About 4 months ago, Acme posted a "Throw Back Thursday" photo on Instagram of the classic sign on the Manasquan store. Whoever posted it must have know the sign's days were finally numbered.
I recently was reading the 1999 Annual Report from Albertsons, just after they swallowed American Stores. They actually referenced Acme in the first sentence, and I quote: "Albertson’s, Inc., operates as a supermarket named Acme in Philadelphia, a drugstore named Osco in Chicago, and a combination food and drug store named Albertson’s in Bend, Oregon." I took it to mean that they had in essence killed Acme and was wearing its skin as a suit. They even referred to Acme as the "Eastern Region". Gosh. There's a TBT that we don't really want to remember...
I'm really curious to see whether or not the old Produce flooring survived the remodel!
ReplyDeleteI recently was reading the 1999 Annual Report from Albertsons, just after they swallowed American Stores. They actually referenced Acme in the first sentence, and I quote: "Albertson’s, Inc., operates as a supermarket named Acme in Philadelphia, a drugstore named Osco in Chicago,
ReplyDeleteand a combination food and drug store named Albertson’s in Bend, Oregon." I took it to mean that they had in essence killed Acme and was wearing its skin as a suit. They even referred to Acme as the "Eastern Region". Gosh. There's a TBT that we don't really want to remember...