A&P Super Plus

A&P Super Plus (originally Plus Super) was a chain of warehouse-style discount grocery stores operated by A&P in the Chicago area from 1981-1985.

History
A&P Super Plus began in 1981, as a successor to Plus, a failed chain of small-format grocery stores operated by the Tengelmann Group, who had bought a controlling share of A&P in January 1979. The first store was opened under the name Plus Super, before the second store, which opened on November 3, 1982, opened under the Super Plus name. While it was speculated closed A&P stores in Philadelphia might have been reopened under the Super Plus name, this never came to pass, and the name never left the Chicago area. By late 1984, two locations in Skokie and Burbank had both been closed, and the sale of the remaining stores was being discussed. Operations at this time were described as "marginal operations" and "...may well be losing money". In January 1982, it was announced that all remaining stores had been sold off, primarily to Certified Grocers. This sale marked A&P's exit from the Chicago market, with normal A&P stores having been closed in the area in 1981.