East Orange Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1924-1965

This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in East Orange between 1924 and 1965, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources. There may be some omissions due to incomplete or missing data, etc. and I welcome suggestions and corrections.

Please read about my methodology for more information about what I do and do not include.

Notes

Many thanks to Zachary at The Market Report for some very helpful notes and additions to this list.

Location list

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• 47 4th Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 50 4th Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 1942: A&P
• 1948: A&P
• 1954: A&P
• 1959-60: A&P
• 1965: A&P
• 51 4th Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: American Food Co
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1936: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1942: Acme
• 1948: Acme
• 1954: Acme
• 63 4th Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 75 4th Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 107 4th Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: American Stores
• 1936: American Stores
• 116 4th Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1929: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1936: Eagle Grocery Co
• 59 N 14th St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 96 N 15th St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Union Food Stores
• 4 N 19th St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1936: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1942: American Stores
• 1948: American Stores
• 52 N 19th St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 7 Ampere Pkwy, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 16 Ampere Pkwy, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: A&P
• 22 Ampere Pkwy, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: Eagle Grocery Co
• 19 N Arlington Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 27 N Arlington Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: A&P
• 17 S Arlington Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Superior Grocery Co
• 1942: Superior Grocery Co
• 1948: Superior Grocery Co
• 42 S Arlington Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 1954: United Grocery Co
• 1959-60: United Grocery Co
• 9 S Arlington Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 22 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 62 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: United Grocery Co
• 1942: United Grocery Co
• 1948: United Grocery Co
• 1954: United Grocery Co
• 1959-60: United Grocery Co
• 1965: United Grocery Co
• 185 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 210 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Superior Grocery Co
• 1942: Superior Grocery Co
• 1948: Superior Grocery Co
• 216 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 222 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 224 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: A&P
• Notes: 224-226 (1936).
• 227 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 250 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: Acme
• 1948: Acme
• 315 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1954: Acme
• 1959-60: Acme
• 1965: Acme
• 339 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 348 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 349 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: United Grocery Co
• 1942: United Grocery Co
• 1948: United Grocery Co
• 1954: United Grocery Co
• 1959-60: United Grocery Co
• 1965: United Grocery Co
• 353 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: The Food Mart
• 1948: The Food Mart
• Notes: 353-357 (1942 on).
• 362 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 373 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: American Stores
• 389 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 427 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 452 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 462 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: A&P
• 1942: American Stores
• 1948: American Stores
• 1954: American Stores
• 466 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: American Food Co
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1936: Mutual Grocery Co
• 471 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 473 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: United Grocery Co
• 483 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 1929: American Stores
• 1936: American Stores
• 490 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: American Stores
• 1942: American Stores
• 497 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 500 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1965: Good Deal
• 501 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 508 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: American Stores
• 565 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: Safeway
• 1948: Safeway
• 1954: Safeway
• 1959-60: Good Deal?
• 1965: ShopRite
• 2024: Extra
• Notes: 565 (1965). 563 (2024). May have been Good Deal after Safeway. ShopRite closed 1987. First Extra location, ca. late 1980s.
• 571 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: A&P
• 1948: A&P
• 1954: Grand Union
• 582 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: American Stores
• 590 Central Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: A&P
• 1942: Grand Union Tea
• Notes: 590-592 (1936).
• 125 N Clinton St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 257 N Clinton St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 387 S Clinton St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Eagle Grocery Co
• 224 N Day St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1936: Eagle Grocery Co
• 68 Dodd St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• Notes: 70 (1929 on).
• 75 Dodd St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Eagle Grocery Co
• 88 Dodd St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 167 Dodd St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 173 Dodd St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 322 Dodd St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 1942: A&P
• 1948: A&P
• 377 Dodd St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: James Butler Grocery Co
• 384 Dodd St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1936: Mutual Grocery Co
• 399 Dodd St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: James Butler Grocery Co
• 323 Elmwood Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 30 Greenwood Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: A&P
• 35 Greenwood Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 1929: American Stores
• Notes: 33 (1929).
• 47 N Grove St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 64 N Grove St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 1942: National Grocery Co
• Notes: Listed as 44 (1936, typo). Was probably Safeway in 1942.
• 162 N Grove St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Superior Grocery Co
• 1942: Superior Grocery Co
• 164 N Grove St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 1942: A&P
• 1948: A&P
• Notes: 166 (1936 on).
• 43 Halsted St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: Big Bear
• 1948: Food Fair
• 1954: Food Fair
• 1959-60: Food Fair
• Notes: Also listed as 181/191 McKinley.
• 269 Halsted St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 410 Halsted St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: A&P
• 416 Halsted St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 21 N Harrison St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: A&P
• 1942: A&P
• 1948: A&P
• 26 N Harrison St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 9 S Harrison St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1954: Kings
• 50 S Harrison St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 47 Harrison St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 51 Harrison St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 193 Harrison St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 7 Hoffman Blvd, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1948: A&P
• 1954: A&P
• 1959-60: A&P
• 1965: A&P
• 145 Hoffman Blvd, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 26 Lincoln St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: Acme
• 1948: Acme
• 1954: Acme
• 1959-60: Acme
• 1965: Acme
• Notes: 26-28 (1942).
• 176 Lincoln St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1954: Mayfair?
• 1959-60: Kings
• 1965: Kings
• Notes: Mayfair early 1950s. Kings in 1960. Closed 1970s.
• 68 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 82 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 87 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: American Stores
• 1936: American Stores
• 118 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1929: Eagle Grocery Co
• 130 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1959-60: Kings
• 1965: Kings
• 138 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 141 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 149 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 179 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: United Grocery Co
• 260 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1929: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1936: Eagle Grocery Co
• 280 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 284 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 290 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 300 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: National Grocery Co
• 304 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 1929: American Stores
• 1936: American Stores
• 1942: American Stores
• 365 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 373 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1959-60: ShopRite (Leo’s)
• 1965: ShopRite (Leo’s)
• 373 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1936: Mutual Grocery Co
• 375 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 378 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 382 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: A&P
• 1942: United Grocery Co
• 385 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 390 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1954: Kings
• 1959-60: Kings
• 1965: Kings
• 2024: Tropical Sun
• Notes: Kings open 1952. Associated ca.1965 through at least 1986. Tropical Sun in 2001.
• 392 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: American Stores
• 1942: American Stores
• 1948: American Stores
• 409 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: A&P
• 1948: A&P
• 1954: A&P
• 1959-60: A&P
• 1965: A&P
• Notes: 409-415 (1942).
• 472 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 478 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: James Butler Grocery Co
• 1929: James Butler Grocery Co
• 526 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 533 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 2024: ShopRite
• 537 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: Charles M Decker & Bros
• 1936: American Stores
• Notes: 537-539 (1924).
• 561 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: American Stores
• 1948: American Stores
• 563 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: American Stores
• 572 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 577 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 580 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 606 Main St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: Eagle Grocery Co
• 181 McKinley Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1948: Food Fair
• 823 S Orange Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Eagle Grocery Co
• 835 S Orange Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: Acme
• 1948: Acme
• 1954: Acme
• 857 S Orange Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 891 S Orange Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• Notes: 893 (1936).
• 945 S Orange Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 971 S Orange Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: United Grocery Co
• 1948: United Grocery Co
• Notes: 969 (1948).
• 977 S Orange Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 935 S Orange Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1942: A&P
• 1948: A&P
• 1954: A&P
• 1959-60: A&P
• 1965: A&P
• 975 S Orange Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 1948: Great Western
• 1954: Great Western
• 1959-60: Great Western
• 1965: Great Western
• Notes: 973 (1929 on).
• 40 N Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 29 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 38 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 59 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 233 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 280 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 1929: American Stores
• 1936: American Stores
• 303 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 424 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 1942: A&P
• 1948: A&P
• 425 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 1929: American Stores
• 427 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 476 Park Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 34 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 173 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 182 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 183 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 186 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 188 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 197 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: American Stores
• 1936: American Stores
• 255 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 261 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• Notes: 259 (1966).
• 145 N Park St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: Mutual Grocery Co
• 62 Princeton St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Mutual Grocery Co
• 241 Prospect St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 120 Rhode Island Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 4 Sanford St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 150 Sanford St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 1942: A&P
• 1948: A&P
• 162 Sanford St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 1929: American Stores
• 229 Sprindgale Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1959-60: ShopRite (Ideal)
• 1965: ShopRite (Ideal)
• 210 Springdale Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: American Stores
• 1936: American Stores
• 1942: American Stores
• 225 Springdale Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 228 Springdale Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P
• 235 Springdale Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1929: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1936: Eagle Grocery Co
• 239 Springdale Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 388 Springdale Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1936: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1942: Eagle Grocery Co
• 1948: Eagle Grocery Co
• 6 Steuben St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 46 Sussex Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 66 Sussex Av, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Mutual Grocery Co
• 70 N Walnut St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 1948: American Stores
• 84 N Walnut St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1942: American Stores
• 1948: American Stores
• 1954: American Stores
• 4 Washington St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 1929: American Stores
• 10 Washington St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: A&P
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 16 Washington St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1 William St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: National Grocery Co
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 2 William St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1924: United States Stores System
• 26 William St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1936: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1942: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1948: Mutual Grocery Co
• 1954: United Grocery Co
• 108 William St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 1942: United Grocery Co
• 1948: United Grocery Co
• 1954: United Grocery Co
• 300 William St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 440 William St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: National Grocery Co
• 1936: National Grocery Co
• 536 William St, East Orange | Google Maps Link
• 1929: A&P
• 1936: A&P