Editing Pathmark (section)

===1990s===
By 1991, Pathmark had 146 supermarkets and 32 drugstores. In April, Supermarkets General announced it would be spending $385 million over the next three years to expand its Pathmark supermarket division.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1991-04-12 |title=COMPANY NEWS; Expansion Plan For Pathmark |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/12/business/company-news-expansion-plan-for-pathmark.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In July, Purity Supreme was sold off.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1991-07-31 |title=COMPANY NEWS; Freeman to Buy Purity Supreme |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/31/business/company-news-freeman-to-buy-purity-supreme.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The company introduced its new concept, Pathmark 2000, in 1992.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Fiorilla |first=Paul |date=May 29, 1996 |title=Pathmark Searches For New Leadership |url=https://njbiz.com/pathmark-searches-for-new-leadership/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=NJBIZ |language=en-US}}</ref> These stores were up to 64,000 square feet and included produce, seafood, baked goods, flowers, health and beauty products, video rentals, film processing, and UPS delivery; and restrooms with tables for changing diapers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brookman |first=Faye |date=1995-02-27 |title=PATHMARK 2000 FORMAT GIVES COSMETICS LINES A HIGH PROFILE |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/pathmark-2000-format-gives-cosmetics-lines-high-profile |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Merrefield |first=David |date=1995-01-23 |title=PATHMARK 2000 |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/pathmark-2000 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref>

In March 1993, Supermarkets General announced it was planning to take the company public, though this was later cancelled.<ref name=":5" /> It also spun off Rickel Home Centers and sold it a year later. It also split off its distribution and transportation business.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=1993-03-18 |title=COMPANY NEWS; PATHMARK PARENT TO FOCUS ON MARKETS AND PHARMACIES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/18/business/company-news-pathmark-parent-to-focus-on-markets-and-pharmacies.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Levin |first=Doron P. |date=1994-08-26 |title=COMPANY NEWS; Sale Set Of Channel And Rickel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/26/business/company-news-sale-set-of-channel-and-rickel.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> That October, in a corporate reorganization, Supermarkets General Corp., a subsidiary of Supermarkets General Holdings Corp., changed its name to Pathmark Stores, Inc.

In 1994, Pathmark added to its private-label products, introducing Pathmark Preferred, an upscale line to match its mid-tier Pathmark and generic No Frills brands. Pathmark's over 3,300 private-label items were accounting for about 24 percent of its sales.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dowdell |first=Stephen |date=1994-08-29 |title=PATHMARK INTRODUCES UPSCALE PRIVATE LABEL |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/pathmark-introduces-upscale-private-label |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref> On April 30, 1994, Pathmark opened its third Super Drug discount store in Connecticut.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-06-20 |title=RETAIL ROUNDUP |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/retail-roundup-2 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref> In November, the company closed seven stores in Pennsylvania after union workers rejected a proposal to cut employee salaries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zwiebach |first=Elliot |date=1994-11-07 |title=7 PENNSYLVANIA PATHMARK STORES TO CLOSE |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/7-pennsylvania-pathmark-stores-close |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Pathmark store brands.JPG|thumb|right|Example of retired Pathmark generic brands. This bottle of wool wash bears Pathmark's then-new late 1990s logo, while the peroxide and window cleaner are from Pathmark's "No Frills" brand introduced during the 1980s generic product craze]]

By 1995, there were 27 Pathmark 2000 stores in operation.<ref name=":4" /> In August 1995, Pathmark launched Chef's Creations, which offered a menu of entrees, side dishes, and salads, made daily by a team of chefs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harper |first=Roseanne |date=1995-10-30 |title=CHEF, CHILLED ENTREES FIRSTS FOR PATHMARK |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/chef-chilled-entrees-firsts-pathmark |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harper |first=Roseanne |date=1996-01-22 |title=NEW PATHMARK UNIT BECOMES 2ND CHEF'S CREATIONS SITE |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/new-pathmark-unit-becomes-2nd-chefs-creations-site |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref>

Pathmark was named 1995 "Pharmacy Chain of the Year" by the magazine ''Drug Topics'', the first time a supermarket had won the award. Of Pathmark's 142 supermarkets, all had pharmacies except six found in shopping centers. Prescriptions accounted for nearly 7% of Pathmark's sales volume in 1994.

In May 1995, Purity Supreme supermarkets and  its Li'l Peach convenience stores were sold to Stop and Shop.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zwiebach |first=Elliot |date=1995-05-01 |title=STOP & SHOP TO BUY PURITY SUPREME CHAIN |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/stop-shop-buy-purity-supreme-chain |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref> In June, Pathmark reduced its pharmacy operations, selling 30 of its 36 freestanding drugstores to [[Rite Aid]] Corp. for $60 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=60000000|start_year=1995}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in order to concentrate on its in-store pharmacies.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Quint |first=Michael |date=1995-06-22 |title=Pathmark to Sell Rite Aid New York City Drugstores |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/22/business/pathmark-to-sell-rite-aid-new-york-city-drugstores.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In December, Pathmark announced it would be closing its six remaining drugstores operating under the "Super Drug" banner in Connecticut.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1995-12-30 |title=Company Briefs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/30/business/company-briefs-045950.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Pathmark's two remaining Connecticut supermarkets, in Bridgeport and Norwalk, were closed in September 1998, signaling Pathmark's exit from New England.

In February 1996, Pathmark announced a restructuring of the company that split its two operating divisions into five marketing regions covering 30 stores each: New York City and Connecticut, Long Island, northern New Jersey, central New Jersey and the Greater Philadelphia area.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1996-02-05 |title=PATHMARK REALIGNS OPERATIONS UNIT IN MOVE TOWARD DECENTRALIZATION |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/pathmark-realigns-operations-unit-move-toward-decentralization |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref> In March, chief executive Jack Futterman left the company and president Anthony Cuti quit in April.<ref name=":5" /> Pathmark appointed James Donald, formerly with Safeway and Walmart, as its chief executive and chairman that October. By January, he had the company cut about a third of its executives.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Foderaro |first=Lisa W. |date=1997-01-31 |title=Pathmark Trims Jobs at Headquarters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/31/nyregion/pathmark-trims-jobs-at-headquarters.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In late 1996, Pathmark introduced Chef's Creations To Go, fresh, prepackaged meals for takeout, offering choice entrees and side dishes in microwavable containers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harper |first=Roseanne |date=1997-01-06 |title=PATHMARK OFFERS PREPACKED VERSION OF FRESH MEALS PROGRAM |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/pathmark-offers-prepacked-version-fresh-meals-program |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref>

After five years, construction began in August 1997 on Pathmark's controversial $14.5 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=14500000|start_year=1997}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) supermarket on [[125th Street (Manhattan)|125th Street]] in Manhattan's East Harlem.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hicks |first=Jonathan P. |date=1995-06-23 |title=Harlem Pathmark Is Stalled, Awaiting Word From Mayor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/23/nyregion/harlem-pathmark-is-stalled-awaiting-word-from-mayor.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lueck |first=Thomas J. |date=1997-08-23 |title=Work to Begin On Pathmark In Harlem After 5 Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/23/nyregion/work-to-begin-on-pathmark-in-harlem-after-5-years.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This {{convert|53000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} unit was the largest supermarket in [[Harlem]], and had been bitterly opposed by owners of neighborhood [[convenience stores]]. This Pathmark was expected to generate hundreds of construction jobs, and within the store, which would include a pharmacy and a [[Chase (bank)|Chase]] bank branch. It opened for business in April 1999.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pristin |first=Terry |date=1999-04-28 |title=A Supermarket as a Spur for Change; New Harlem Pathmark Promises Competition and Convenience |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/28/nyregion/supermarket-spur-for-change-new-harlem-pathmark-promises-competition-convenience.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Pathmark was planning its biggest Bronx store in 1998: a {{convert|55000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} unit on {{convert|10|acre|m2}} in the blighted area east of [[Crotona Park]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Halbfinger |first=David M. |date=1998-02-04 |title=A Pathmark Project With a Difference |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/04/nyregion/a-pathmark-project-with-a-difference.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In fiscal year 1997 (ending February 1, 1997), the parent company had a net loss of $20 million on sales of $3.71 billion. This included a charge the company took for the upcoming sale of 12 unprofitable Pathmark stores, mostly in southern New Jersey. Pathmark's supermarket sales came to all but $9 million of the corporate total. Same-store sales decreased 2.8 percent from the previous fiscal year, primarily due to heavy competition.

In October 1997, Pathmark announced that C&S Wholesale Grocers of [[Brattleboro, Vermont]] would take over its Woodbridge, New Jersey distribution facilities and become the chain's supplier for almost all groceries and perishables. The facilities also included a frozen food distribution facility in [[Dayton, New Jersey]], a complex for dry groceries in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], and one for general merchandise in [[Edison, New Jersey]]. It had processing facilities for delicatessen products in [[Somerset, New Jersey]] and for banana ripening in [[Avenel, New Jersey]].<ref name="Zwiebach">{{Cite web |last=Zwiebach |first=Elliot |date=1997-10-13 |title=C&S TO TAKE OVER PATHMARK'S DISTRIBUTION |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/cs-take-over-pathmarks-distribution |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref> Pathmark received $50 million from the deal, which was used towards its $1.47 billion debt.<ref name="Zwiebach"/>