There is more bad news on the job front as Labor Day looms, with still another supermarket closing in the county that will cost more than 100 jobs.
The Pathmark supermarket in the Broomall section of Marple Township has alerted the state it will close its doors on Oct. 13. The ailing supermarket chain will ax all 109 jobs at the site.
It's one of two Pathmarks targeted for closing; the store in Bristol, Bucks County, also will be closed, costing another 109 jobs.
The moves are part of a restructuring by Pathmark's parent company, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. The chain, based in Montvale, N.J., indicated last week that it would shutter 25 of its 429 stores. More than 2,000 employees will be affected.
The Pathmark closings come just days after Genuardi's supermarket closed two stores in the region, in the Glen Eagle Shopping Center in Glen Mills, and another store in Tredyffrin.
A third Genuardi's, in the Edgmont Square Shopping Center near Newtown Square, closed July 17 after being open for about 15 years.
Genuardi's continues to operate 30 stores in southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey. Its Delaware stores were rebranded as Safeways when the massive Pleasanton, Calif.-based supermarket chain purchased Genuardi's in the early 2000s.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc., or A&P, operates 429 stores in eight states under names such as Waldbaum's and Pathmark. Founded in 1859, A&P is one of the nation's first supermarket chains.
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