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![In 1912, the first A/P Economy Store opened, a grocery store format that allowed cost-cutting and standardized layout, increasing their store numbers to 1600 by 1915. By 1925 they had 13,961 stores and sales of $437 million. In the early 1930s, A/P was operating approximately 16,000 stores with a combined revenue of US$1 billion.[citation needed] In 1936 A/P opened their first supermarket in Braddock, Pennsylvania.In the 1950s, the pressure it put on its suppliers led to the passing of several anti-predatory pricing laws by Congress. The threat of having to break up the A/P company because of these laws led John Augustine Hartford and George Ludlum Hartford to give an interview to Time, which put them on their November 13, 1950 cover. Time wrote that, next to General Motors, A/P sold more goods than any other company in the world. John was quoted in Time as saying I don't know any grocer who wants to stay small. I don't see how any businessman can limit his growth and stay healthy. Up until 1958, the company was still owned and controlled by the Hartford Family privately until efforts to make the company a publicly-owned corporation ensued.In the mid-1950s, A/P was the dominant food retailer. In a few markets, A/P had up to 75% of the market share, with stores in 39 states.[citation needed] Downtown stores were being replaced with 15,000 to 20,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) supermarkets, which was large for that time period. In many situations a 20,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) store in a town would replace several 5,000-square-foot (500 m2) obsolete stores. In most locations these new stores had a colonial design with a weathervane on the top. On the west coast the stores had a round marina design.The company continued building supermarkets with the colonial design throughout the 1960s. Most of these stores were on the edge of downtown areas. In the mid-1960s, A/P exited the west coast, selling those stores to Safeway, which was the number two food retailer at the time. A/P stayed in the Seattle market until 1974, selling its stores to QFC.](images/Click%20Banner.gif "Makeup, Cosmetics, Bath and Body, Jewelry, Skincare, Haircare, Fragrance, Fashion, Gifts")
