25 Cents - Food Stamp Credit Token (Grand Union; Elmwood Park, NJ) ND

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The value

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FOOD STAMP
CREDIT TOKEN
REDEEMABLE ONLY IN
ELIGIBLE FOODS
25¢

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Comment

"GRAND UNION" was a chain of food stores... started as the "Jones Brothers Tea Co." in 1872 and became "Grand Union" in the 1920's -- at one time Grand Union was the 9th largest supermarket chain with over 900 stores, it now has just 26 locations on the east coast and is owned by "C&S Wholesale Grocers" -- At the time this token was issued (c1970's) the company was headquartered in either Elmwood Park, NJ or Wayne, NJ (more likely wayne as Elmwood park was the original location) -- today headquarters (C&S) is in Battleboro, VT and the stores are called "Grand Union Family Markets" ---- WIKIPEDIA