Progress In Paulsboro!

Photos Courtesy of @

Location: West Broad Street, Paulsboro NJ

The place finally looks ready but still no signs of Sav-a-lot opening soon. According to an update from the Mayor last year, Sav-a-lot was planning to open in July but eight months later there's still nothing here. Nice to see pitched-roof ceiling remained intact! Now stripped of it's tiles which makes it look more Acme-like than when this place WAS an Acme.

To see renditions of how the shopping center will look once completed, click here. For additional Acme Style coverage of this location, please click here.

Thanks to @ for the photos!

Quality Built Remodel In Paoli!

Ofcs. Butler & Acker, @PaoliFire Chief Testa, and members of our @TredyffrinTwp community at Paoli @acmemarkets Grand Re-opening this AM! pic.twitter.com/Swg9GvkTQa

— Tredyffrin Police (@The_TTPD) February 24, 2017

Location: 39 Leopard Road, Paoli, PA

The Paoli Acme held its Grand Reopening on Friday, February 24! The store now includes a Starbucks and Frosted Mug. Paoli is one of Acme's top performing stores and one of their most deluxe locations, even prior to the recent remodel.


Most photos you will be seeing are from and anonymous source. A few others were sent in by @ in early December. Those photos show the Quality Built décor swap complete so I'm not exactly sure why the Grand Reopening was delayed until February. Could have possibly been due to the completion of the Frosted Mug and/or Starbucks.






Had a Starbucks been here previously? The store opened in 1999 with the Chalkboard Market décor. It's interesting that the remodels of smaller stores of that era had Starbucks added in but the newly built stores did not, as far as I know.




New lighting has been installed in many areas of the store.

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Premium Fresh and Healthy version 1 was here previous to the Quality Built remodel.

Photo above courtesy of @

Like in other remodels we've seen lately, the Salad Bar has been relocated from the side wall to a free-standing case. Not sure what is now in the spot of the original Salad Bar.

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Looks like some new cases were installed in the service area of the Meat Department.


Former Bistro seating is now the Frosted Mug's beer-on-tap bar.

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All drum-pendant lighting in the store has been removed.


The former home of Wild Harvest department is now beer and wine.


New flooring in this section.

Photo above courtesy of @

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Health Food has been bumped to aisle 2.

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Bright lights in Frozen!

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Not sure if new cases were installed or not. I believe these photos are from two different aisles.

Photo above courtesy of @

And not sure of the fate of the front corner here. When I visited the store, the front wall was pretty much dead space filled with chip displays. I'm sure the space has been better utilized now that the Frosted Mug ate up a full aisle of grocery.

Photo above courtesy of @

Holiday signage seen in the photos @ sent in.

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All new lighting across the front-end.




Thanks to our contributors for the photos of the remodeled Paoli Acme!
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Falling Letters at Salisbury Acme!

Photos courtesy of Marv

Location: 751 S Salisbury Blvd, Salisbury, MD

Marv sent in a couple of photos of letters falling off the walls at the Salisbury store. This particular conversion was a big rush, so perhaps the letters were a little short changed with glue. Seems like it would be an easy fix though. Pretty embarrassing for a store that was doing a million a week when it was a Giant. No word on how business has been since Acme took over with their falling letters and rising prices.


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Abandoned A&P Fresh – Holmdel, New Jersey

Location: 2101 Route 35, Holmdel, NJ

From A&P Food Market to the ultimate, budget-busting "fresh' remodel... to being completely abandoned. A&P pulled the plug on this place the minute they declared bankruptcy for the last time. Business here nosedived when ShopRite took over and expanded a nearby Foodtown.

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You can visit this store while it was still open by clicking here.  Scroll down past coverage of the first two rounds of the "fresh" remodel.




























According to a newsletter from Holmdel's Mayor, Hobby Lobby is planning to take over this space.