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Article: Bridge to the future: A&P recasts its Food Emporium flagship as an even more upscale prototype.
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- Grocery Headquarters
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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A&P IS REPOSITIONING THE FOOD EMPORIUM from an upscale supermarket into a cross between a gourmet store and a neighborhood market in an effort to better compete with the likes of Balducci's, Dean & Deluca and Whole Foods.
That's being accomplished by drastically cutting back on conventional groceries and nonfoods and replacing them with more gourmet items, including spices, candy and tea. Among new service departments is one that specializes in hams from around the world.
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The Food Emporium is also being given more autonomy, moving from A&P's corporate office in Montvale, N.J. to new digs on West 39th Street in Manhattan ...