Grocery Chain A&P Files for Bankruptcy
MONTVALE, New Jersey (
) --
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
(GAP)
, the grocery chain better known as A&P, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday.
It listed debts of more than $3.2 billion and assets of about $2.5 billion in a petition the company filed in bankruptcy court in White Plains, N.Y.
A&P was once the country's largest grocery company. It now operates just 400 stores under the A&P, Walbaum's and Pathmark names in the Northeast.
A&P said it has secured $800 million in debtor-in-possession financing through
JPMorgan Chase
to allow it to keep operating while in bankruptcy.
A&P shares tumbled Friday
by more than 67% to 93 cents before being halted in the afternoon on rumors of the possible bankruptcy filing.
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