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The Stoplight was founded in February 2019 by alexweb8 and A&P Preservation. The blog features store tours, memories, memorabilia, and commercials from Stop & Shop's past, as well as present day. We also feature other Ahold-USA stores, such as Giant-PA, Martin's, Giant-MD, Hannaford, and Food Lion; although our basis is on Stop & Shop stores.

About The Author: A&P Preservation
The author of  A&P Preservation and The Stoplight previously held his place in many discussions, open forums, and postings in other retail-related blogs such as Acme Style, Albertsons Florida Blog, and The Market Report under the same name as the blog, but wanted more. Being obsessed with chains of the past and present including Acme, Clemens, Genuardi's, Giant, Ames, and Bottom Dollar, A&P Preservation took his spot in one of the most vast areas to report on retail about-- A&P. Knowing merely nothing about the chain itself (rather brief shopping experiences), A&P Preservation learned about the A&P chain extensively from 1859 to 2015-- when the chain closed. Now he is, what some say, an A&P connoisseur, a Retail Anthropologist, and a Supermarket Specialist. While not much may meet the eye when visiting his blog, he is sure to keep you entertained throughout the years his blog is active. A&P Preservation not only creates his own posts and commentaries, but writes retail history and compiles store lists off-the-grid from his readers.

About The Author: alexweb8
Alexweb8 is an enigma, if there ever was one. The name first appeared on the web in 2004 as a GeoCities website, for those of us who remember GeoCities. It began with some blurry photos taken using a Sony CyberShot DSC-P72, as well as some HTML trickery. But times have changed, folks. Alexweb8 evolved into an eclectic collection of mostly retail-related photos on Flickr, in addition to a bizarre YouTube channel featuring a variety of mostly retail-related parody videos. It is also widely rumored that Alexweb8 maintains the mostly retail-related @waldbaums account on Instagram. The recurring theme across these platforms is the author's cynical, often sarcastic tone, frequently mocking the best efforts of the management teams of the chains we know and love, with a blend of pop-culture references and inside-jokes. He is, of course, a diehard Pathmark and A&P loyalist, so be forewarned. Alexweb8 writing for a Stop & Shop blog is a recipe for disaster.