Location: Route 130 and Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown NJ
Another abandoned Acme. But this one has a happy ending. It was replaced with a brand new Acme just down the road. Unfortunately I wasn't sure how to get to it when I was visiting this location. Not familiar with the area so I didn't try to venture to the new store. Turns out I could have practically walked to it.
Clearly this Acme was quite successful despite it's relatively small size by today's standards. I count only about 8 or 9 grocery isles. A large portion of the left side of the store was cleared out to create the "market" area with the produce, deli and bakery departments. The pharmacy was most likely on the front right side of the store where the bakery used to be before the 90's remodel. Looks like 7 registered lined the front of the store.
This is one of the most extensively remodeled stores I have seen of this size. Acme shut down most of the these types of locations with the 80's remodel package still in tact. Both the interior and exterior received extensive upgrades in the 90's. Painting the awning blue was a much better choice than the green color used to paint most old Acme awnings.
"Food • Drug" lablescar
"Pharmacy Dept." lablescar
"ACME Sav-on" lablescar. The signs in the window list the address of the new store.
Clearly this Acme was quite successful despite it's relatively small size by today's standards. I count only about 8 or 9 grocery isles. A large portion of the left side of the store was cleared out to create the "market" area with the produce, deli and bakery departments. The pharmacy was most likely on the front right side of the store where the bakery used to be before the 90's remodel. Looks like 7 registered lined the front of the store.
This is one of the most extensively remodeled stores I have seen of this size. Acme shut down most of the these types of locations with the 80's remodel package still in tact. Both the interior and exterior received extensive upgrades in the 90's. Painting the awning blue was a much better choice than the green color used to paint most old Acme awnings.
"Food • Drug" lablescar
"Pharmacy Dept." lablescar
"ACME Sav-on" lablescar. The signs in the window list the address of the new store.
The old street signs
Great interior shots, thanks to some lights being on...
Unusual entrance. Shoppers entering and exiting through the same doors. There wasn't an exit door at the end of the registers.
The 70's Meat Department wall panels still intact after the meat cases were removed.
The "market" area over the to left. Not sure what that lit up service area was. Floral perhaps?
Customer Service Dept most likely there on the right. The Pharmacy Dept just beyond it.
This 33,000 square foot location closed on July 26, 2007 and the new 54,000 square foot store in Fieldsboro opened the very next next morning.
Now you see it...
Now you don't...
Just one click of the rotate tool on Live Maps and this Acme goes from being open to being closed.
Great interior shots, thanks to some lights being on...
Unusual entrance. Shoppers entering and exiting through the same doors. There wasn't an exit door at the end of the registers.
The 70's Meat Department wall panels still intact after the meat cases were removed.
The "market" area over the to left. Not sure what that lit up service area was. Floral perhaps?
Customer Service Dept most likely there on the right. The Pharmacy Dept just beyond it.
This 33,000 square foot location closed on July 26, 2007 and the new 54,000 square foot store in Fieldsboro opened the very next next morning.
Now you see it...
Now you don't...
Just one click of the rotate tool on Live Maps and this Acme goes from being open to being closed.
This store was a heavily redone 50s style store. It used to have a tall neon "ACME" sign that you could see far in the distance. (Not ACME MARKETS.) You used to pass this store every time that you had to connect from the NJTP to 295 before the route changed.
ReplyDeletedeliver to acme stores,check out main & lippincott steets maple shade n.j. very small store & haddenfield n.j. store still has hand written acme signs,another very small store,think its on haddon ave
ReplyDeleteMichael, I am surprised at how much Acme invested in this store. I believe that last remodel occurred in the late 90's when the store was already severely challenged by it's small size. Wonder why they didn't expand out the front side as the parking lot was enormous!
ReplyDeleteI am hopefully heading the Haddonfield store next weekend among others, including two abandoned stores.
I used to live right near this store and I really liked shopping there. It was always busy since there's not much else northern Burlington County doesn't have that many grocery stores. But you could get in and out quickly. When this place closed I didn't like the new store, so I switched to Shop Rite.
ReplyDeleteI work for the company. I workrd in this store for three years. I got transfered to the Princeton Junction store before the new Bordentown store opened. Princeton Junction ACME also is closed now. As of May 7, 2009. Yes, the Bordentown store was a busy store. But, it was time for a bigger one.
ReplyDeleteA few miles North on Rt 130 is a section of Hamilton Township called Yardville. On South Broad Street in Yardville there is a new Acme that is a Relocation. The old Pitched Roof store is a mile up the road in the Dover Park Shopping Center. CVS took over 1/2 of the old Pitched roof store. The redid the front facade of the building so you do not see the pitched roof from outside. However when you go inside the store, the store is illuminated by the front glass from the pitched roof, if your ever in the area there check it out.
ReplyDeleteI shopped at the old Bordentown store Acme for many years. Yes, it was rather small, but I much preferred it to the huge store they have now in Fieldsboro. Also, the whole climate of customer service changed in the new store, it's terrible. Always a problem.
ReplyDeleteAlso wanted to add that I have also shopped at the Mapleshade store, and the old Yardville store. The old Mercerville Acme on Rt. 33, was also replaced by a brand new store further down the road. I'm a small store shopper at heart; none of the new Acme's impress me. Great site!
ReplyDeletei remember this store because i used to hang out with a friend who lived maybe 100 feet walking distance from it. it wasn't really that awful of a store, sorta small, but it wasn't that bad. i think the new store is better except the contractors they hired did not do the flooring right, but it seems busier, and the shopping center seems to piece together right, although acme is known for good parking spaces, the new location it's more of a pain in the ass. they need to add more registers as well, because 7 didn't cut it when i went in.
ReplyDeleteShop Rite sucks they make acmes like this move into biger stores to compete then that huge store closees so then that huge store sits emptey forever then walmart or lowes send their buldosers threw to distroy the acme i hate shoprite
ReplyDeletewell, i'm from jersey and i don't like florence/roebling...too close to comfort, so i'd never want to work at at bordentown acme, but i rememeber i had a friend who lived next to it practically, it was a busy acme, the new store is beautiful and one of the few doing decent business for acme standards (newtown, pa) is also one of the busiest, and of course the shore stores in the summer. the new store looks nice and has a nice plaza, but the parking lot is a little iffy. most the ppl seem stuckup and mainstream. i prefer my acme cuz the employees are more down to earth.
ReplyDeletenew store is nicer but still has pretty lousy produce and very bad bread...also I live in Bordentown City and really miss having a supermarket I could walk to...
ReplyDeleteHey Deb, I was in the new Bordentown store on Saturday. The store is beautiful but I couldn't find a decent a loaf of bread in the bakery department. Didn't check out produce. And I gotta say... for all the flack that Acme gets over it's prices, I wound up walking our of there with a huge bad of dirt cheap sale items. I was very surprised.
ReplyDeletei remember the old bordentown acme, it looked okay the last time i was in there...gosh, maybe 2004 or 05? but it was sorta small, but it was in a good location, the new store looks nice but the parking space is about as bad as most shoprites due to the other stores in the plaza, and they did not have enough registers installed - i think they had 7 and self check outs for such an upscale area they should have at least 14 registers, is not a whole lot of competition in that area yet, unless that old acme is bought out and turned into a grocery store
ReplyDeleteeven tho acme is mostly overpriced on 2/3+ of items, i prefer it, shoprite experiences i have had were far worse. the turnover rate is high and the customer service is worse. never go to the willingboro shoprite, you might fear for your life. even the new ones in cinnaminson is awful, by the time you check out your frozen foods and meats are basically de-frosted, and the cashiers and employees are rude. pathmark smells like a whale died in it, and i won't settle for aldis unless i am broke as a joke...walmart can kiss my ass. ppl always complain about long lines in walmart, just about everywhere you go there is long lines. at least acme will open up another register or two if need be, i spent 20 minutes in line at walmart the other day, and no one would come up and open up a register.
ReplyDeletei remember the old bordentown acme, it was in OKAY condition considering...but yes they where better off building a new one. in my opinion the employees and customers in that area (i briefly lived in roebling which is a hop and skip away from bordentown) and we never shopped that acme because for some reason the entire area there the people are weird...and i know i am not the only one who thinks it. but anyway as far as the acme goes it is a nice store. i seen the new one and been in it, they just need to call their contractor about their flooring problem. it's a fairly basically brand new store and the floor is falling apart already!
ReplyDeleteon a side note though they do good business, i couldn't see them closing any time soon, at least the visit i paid there one time, they had every register opened and still was packed, in fact it seemed like they should have installed more than what they had. i believe it was only 7 registers. they needed about 14.
ReplyDeleteRumor has it this store is going to be a bottom dollar...
ReplyDeleteYeah if you look at Bottom Dollar's job site, the Bordentown store's address is listed as Route 130 and Farnsworth Avenue which would be right there. Not sure when it will open though. There appears to be only one job posted for it.
ReplyDeleteI believe the Bordentown Acme was district HQ/office. I remember friends that worked for Acme saying that they had to go to the Btown store for training. This could be one of the reasons the store was kept up to date with remodels throughout the years.
ReplyDeleteAs of October 26, 2011 Bottom Dollar Food Posted 5 new positions that they are looking for at this location. Front End Manager, Dry Manager, Fresh Manager, Store Manager and Full Time Account Analyst.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Bottom Dollar Food's website now this location will be opening as a Bottom Dollar Food on April 13th.
ReplyDeleteBottom Dollar appears to have opened in this picture:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/maps/@40.140056,-74.707081,3a,75y,244.52h,79.39t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1syExAHQJe5O5xhHZl3ABlDQ!2e0!6m1!1e1
But not in this picture:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.139947,-74.706992,3a,75y,244.52h,79.39t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sWOO6YFUtY5SOyAJQiawYSQ!2e0!6m1!1e1
I haven't personally been to this location, so I don't know what's happened to it since Bottom Dollar doesn't exist anymore, and the street view was from 2011 (not open) and 2013 (open). It doesn't seem that it became an Aldi:
https://storelocator.aldi.us/Presentation/AldiSued/en-us/Search?SingleSlotGeo=Bordentown%2C%20NJ
The aerial view on Google Maps, which they claim is from 2015, shows cars in the parking lot, but I can't see what it is. Bing Maps doesn't help either; their picture is older than Google Maps' street view, as it shows the store pre-Bottom Dollar. Does anyone know what, if anything, is there now?