Grand Union is a supermarket chain operated by Tops Friendly Markets. Originally based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey (later moving to Wayne, New Jersey), the company operated mostly in the northeastern United States but at times its reach extended into the Midwest, Southeast, and the Caribbean. Currently, the chain is known as Grand Union Family Markets, and has 21 locations (18 in New York, and 3 in Vermont, chiefly in the Adirondacks and Appalachians.
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