About Pathmark

Two ShopRite owners, Supermarkets Operating Corporation and General Supermarkets, merged in the mid-60s forming Supermarkets General Corporation. In 1968, as they outgrew the still-small ShopRite cooperative, SGC split off from ShopRite under the name Pathmark. Pathmark pioneered the supercenter concept in the New York metro area, and even operated freestanding drug stores, gas stations, and others. The chain also owned a variety of other stores, including Rickel Hardware until the 1990s. A&P acquired Pathmark in 2008. During the bankruptcy, Allegiance Retail acquired the Pathmark name and, in 2019, opened a new Pathmark in Brooklyn.