Flashback Fun!

FORMER BORDENTOWN ACME!

Location: 262 Route 130, Bordentown, NJ

This classic 33M store closed in 2007 with a replacement store opening nearby. The interior has the Chalkboard Market remodel, which was an extensive remodel back in the day with the bakery and deli departments getting moved to where produce was originallyy

To jump to the original coverage of the Bordentown stores, click here. 

Former ACME – Glassboro, New Jersey

STEP BACK IN TIME!  


Location: 6908 Delsea Drive, Glassboro, NJ

Today we're revisiting the Glassboro ACME back in the day with the 90's Red/White/Blue décor was on display! 

Google maps has not taken a drive-by of the former ACME in a loooong time. They're showing it STILL open all these years later. 

This décor package always brings back great memories for me. I'll never forget the first time I stepped into an ACME that had it. It was like seeing ACME blast its way into the future after falling behind its competitors. Fun fact too, that very first time I saw it with my own eyes, the store also had signs in the windows with ACME's web address! That was back in the day when the internet was brand-new. I don't think I even had a computer at that time and had NO idea what a website was. 

AFTER THE 2000's ERA REMODEL

I honestly can never tell if I like this décor package or HATE it! It's not unattractive, yet feels so flat. I guess the bottom line for me is that it conveys not a shred of ACME personality. Pleasant but far too generic. 

Nearly impossible to get a good look at the building since being converted to mostly an LA Fitness. 

A former Super Fresh/Food Basics across the street with new store facades breaking out from the original facade...

Illustration courtesy of styertowne on flickr

To jump back to the original Glassboro post, click here. 

Former ACME – Kirkwood Plaza, DE

 REDNER'S WOWS
IN FORMER ACME/PATHMARK!

Location: 4365 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE

The Kirkwood Pathmark became an ACME in 2015. ACME closed its doors November 16, 2024 after being plagued with horrible reviews for being dirty, visible mold and having a horrible smell. ACME may have decided not to show the store much love since it has other stores nearby. In a wild twist, Render's took over the space, dramatically transforming the building into their breathtaking Fresh Market 2.0 format. Their warehouse format a distant memory here. This is Redner's very first extraordinary Fresh Market 2.0 which opened on October 8, 2026. 

Photo courtesy of Josh Austin on flickr

The Kirkwood ACME has been covered on the blog previously. You can jump to the post by clicking here. 

Photos of the new Redner's all grabbed from random sources on the web. 

WOW! WOW! WOW!

The interior is strikingly beautiful, with several specialized service departments not usually seen in a supermarket. 

Not Redner's Warehouse anymore!

PREVIOUS INTERIOR

Only a few glimpses of ACME's Quality Built decor floating around on the web. 

 CLASSIC PATHMARK DECOR!

The original post on the blog has some great interior shots of the Pathmark interior. Some new views here from the A&P Preservation blog.

I would call this Pathmark's most classic decor in the chain's history. While maybe not its most attractive, with shades of Pepto-Bismol and Ibuprofen, it is the decor package that new Pathmarks are basing their interior design upon.