Grocery Shopping At A&P In 1982

Did you ask for your Schraffts in French?!

A&P had a string of unsuccessful ad campaigns in the 1970s. The weirdest was WEO.

OP, please regal us with all the other wonderful things from 1982.

Then do 1981.

Then 1983.

Then 1984.

Then 1980.

^^^^ you mean 'regale'

R1 beat me to it. Drat!

Every A&P had Red grinder near cash registers for Eight O'Clock, Bokar and Red Circle coffee beans.

I remember those grinders!

It's the eat in the meat that counts at A&P.

I worked at the A and P from 1977 to 1982 in Brooklyn on Flatbush Ave near Kings Plaza. I worked evenings and nights unloading trucks and stacking out shelves. My mom worked in the meat dept during the day. I'm sure that grueling work is what kept her living until 96 years old. I was there all during High School and College. I saw a lot of crazy shit and still think about it lol. Customers are crazy! I also made a lot of friends too.

OP, you reminded me that we used to go out to Schrafft’s for ice cream as a rare treat, maybe once every few years - especially if we were visiting relatives who lived near one.

That’s a very depressing grocery store.

Do you know what that silly nephew of yours did, Mrs. Burnside? He spoke FRENCH to a waitress at Schraffts. Imagine anybody speaking French to a counterman at Schrafft's!

R10 Schrafft's at 61 Fifth Avenue became Lone Star Cafe with 40-foot iguana on roof. Today on display at Fort Worth Zoo. Building replaced by apartments and retail.

We had an old man drop dead in one of the aisles. The store manger had us drag him out in the street so the store wouldn't be involved. What did I know? I was a stupid kid at the time.

R12- You are SO gay

and I approve 👌

A&P was the store for old people r14.

Thanks, R15 - It's rare I post something like that before someone else does.

YES! Shrafft’s Coffee Ice Cream. Yum. Good flavor and lovely consistency.

OP's video and the responses, especially R5 made me chuckle and feel warm feelings for the first time in a few days. Thanks guys <3

I'm a Schrift!

I don't think I ever shopped at an A&P. I think the ones near me as a kid (mid 70s) had all closed. We had a few IGAs, though.

Analog cash registers. Paper bags. Milk in cartons. Double Cola. One liter Coke bottles. The fashions.

That's a lot of nostalgia in five minutes.

You don’t miss A&P OP, you miss 1982. If it were around today it would be a disappointment like everything else.

[quote]Schraffts Ice Cream ca. 1979 was the Haagen Dazs of ice cream.

Hardly. It was a small regional brand.

My local A&P became a Food Emporium. I sat shiva.

Bokar and Eight O'Clock coffee. Pies and coffee cakes - Anne Page

Next to the annual Passover display, at the end of aisle 3?

R24- In the NYC metropolitan area it WAS the Haagen Dazs of ca. 1979- high quality and rich and tasty 😋