FORMER A & P's in Michigan and Ohio, as well as FORMER Krogers in Michigan

Former A & P's in Michigan

Note: Locations that have been converted to Farmer Jack are not included, unless the Farmer Jack has closed too. Farmer Jack converts are not listed, because that is an A & P-owned brand.

Adrian -- Maumee St.
Alanson
Albion -- 110 S. Eaton -- later Save*A*Lot, now Dollar General
Albion -- 109 N. Superior -- now Knute Furniture
Albion -- 212 S. Superior -- now Carne's Paint
Albion -- 315 S. Superior -- now Sanders Furniture
Alpena -- 344 Ripley -- later Ripley Street Station, now empty
Bellaire?
Belleville -- 201 Third St.
Berkley -- 2624 11 Mile Road -- now CVS/Pharmacy
Bessemer -- 201 S. Sophie -- Now Big Dollar Supermarket
Birmingham -- 3600 W. Maple Road
Birmingham -- S. Adams St. -- Later Farmer Jack, now empty
Boyne City
Brighton -- Brighton Mall -- later Farmer Jack?, now demolished
Burton -- Courtland Center -- later Jo-Ann Fabrics, now empty
Charlotte -- Lansing Hwy. -- later Save*A*Lot, now closed?
Cheboygan -- Main St.
Clarkston -- 5785 Ortonville Road
Clio -- 2219 Vienna Road -- now IGA?
Croswell -- 54 N. Howard -- now IGA. May not have been A & P
Davison -- 225? N. Main -- now ACE Hardware?
Dearborn Heights -- 27335 Warren Rd.
Detroit -- somewhere in an old warehouse back in the 1930s
Detroit -- E. Grand Boulevard -- abandoned
Detroit -- 3681 Gratiot -- now Pioneer Market
Detroit -- 15001 Houston-Whitter -- now Save*A*Lot
Detroit -- E. Jefferson -- now an independent market
East Jordan
East Lansing -- Grand River Ave. -- later Sparty's Supermarket, now closed
East Lansing -- Francis St. -- now a Chinese restaurant
East Tawas -- 115 Newman St. -- later Brugger's Foodland East, then Mill End, then Ace Hardware, now divided into Shops at Harborview Place
East Tawas -- 1xx Newman St. -- now Carol Anne's Dance Studio and other shops. May not have been A & P
Essexville -- 1450 W. Center -- now Do-All, Inc.
Farmington -- 23300 Farmington Rd.
Flint -- Miller Road @ I-75 -- later Save*A*Lot and Pet Supplies Plus; both stores have since closed. Kmart was to expand into these two storefronts, but never did. Originally Hamady?
Flint -- 3600? S. Dort Hwy. -- now the Dort Mall Office Annex?
Flint -- 5125 Fenton Rd. -- now Save*A*Lot. May have been a Hamady at one point also
Fraser -- 13 Mile at Groesbeck -- either a Rite Aid or an Oak Ridge Market
Gaylord -- old 1950s location
Gaylord -- 1425 W. Main St. -- later Buy Low Foods, now empty
Grand Rapids -- Stocking Avenue
Grand Rapids -- Grandville Avenue
Grayling -- 1xx Michigan
Greenville -- According to Thrifty Years, Greenville had two A & P's a block apart somewhere downtown in the 1930s.
Greenville -- Lafayette St.
Harbor Springs
Hart -- Seymour St. -- abandoned
Highland Park -- 14510 Second St.
Highland Park -- Woodward Ave. (across from an old Sears) -- may be the location listed above
Honor?
Howell -- 1250 E. Grand River -- now Dollar General and a closed Ace Hardware
Imlay City -- 624 N. Cedar -- empty?
Ironwood -- 100-104 Suffolk
Ishpeming -- 216 Cleveland -- now Symons True Value Hardware
Ishpeming -- 800 Lakeshore Dr. -- now Ishpeming Federal Credit Union
Kalamazoo -- Stadium Dr.? -- now Save*A*Lot
Kalamazoo -- later a Lincoln/Mercury dealer, now a U-Haul place
Kalamazoo -- now an auto parts store. This store replaced the U-Haul one above
Kalkaska -- N. Cedar St.
Lake Odessa -- 4th St.
Lansing -- Mt. Hope Ave. -- later Tom's Shop-Rite, now closed
Livonia -- 29583 Five Mile Road
Mackinaw City?
Madison Heights -- 12 Mile at DeQuindre -- now Murray's Auto Parts
Madison Heights -- 12 Mile at Stephenson
Mancelona
Manistee -- 113 Cypress -- later another supermarket, now Family Video
Marquette -- 145 W. Spring -- now Marquette Transit Authority
Mason -- 154 W. Maple Street -- now a shoe store
Mason -- Cedar Street -- now a bakery/thrift shop
Mason -- Cedar Street -- abandoned
Midland -- 1826 S. Saginaw Rd. -- now Dunham's Sports
Northville -- 42475 Seven Mile Road -- later Farmer Jack, now independent grocery store
Norway
Oak Park -- 22150 Coolidge
Oak Park -- 26100 Greenfield
Onaway
Oscoda -- 5112 N. US 23 -- Later Big Valu, and then Carter's (note: Carter's was evicted as of July 10, 2006)
Oscoda -- 5120 N. US 23 -- later Cunningham's Drugs, then Perry, then Rite Aid, now empty. May not have been A & P
Oscoda -- 117 S. State -- Flagstar Loan Center on site; building may or may not be one used by A & P
Oscoda -- 116 E. Dwight -- later a furniture store, now Tait's Bill of Fare and Shoppes On Taitery Row. May not have been an A & P
Petoskey
Pontiac -- later Orchard Lake Market
Pontiac -- 775 Baldwin -- now Sav-Plus
Port Huron -- 24th St.
Riverview -- 19020 Fort
Rochester -- 637 Main St. -- Demolished?
Rogers City -- xxx N. Third -- later B's Sav-Mor, now empty
Romeo -- now Tractor Supply Company
Roseville -- 31750 Gratiot -- empty?
Royal Oak -- now Oak Ridge Market?
Saginaw -- 5446 Dixie Hwy. -- empty
Saginaw -- 3545 Dixie Hwy. -- now Family Dollar, may not have been A & P
Saginaw -- xxxx State St. -- there is a now-closed Farmer Jack on State Street, but there may have been a different A & P on State as well
St. Clair Shores -- Masonic at Harper -- demolished
St. Ignace
Saline -- 624 E. Michigan Ave.
Southfield -- 12 Mile Road
Southgate -- 11055 Allen Road
Traverse City
Walled Lake -- 1154 Maple Road
Warren -- now Auto Zone?
Warren -- 12 Mile Road at Hoover -- now Rite Aid
Warren -- 8 Mile Road at Groesbeck -- now Save*A*Lot
Waterford -- 5975 Highland Road -- Colonial type store, empty?
West Bloomfield -- 3232 Orchard Lake Road
West Branch -- 417 W. Houghton -- Later IGA. Was rumored to become a Save*A*Lot, but became Family Video/Hungry Howie's/Heartland Health Care instead.
Ypsilanti -- 1571 Holmes Rd. -- now Von's Foods

19 stores in Southwest Michigan opened in 1937, but I haven't pinpointed the towns yet. Two of them may be the ones I have listed in Grand Rapids for Grandville and Stocking Avenues.

Former A & P's in Ohio

Akron -- N. Howard St. -- now an independent market
Akron -- Darrow Road -- now IGA
Andover -- US-222 @ OH 7
Boardman -- now a Ford dealership
Canton -- Market St. @ 16th Ave. -- vacant
Chagrin Falls -- 20 Shopping Plaza -- now a Giant Eagle
Cleveland -- 2323 Broadview Road -- now a Rite Aid
Cleveland -- 6723 Denison Av -- now Dave's Discount Store
Cleveland -- 4507 Clark Ave -- now Medic Drug
Cleveland -- 11115 Kinsman Ave -- torn down, CVS/Pharmacy and Aldi on site
Cleveland -- 3171 West Blvd -- torn down, CVS/Pharmacy on site
Cleveland -- 7210 Superior Ave -- now Save*A*Lot
Columbus -- High @ Hudson -- now Blockbuster Video
Coventry Twp. -- Manchester Road -- empty
East Cleveland -- 14525 Euclid Ave -- torn down, Walgreen's on site
Fairlawn -- West Market Street -- now Chuck E. Cheese's
Geneva -- Rt. 20 at Rt. 534 -- now Auto Zone
Grove City -- now a thrift shop
Liberty -- later Stambaugh's, now empty
Madison -- Rt. 20 at Rt. 528 -- now an Auto Zone, may have been the last Colonial in greater Cleveland, was part of a mall that never grew beyond a few stores
Mentor #1 -- ???
Mentor #2 -- now an Eagle store
Niles -- now Giant Eagle
Painesville -- now an independent market
Parma -- 7383 State Road -- now a CVS/Pharmacy
Portsmouth -- now Goodwill
St. Clair -- Torn down
Streetsboro -- Streetsboro Plaza -- now Save*A*Lot
Toledo -- W. Sylvania Ave. -- now a bingo hall
Warren -- entire plaza is empty
Westlake -- Detroit Ave. at Dover Center -- now a Discount Drug Mart
Wickliffe -- 28940 Euclid Ave -- now an electronics supply house
Windham -- now a Sparkle Supermarket
Wooster -- Cleveland Rd. -- now Smith's
Worthington -- High St. @ OH 161 -- now Festival Foods
Youngstown -- South Ave. -- now a restaurant/catering business

For photos of several former A & P's in Ohio, click here .

Former Krogers in Michigan

Albion
Alpena -- 245 E. Chisholm St. -- later Glen's, now Save*A*Lot
Alpena -- Thunder Bay S/C -- later Hamady, then IGA, now Neiman's. May not have been Kroger but does have Kroger-style cube sign.
Bay City -- 601 N. Euclid -- later Mr. B's Foodland, later Family Dollar and Salvation Army; Salvation Army has since taken over former Family Dollar and the former Salvation Army is vacant
Birmingham -- Maple @ Hunter
Burton -- Courtland Center (Eastland Mall at the time); -- It may now be an Old Country Buffet
Cedar Springs #1
Cedar Springs #2 -- I think this one was canceled by Hendrik Meijer
Cheboygan -- later Carter's, now partially Peebles. May not have been Kroger but does have Kroger-style cube sign.
Chesterfield Twp. -- 23 Mile and DW Seaton Rd. -- now Tractor Supply Company
Coldwater
Decatur
Dearborn -- 4770 Greenfield
Dearborn -- 23001 Michigan (Westborn Mall) -- now Marshalls
Dearborn Heights -- 20601 Warren -- now Warrenvale Market
Detroit -- 8 Mile @ Dequindre -- now Imperial Market
Essexville -- 2986 Center St. -- later split into Big Lots and Aco Hardware; Big Lots closed, and Dollar General now occupies half of the old Big Lots
Ferndale -- now Ferndale Foodland
Flint -- N. Saginaw St. -- empty
Grand Rapids -- Plainfield @ I-96 -- now Plainfield Plaza
Grand Rapids -- Plainfield Ave. -- later JCPenney? now MC Sports; may be same as above
Grand Rapids -- Wealthy @ Lake -- now CVS?
Grand Rapids -- Breton Village Mall -- now D & W?
Greenville
Hart -- Main St. -- now a social services building
Hastings
Hillsdale -- 270 W. Carleton -- later Big Lots, now empty
Holt -- demolished (not the current 2495 N. Cedar location)
Holly
Howard City
Kentwood -- Kentwood Village Mall -- mall is now a JCPenney call center and a health center
Lansing -- 3222 S. Martin Luther King -- now Save*A*Lot
Lansing -- 800 S. Waverly
Madison Heights -- 14 Mile at Campbell -- later Oakland Foodland, now empty
Monroe -- 15265 S. Dixie -- now Save*A*Lot
Mt. Clemens -- 50 N. Groesbeck -- now Farmer Jack
Muskegon -- 1680 E. Apple -- now Plum's Valu Rite
Niles -- later Super Valu, now empty
Petoskey -- 751 Spring -- now Big Boy
Petoskey -- N. US-31 -- later Hamady, then Carter's. Carter's moved in 1991. Now Dunham's Sports
Richmond -- relocated
Roseville -- Empty, may have re-located to old Kmart in same plaza
Royal Oak -- 3389 N. Woodward
Saginaw -- Bay Road -- now Michael's Arts & Crafts
Saginaw -- Tittabawassee Road -- empty
Saginaw -- Dixie Hwy.
Saint Clair Shores -- Harper @ Eight Mile -- Formerly Great Scott
Shelby Twp. -- M-59 @ Schoenherr -- empty
Sturgis -- 715 S. Centerville -- now Family Dollar
Southfield -- Northland Center -- now mall space
Tawas City -- 215 W. Lake St. -- now Sears Hometown
Tawas City -- 220 W. Lake St. -- now Carter's
Taylor -- later F & M Drugstore
Taylor -- 9751 S. Telegraph
Traverse City -- 1144 S. Airport W. -- now Tom's Supermarket
Warren -- 26800 Dequindre -- now Big Lots
Warren -- 4239 E. 12 Mile -- now CVS/Pharmacy
Warren -- 5775 E. 13 Mile -- now Hall of Fame pool hall
Warren -- 13 Mile at Mound -- burned in 1993
Waterford -- Highland Road -- empty
Westland -- Westland Center -- now part of JC Penney wing
Westland -- formerly Great Scott; now Big Lots
Wyoming -- Rogers Plaza -- now MC Sports?

Thanks to the people at Groceteria, as well as John Arens and Nikolai Nolan, and probably some other people whose names escape me. Some information also came from Thrifty Years by Hank Meijer, as well as countless old phone books and personal e-mails.