| 词汇 | a & p |
| 词源 | A & P. These familiar initials have become the common name of the supermarket chain they were once an abbreviation for. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company began life in 1859 as a partnership between George Huntington Hartford and George Gilman. The new company originally bought tea di- rectly off ships bringing it to America and sold it to consumers, eliminating the middleman. Within 20 years the company be- came the first American grocery chain. |
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