rekordy: A&P

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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, was an American chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015. From 1915 through 1975, A&P was the largest grocery retailer in the United States (and, until 1965, the largest U.S. retailer of any kind). A&P was considered an American icon that, according to The Wall Street Journal, "was as well known as McDonald's or Google is today", and "the Walmart of its time." At its peak in the 1940s, A&P captured 10% of total US grocery spending. Known for innovation, A&P provided variation in the US consumer's diet and nutritional habits by making available a vast assortment of food products at much lower costs. Until 1982, A&P…

Evidence: 35 • authority: 80

Largest Known Landslide of Its Type in the United States- A Failure by Lateral Spreading in Davis County, Utah

Evidence: 35 • authority: 88

Why did the United States Evolve from the Largest International Creditor in 1980 to the Largest International Debtor in 1990?. Abstract Remarkable transformation of the U.S. international investment position occurred over the last 40 years. U.S. net foreign assets were larger than combined net foreign assets of all other creditors. By 1990, foreign-owned U.S. securities and real assets were larger than U.S. owned foreign securities and assets. This change occurred without the U.S. Treasury borrowing in foreign currency and few U.S. firms borrowing, reflecting a surge in foreign purchases of U.S. securities. Inferences from the currency composition of portfolio changes of those who acquired…

Evidence: 35 • authority: 80

Public water supplies of the 100 largest cities of the United States, 1962

Evidence: 35 • authority: 80

Ozone Production Efficiencies in the Three Largest United States Cities from Airborne Measurements