Store posts will resume this Friday. For the remainder of the year, I will be focusing on the A&P and Pathmark converted stores. These stores are all anybody's talking about! Visitor counts on the blog are running nearly 4 times their usual daily average despite the fact that there hasn't been any Acme store posts lately. Additionally, it will also be easier for me to cover some of these stores as there is a ton opening very close to where I live. (woo-hoo!) The Acmes still waiting the Acme Style treatment are a good two hour or more drive away.
The conversion posts will be done with a limited amount of pictures and information. The main goal will be to give a preview of the store rather than exhaustive coverage of an original Acme location. This will give me the opportunity to generate more frequent posts with the limited amount of time I currently have to work on the blog. I won't be delving into the history of each A&P and Pathmark. The posts will be picking up the story just as Acme steps in. Those of you who do have information on these stores will be welcome to share your knowledge in the comments section of each post.
Posts of current and former Acmes will resume early next year.
A bit of a bummer that they aren't focusing on the history, that's one of the things I find most interesting about them. At least you can mention when they were built, right?
ReplyDeleteNope. A&P is not my specialty and not the focus of the blog.
DeleteAre you covering the soon-to-be Acme in Saddle Brook, New Jersey? It is being converted from an A&P.
ReplyDeletePossibly after it opens as an Acme. Haven't been there as of yet.
DeleteIt is opening this Sunday, October 18th.
DeleteI never thought acme would spring back like this. This just goes to show you how the right management and taking advantage of a odd situation will help a company come back from the brink of disaster.
ReplyDeleteI don't think anybody did!
DeleteAnd at least they seem to have put some thought into what stores they took over, unlike another chain that thought expanding like crazy and taking whatever was available was a good idea.
DeleteSpeaking of A&P, there's a pretty cool abandoned location in Bayonne, on the opposite end of town from the old Acme. The A&P opened in the early 90's and closed in March 2012, probably because of the newly remodeled ShopRite across town. Anyhow, it was a Fresh Market format, and had some nice views of the bay. I've got some photos, if you're interested.
ReplyDeleteThanks but no. I'm only posting A&P's that are turning into Acmes and there's more of those than I'll ever get posted!
DeleteThat's fine. Now that I looked through the photos I took once more, there's not really much to see. Mostly exterior shots, since the windows were almost all covered over with paper. I'm excited to see what Acme does with the other stores they're acquiring.
DeleteI'm wondering if the order of conversions is to get Acme (re-)established in 'new' areas first and leaving the locations in Pennsylvania and Delaware for last as they likely already have a presence not far from the target locations.
ReplyDeleteIt looks all the Acme locations that opened in NY do not have an in-store Pharmacy, even when they were A&P
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