
	The Great Atlantic &amp; Pacific Tea Company, better known as&nbsp;A&amp;P, is a&nbsp;supermarket&nbsp;and&nbsp;liquor store&nbsp;chain&nbsp;in the United States. Its supermarkets, which are under six different&nbsp;banners, are found in&nbsp;Connecticut,&nbsp;Delaware,&nbsp;Maryland,&nbsp;New Jersey,&nbsp;New York, and Pennsylvania. A&amp;P&#39;s liquor stores, known as Best Cellars, are found in Connecticut,&nbsp;Massachusetts, and New Jersey. A&amp;P&#39;s corporate headquarters are in&nbsp;Montvale, New Jersey. Supermarket News&nbsp;ranked A&amp;P #28 in the 2012 &quot;Top 75 Food Retailers and Wholesalers&quot; based on 2012 fiscal year estimated sales of $6.7 billion. Based on 2009 revenue, A&amp;P was the 34th largest&nbsp;retailer&nbsp;in the US.&nbsp;From 1915 through 1975, it was the largest food retailer in the nation (until 1965, the largest US retailer of any kind). A&amp;P is considered an American icon.
