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What we compareA-P-A Transport Corp.Advance Auto Parts Grinder
Country in archiveUnited StatesUnited States
Founded19472009
FounderArthur Imperatore Sr.Advance Auto Parts
HeadquartersNorth Bergen, New Jersey, United States—
Name originThe Imperatore brothers began as Imperatore Bros. Moving and Trucking in 1947, then bought the name and two trucks of A&P Trucking Corp. After legal wrangling with the A&P grocery chain in the 1950s, they added a trailing A to make A-P-A.The truck's name, Grinder, is a name given to a Monster Jam truck sponsored by Advance Auto Parts, the title sponsor of Monster Jam. The sponsor's name is part of the full title.
Earliest archived brand logo19472009
Latest archived logo19472009
Archived logo assets11

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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