Church Road Pathmark Closing, Report Says

The Pathmark on Church Road in Cherry Hill is one of three stores in the chain shutting down within the next two months, according to a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Store employees were informed Tuesday of the closings, according to the Inquirer’s report, but the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., which owns Pathmark and SuperFresh, has yet to publicly announce the closing.

The closure comes seven months after the company shut down the SuperFresh in Westmont Plaza, which A&P officials also said was underperforming.

That store only had competition from two other grocery stores in Haddon Township, while the Church Road Pathmark has to contend with Bottom Dollar, Wegmans and ShopRite—which recently had its in-store liquor license OK'd by both the township and the state—all within three miles, and the threat of Whole Foods coming in to the west side of Cherry Hill by spring of next year.

Union officials told the Inquirer about 300 employees could be laid off between the Church Road store and two others. A&P has yet to file a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice, according to state records, as could be required with mass layoffs.