Comments on: White Woods Mall; Amherstburg, Ontario

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:41:02 +0000

That store opened as an A&P in 1976, and closed as an A&P in 2004.

Miracle Food Mart in University Mall, and Miracle Ultra Mart in Devonshire Mall, both converted to A&P in the early 90s, with the Devonshire Mall one closing in ‘95.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:24:27 +0000

Actually, A&P was looking to sell their Canadian interests…and Metro bought them out. They ended up renaming all their stores as METRO, regardless of whether they were Dominions, A&Ps, Barns, or whatever else. Food Basics haven’t changed names, though…but newer signage has been using the METRO font.

I wonder what’s been put in place of the SAAN, since that store went under a year or so ago.

By: A&P

A&P — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:42 +0000

A&P Canada and A&P USA are no longer affilated. They are 2 seperate companies. A&P Canada was sold by A&P USA due to financial problems with the A&P USA chain. A&P Canada is owned by METRO INC, which operates under the banners A&P, Dominion, Ultra Food & Drug, Loeb, Food Basics

By: A&P

A&P — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:28:26 +0000

Comment to E reply:

Devonshire Mall in Windsor had a Miracle Foodmart (Don’t recall what year MFM Miracle Foodmart opned and closed before it became an A&P). The A&P closed in Sept 1995 due to Mall Expansion for a Chapters Bookstore. It was really convient having a grocery store in the Mall

By: PurpleBubba

PurpleBubba — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:38:07 +0000

Hi, my first post here. I’m Robert from just north of Detroit. In the late 80’s I was camping in the Amherstburg area with my Dad and brother. One day my brother and a friend got to take the ferry over to Boblo Island and after we dropped him off my Dad and I went to this mall. I’m sorry to hear that it’s gone. Thanks for the page. At least I can look here and remember.

By: E

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:12:03 +0000

The A&P in the Fort Malden/White Woods (RIP) mall had been an A&P as long as memory permits (early 80s). I think there was a Miracle Mart in the Devonshire Mall at one point.

By: JT

JT — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:27:20 +0000

I should add that during demolition, parts of the mall remained technically “open” as the outparcels weren’t yet complete. I visited during February 2007, and it was amazing to be walking through a “mall” that had sub zero temperatures due to a lack of walls in some areas–the inline stores generally kept their glass mall doors closed and employees were at some points wearing coats and hats–inside!

By: JT

JT — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:24:16 +0000

The Fort Malden Mall/White Woods Mall site is now the home of a Wal*Mart Supercenter.

The A&P name marches on in Ontario–Metro uses it on all stores outside two metro areas (Toronto where it uses “Dominion”, and Hamilton where it uses “The Barn”) A&P corporate took a small share in Metro as part of the deal, perhaps explaining why the licensed continued use of the A&P name. For the record the Amherstburg location I believe opened as a Miracle Food Mart…and would’ve been converted to the A&P name in the early 1990s.

By: JP

JP — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:08:48 +0000

A&P has sold its Canadian operations to Quebec-based Metro/Super-C, although they still use the A&P banner (wonder how long that will last).

That whole chain is in firesale mode. Look what happened with Farmer Jack just across the river in Detroit.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:40:59 +0000

IIRC, A&P has ceased trading in Canada. Actually, upon further review, that whole company is a shell of its former self. With the exception of the 21 stores under the Sav-A-Center banner in LA and MS, all stores are in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region of the US. I’d imagine that will shrink even further with their merger with Pathmark, another NJ/NY/PA/DE grocery chain.