Looks like A&P will be selling-off about half their stores and shuttering the others, and will cease operations.
When I was a kid (40+ years ago), we'd sometimes go to the A&P, they had a few things my mom liked.
It wasn't a very large store, grocery stores back then were smaller affairs.
Fewer items came individually wrapped (in boxes) back in the "olden days."
Over the years, grocery stores (including A&P) have gotten much larger. Now they are building Meijer grocery stores here, and they're enormous.
I read Aldi is probably doing better (financially) than most of the others, which is pretty funny seeing as their stores are much smaller and selection much more limited.
They haven't had any A&P stores around here for a while. Still I have fond memories of that place because I used to enjoy huffing the coffee aroma.