All this ranting over a corporate corpse.

A&P once had 3100 stores, but couldn't evolve fast enough to keep up with the competition. Down to about 400 and under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Hadn't heard of them for some time (they sold what they had left in Canada to Metro). A short article (obituary) in Canadian Business this month briefly discusses the downhill slide.

The workers in Pennsy. probably will be out too by year-end.
R. I. P.