WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN!
The original Chocolate Chip Cookies bag is back! This time around the Acme logo has been replaced with the new Signature Select logo. SuperValu had gotten rid of these colorful packages years ago in favor of the plain white ones you see in front. These cookies are big business at Acme. They're prominently featured in the Bakery and regularly shown in the weekly circular, often on sale. Not sure if the other banners put as much emphasis on these goodies. I imagine the new/old bags will be coming for the other varieties soon.
LONG OVERDUE
MUFFIN BOX UPDATE!
P.S.: These photos were taken at the Edgewater Acme this past Saturday morning. As I've mentioned before, I've been a pretty regular shopper at the store since the late 90's. In the last few years, I've watched the business plummet. You could literally hear a pin drop at 11:00 on Saturday morning. They would usually have two full service registers open along with the four self-checkouts. Rarely any lines. Now I walk in and see more shoppers in the Produce department than I would see in the entire Pathmark! Acme has been running nine to ten registers on Saturday mornings with customers checking out at every lane. There's a ton of competition in this area that really seemed to decimate the business at Pathmark including Target, just across the parking lot, Trader Joes and Whole Foods just up the street. From what I've observed at this store in the past few months, I would venture to say that Acme is doing twice the volume Pathmark did in its final years. It's really nice stepping into the store now and feeling like it's alive rather than gasping for its final breath!
I certainly don't like the replacement of the Acme logo on the bags of cookies. Those purple bags with the Acme logo on them have been selling at the Ocean City store for years, and I'm certain that I bought a purple bag with the Acme logo when I was there last in August.
ReplyDeleteLately at my Acme's it's just been the plain white bags and the bakers put the stickers on them for the different cookies. I noticed a week ago the store in Yardville (still decked out in Theme Park decor) had the colorful bags for the Chocolate Chip cookies only and with the Acme logo.
ReplyDeleteWhile it's sad the logo is going away on the cookie bags now, Acme is on such an uptick that I'm willing to look past that. At least as long as they don't change the cookies. Those cookies are awesome as as noted, on sale very often!
Update: Found (and bought) the chocolate chip cookies with the Signature Select bag at the store in Willingboro today.
DeleteI saw the new bags at the Bristol & Hulmeville, Bensalem store yesterday
DeleteI still have a soft spot for DecoPac bakery labels.
ReplyDeleteI have seen the Acme branded cookie bags pop up from time to time at various stores. I thought I had taken pictures a while back when I saw them at the Milltown store but apparently the pictures never made it to the blog. The bags never seemed to hang around for very long.
ReplyDeleteThe cookie supplier has changed so the old purple bags could no longer be used.
ReplyDeleteA whole era, gone. No longer will we really see the ACME logo on products, except for bread and Packing labels (As in deli tags). From now on it will be Signature Select. It is a sad, yet good day for ACME.
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