Editing Pathmark (section)

===1970s===
The number of Pathmark supermarkets had reached 91 in October 1971, with 38 others either a gas station or a drugstore.<ref name=":0" /> In May 1972, many Pathmark locations began operating 24 hours a day. It was the first New York-area supermarket chain to have stores with overnight hours.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Alice |date=1972-12-17 |title=Pathmark Cuts Trail for 24-Hour Service |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/17/archives/pathmark-cuts-trail-for-24hour-service.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> By February 1973, 90 of the company's 99 stores were open around the clock. That year, Pathmark instituted a price freeze on hundreds of products to help combat rising costs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barmash |first=Isadore |date=1973-02-14 |title=Pathmark Freezes Some Food Prices |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/14/archives/pathmark-freezes-some-food-prices-wide-range-of-increases-a.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In September 1974, Pathmark introduced the use of [[Barcode reader|computer scanners]] at [[Point of sale|checkout counters]] in its Middlesex Mall location. At this time, the company operated 104 Pathmark stores.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1974-10-04 |title=Electronic Checkout Speeds Food Buying |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/04/archives/electronic-checkout-speeds-food-buying-checkout-speeded.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> By this time, Pathmark's profit margins had slipped to as low as 0.18 percent.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Barmash |first=Isadore |date=1983-04-17 |title=PATHMARK AND ITS SUPERSTORES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/17/business/pathmark-and-its-superstores.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1977, after relative [[Economic stagnation|stagnation]], Pathmark opened its first 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) Super Center in Jericho on Long Island.<ref name=":2" /> These larger, discount grocery stores also offered health and beauty products, small appliances, and videotape rentals. Also in 1977, Pathmark started a joint venture with the [[Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation|Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation]] to bring a community grocery store to the [[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bed-Stuy]] section of Brooklyn. It proved to be one of the company's most successful stores.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kershaw |first=Sarah |date=1997-02-19 |title=Pathmark and Brooklyn Group Both Profit as Partners |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/19/nyregion/pathmark-and-brooklyn-group-both-profit-as-partners.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Perlmutter died in 1978 and was succeeded by [[Louis Lowenstein (lawyer)|Louis Lowenstein]] as chief executive officer of Supermarkets General. After about a year, Lowenstein was removed and replaced by vice chairman Herb Brody in 1979.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Sloane |first=Leonard |date=1982-02-08 |title=BUSINESS PEOPLE; PATHMARK OPERATOR SELECTS A PRESIDENT |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/08/business/business-people-pathmark-operator-selects-a-president.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Glaberson |first=William |date=1988-07-17 |title=CRUSADING PROFESSOR: Louis Lowenstein; From C.E.O. to Corporate Critic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/17/business/crusading-professor-louis-lowenstein-from-ceo-to-corporate-critic.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>