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SUPERMARKET (FIRST)

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SUPERMARKET (FIRST). Billed as Dubuque's first supermarket when it closed, the A & P Food Store was located at 1101 Central. Citing a low volume of sales as the reason, the supermarket was closed in October, 1971. It had been in operation more than twenty years at its downtown location.