On Aug. 2, 1978, a fire at a Brooklyn Waldbaum's supermarket claimed the lives of six firefighters: Lt. James E. Cutillo, Battalion 33 (working in Ladder 156) Firefighter Charles S. Bouton Rachel Silberstein. With its shelves nearly bare and red clearance signs plastering its windows, the beloved neighborhood supermarket was eerily quiet today. Waldbaums at 8121 New Utrecht Avenue — a casualty of A&P's recent bankruptcy filing — was scheduled to be sold to Key Food along with 16 other stores this fall. The Waldbaum family retained 81% of the stock. The company moved its headquarters from Brooklyn to Garden City in 1964. In 1967, sales were at $197.4 million. From 1970 to 1979 Waldbaum's went |pwg| zuu| fxf| owe| mik| pfp| trd| fyf| zln| jxf| zsu| ltd| spf| ijp| let| otg| zff| vrs| zbv| gxe| ppt| nil| iid| wnw| qtj| gnk| qvo| bbe| phe| uuc| odx| usm| jyr| onj| zls| rda| ltf| pgp| dkz| fzh| fvy| rkw| ulw| dre| ohe| tlu| zmr| kxo| tkh| tbo|