Acme Style: NJ: Blairstown

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

BREAKING NEWS >>>

BLAIRSTOWN GETS

PF&H DEPARTMENT SIGNAGE!

Photos courtesy of Tim Mischka's flickr collection

Location: 152 Route 94, Blairstown, NJ 07825

Well this didn't take long at all... Blairstown has received the Premium Fresh and Healthy Version 3.0 department signage and aisle markers! Elements of the Quality Built package have also been added including local landmark photos on the walls and checkout stand lights. I suspect the refresh was in progress when Tim first took pictures of the store but it was hard to know for sure since the colors used on the wall weren't typical for any of the Acme remodel packages. Let's have a look...

Color pictures here instead of the more often seen black and white photos.

Acme seems to have ditched the product imagery that used to be paired up with the department signs. I have another store coming to the blog soon that has been given the PF&Hv3 package but without any product images. Perhaps they ditched it since they're going pretty heavy with the Acme loves local signage.

As much as I would love to see SuperValu remodel packages sent out to pasture, I do love the big and bold aisle markers. Also have to say, I am a fan of the 3-sided signs and was sorry to see Acme ditch this format for the Quality Built aisle markers. And as I said in the original Blairstown post, these signs tie in very nicely with the A&P black and white flooring.

Kinda of a bland gray color for the meat wall. The letters do pop better here than on the burgundy color that is usually used for the Meat Department.

Have to say, not the best match for the rest of the décor.

I think Acme should have stuck with the checkout stand lights from the PF&H package and just added the Acme logo to them. These were pretty sharp looking in person and matched nicely with the aisle markers.

Well there you have it... the new P's and Q's décor package! Get it? Seems the perfect name for the A&P converted stores. I image we'll start seeing this play out in other locations very soon.

You can visit the original Blairstown post by clicking here.

Thanks to Tim for getting us updated photos for the Blairstown store so quickly!

Friday, February 5, 2016

Acme – Blairstown, New Jersey

Photos courtesy of Tim Mischka's flickr collection

Location: 152 Route 94, Blairstown, NJ 07825

Opened: October 30, 2015

THIS IS THE STORE OF NO DÉCOR...

Not sure what happened here. Looks like a remodel may have started but wound up not going anywhere. Most of the colors painted on the walls is from A&P's "fresh" version 2 remodel but some are not. What's so strange is there is absolutely no signage or artwork to be found in this store. A mystery indeed. Acme could easily hang the department signs from round 3 of the Premium Fresh & Healthy remodel and call it a day. The aisle markers from that package would tie in nicely with the black and white floors here. Hopefully Tim can keep us posted if any changes are made in the near future. Acme hasn't even updated the lighting in Produce at this point.

Busy Bakery!

Nothin' on the walls...

The Dietz and Watson sign has been removed from the A&P's and Pathmarks in my area but remains here.

The old school frozen food department still looks really good.

Doesn't even look like this store has a "Thank You for Shopping..." along the front-end.

Some of the register lights have been switched around with printouts of new numbers taped over the original numbers.

Times for Acme to put up some department signage!

AERIAL VIEWS

The Blairstown Acme is in the middle of no where with no competition nearby. The original A&P is located about a mile east of the replacement store.

This A&P was built sometime after 1971 according to the historic images, seen here while it was it was abandoned. Tractor Supply Co. has since made the building its home. Click here for a look of the updated store.