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{{Short description|Coffee brand sold by A&P}}
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'''Red Circle Coffee''' was a branded line of [[coffee]] sold by the American supermarket chain [[The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company|A&P]], the middle tier of the company's coffee trio.  Introduced in September 1919, it was bracketed by the existing brands of [[Bokar Coffee|Bokar]] above and [[8 O'Clock Coffee]] below it. In 1979, A&P licensed its division Compass Foods Inc. to sell Red Circle Coffee to other retailers, including competing supermarket chains. Compass Foods was subsequently spun-out from A&P and sold to a Private Equity buyer (Gryphon) in the 2000s then relatively quickly to its present owner, the [[Tata Group]].  

In 2022, it relaunched as Stockyards Coffee.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CBN |date=2021-04-27 |title=Red Circle Brewing Relaunches as Stockyards Brewing and Announces Expansion Plans |url=https://www.canadianbeernews.com/2021/04/27/red-circle-brewing-relaunches-as-stockyards-brewing-and-announces-expansion-plans/#google_vignette |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Canadian Beer News |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Coffee brands]]
[[Category:Products introduced in 1919]]
[[Category:The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company]]
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*[http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/ccc1933%20(E)/issues/09-22-1933_8.pdf 1933 newspaper advertisement mentions the Red Circle brand among other items]

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