Business & Tech

Westmont Superfresh to Close in January 2013

The A&P chain plans to close stores in Westmont, Marlton and Plainsboro.

Superfresh market on Cuthbert Boulevard will close in January, a store corporate official said Wednesday.

"As part of an ongoing review of our store footprint, A&P will close three underperforming Superfresh stores in Westmont, NJ, Marlton and Plainsboro, on Jan. 11, 2013," Marcy Connor, a corporate spokeswoman, said in a statement.

"We notified our union partners on Nov. 9 and began notifying associates on Nov. 12. While this is a very difficult circumstance for our associates, customers, partners and the local communities, we remain focused on providing great value and service to our customers that shop in these stores."

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The news came as a shock to many, including employees and loyal shoppers.

"I think it's terrible," said Jean Leusner, 79, a retired legal secretary from Audubon as she loaded groceries into her car outside the market Wednesday evening. "I'm heartbroken. The clerks here are nice people. They're like family to me."

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Ted Callinan, 38, a teacher at Timber Creek High School in Gloucester Township and a Haddon Township resident, was surprised when he heard the store was closing.

"My kids are in a daycare center in this plaza," he said, clutching a jar of jelly he had just bought. "That's why I come here, it's convenient. I can get in and out."

Superfresh anchors the Westmont Plaza shopping center at Cuthbert and MacArthur boulevards. The closure would leave two supermarkets in Haddon Township: Acme on Cuthbert Boulevard and Thriftway on Crystal Lake Avenue.


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