.  The company has stated that they will see how this first location performs before opening additional locations.