When you see the words “Tea Company” in a company’s name, you naturally assume that they primarily sell tea. Right? Well, it turns out that they may have started that way but quickly expanded to other foods, beverages, etc. In fact, a couple of them grew into nationwide chains.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P)
Founded in 1859 under the name The Great American Tea Company, the company established a small chain of retail tea and coffee stores in New York City and a national mail order business that dealt in tea and spices. The firm was able to offer low prices by acting as both the wholesaler and retailer. The tea was marketed under their brand name “Our Own.” (Sadly, what kind of tea it was has been lost to the annals of time.)
Ten years later they changed the company name to The Great Atlantic…
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