Wrightstown Acme Sign!

Location: 543 Wrightstown Sykesville Road, Wrightstown NJ

This sign has appeared on the blog before but not looking like this! Ken took this photos just days ago and it appears the paint used to cover the sign has washed aways revealing ACME underneath. Photos of the sign looking like a rusted mess were included in the Wrightstown post which you can visit by clicking here.  Thanks to Ken for snapping this awesome photo!

Store Count...

OFFICIAL STORE COUNT

AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2016

This is the same number of stores that was reported on the blog back in February. Unfortunately, the count at that time was off by 3. Since then, Acme has opened 3 additional stores which include Boonton, Patterson and Salisbury. The current store count has been verified by the complete store list now available on Acme Style. This list was complied with information found at acmemarketssurvey.com.

Update 10.25.16: Turns out the store count on the blog has been correct the whole time! I was thrown off by the fact that I hadn't tagged a recent store count update so the post wasn't showing up when I was researching the count changes over the past year. Here's how the counts have changed since the very last conversions opened...

November 20, 2015: 178 stores with the opening of the last 3 converted A&P stores.

February 5, 2016: 179 stores with the opening of Barnegat.

April 29, 2016: 176 stores with Bridgeton, Shrewsbury and Oxford closing.

October 24, 2016: 179 stores with Boonton, Patterson and Salisbury opening.

Thanks to D Groton for leaving the comment below which had me review at the store counts over the past year.

COMPLETE STORE LIST

Connecticut 
4 stores
Greenwich - 160 West Putnam Avenue / #2494
New Canaan - 288 Elm Street / #2633
Riverside -  1261 East Putnam Avenue / #2497
Stamford - 1201 High Ridge Road / #2439

Delaware 
16 stores
Bear - 146 Fox Hunt Drive / #7817
Dover - 1001 North Dupont Highway / #7822
Hockessin - Route 7 and Valley Road / #7828
Middletown - 460 East Main Street / #7816
Newark - 100 Suburban Drive / #7806
Newark - 100 College Square / #2680
Ogletown - 1 University Plaza / # 7871
Rehoboth Beach - 18578 Coastal Highway / #2679
Smyrna - 236 East Glenwood Avenue / #7836
Wilmington - 1401 North Dupont Street / #7808
Wilmington - 2098 Naamans Road / #7813
Wilmington - 4720 Limestone and Pike Creek  / #7826
Wilmington - 1308 Centerville Road / #7872
Wilmington - 1901 Concord Pike / #7874
Wilmington - 4365 Kirkwood Highway / #2682
Wilmington - 1812 Marsh Road / #2831

Maryland
7 stores
Centreville - 611 Railroad Avenue / #7820
Chestertown - Route 213 / #7849
Easton - 210 West Marlboro Road / #7841
Elkton - 101 Big Elk Mall / #7862
Ocean City - 9507 Coastal Highway / #0293
Saint Michaels - 114 Talbot Street / #7810
Salisbury - 751 South Salisbury Blvd / #896

New Jersey
83 stores
Allendale - 45 De Mercurio Drive / #1095
Audubon - Route 168 and Nicholson Road / #7931
Barnegat - 912 West Bay Avenue / #7921
Beach Haven - 97th Street and Long Beach Blvd / #7812
Bergenfield - 80 New Ridge Road / #1991
Blairstown - 152 Route 94 / #1851
Boonton - 550 Myrtle Avenue / #1582
Bordentown - 260 Dunns Mills Road / #7961
Brigantine -  4236 Harbor Beach Blvd / #7997
Brown Mills - 18A Broadway / #7908
Burlington - 2200 Mount Holly Road / #7973
Cape May - Lafayette and Ocean Streets / #7845
Cape May Court House - 15 Avalon Blvd / # 7859
Cape May Court House - 11 Court House South Dennis Road / #7890
Clark - 1060 Raritan Road / #1782
Clayton - 20 South Delsea Dr / #7925
Denville - 123 East Main Street / #1077
Edgewater - 481 River Road / #1777
Elmwood Park - 58 Broadway / #1755
Fair Haven - 576 River Head / #7949
Fort Lee - 2160 Lemoine Avenue / #1065
Freehold - 3241 Route 9 / #7960
Haddonfield - 2 Walnut Street / #7945
Hamilton Square - 953 Route 33/ #7919
Hoboken - 614 Clinton Street / #1744
Jefferson Township - 5724 Berkshire Valley Road / #1099
Jersey City - 125 18th Street / #1083
Jersey City - 321 Route 440 / #1092
Kenilworth - 801 Kenilworth Blvd / #1096
Lincroft - 616 Newman Springs Road / #7932
Little Silver - 507 Prospect Street / #0292
Logan Township - 1619 Center Square Road / #7943
Mahwah - 125 Franklin Turnpike / #1058
Manahawkin - 609 East Bay Avenue / #0776
Manasquan - 71 Taylor Avenue / #7936
Maple Shade - 41 West Main Street / #7910
Maple Shade - 590 Kings Highway and Lenola Road / #7963
Mays Landing - 4454 Black Horse Pike / #7852
Medford - 175 Route 70 / #7964
Middlesex - 125 Bound Brook Road  / #7937
Midland Park - 136 Lake Avenue / #1054
Milltown - 300 Ryders Lane / #7916
Montclair - 510 Valley Road / #1764
Morris Plains - 329 Speedwell Avenue / #7924
Mount Holly - 531 High Street / #7982
New Providence - 1260 Springfield Avenue / #2847
Newark - 281-295 Ferry Street / #0237
North Cape May - 3845 Bayshore Road / #7855
North Wildwood - 2400 Delaware Avenue / #2838
Ocean City - 100 West Avenue / #2649
Ocean City - 3428 Simpson Avenue / #7824
Old Bridge - 3500 Route 9 / #2827
Park Ridge - 199 Kinderkamack Road / #1852
Pennsville - 251 North Broadway / #7995
Randolph - 690 Millbrook Avenue / #7927
Runnemede - 501 East Evesham Road / #7998
Saddle Brook - 75 Mayhill Street / #1992
Sea Isle City - 63rd and Landis Avenue / #7996
Seaside Heights/Ortley Beach - 5 Ortley Plaza / #0295
Seaville - 2087 Shore Road / #7835
Sicklerville - 515 Berlin-Cross Keys Road / #7956
Somers Point - 212 New Road / #7831
South Plainfield - 907 Oak Tree Road/ #1097
Sussex - 455 Route 23 North / #1787
Tinton Falls - 990 Shrewsbury Avenue / #2823
Trenton - Route 1 and Texas Avenue / #7979
Tuckerton - 425 US Highway 9 / #7858
Ventnor City - 5100 Wellington Avenue / #0294
Vernon - 530 Route 515 / #2820
Vineland - 301 South Main Road / #7833
Voohees - 700 Haddonfield - Berlin Road / #7992
Wall Township - 2007 Route 35 / #0780
Warrenville - 177 Washington Valley Road / #2675
Washington Township - 415 Egg Harbor Road / #7994
Weehawken - 4100 Park Avenue / #1893
West New York - 19-21 Avenue At Port Imperial / #1856
Westmont - 400 Cuthbert Road / #7974
Wildwood - 5300 Park Blvd / #7821
Willingboro - 2091 Route 130 North/Levitt Parkway / #7926
Woodbury - 631 Mantua Avenue / #7970
Woodcliff Lake - 500 Chestnut Ridge Road / #1069
Woodstown - 857 Route 45 / #7920
Yardville - 4400 South Broad Street / #7914

New York
17 stores
Brewster - 1511 Route 22 / #2422
Briarcliff Manor - 1886 Pleasantville Road / #2495
Bronxville - 12 Cedar Street / #2437
Eastchester - 777 White Plains Road / #2498
Goldens Bridge - 100 Route 22 / #2424
Greenburgh - 103 Knollwood Road / #2499
Hopewell Junction - 829 Route 82 / #2428
Mahopac - 272 U.S. Route 6 / #2446
Mohegan Lake - 3105 East Main Street / #2418
New Rochelle - 23 Quaker Ridge Road / #2630
Patterson - 3101 Route 22 / #1063
Pleasant Valley - 13 North Avenue / #2632
Rye - 261 South Ridge Street / #2450
Shrub Oak - 1366 East Main Street / #2830
Thornwood - 60 Columbus Avenue / #2416
Yonkers - 660 McLean Avenue / #2417
Yorktown Heights - 100 Triangle Center / #2411

Pennsylvania
52 stores
Avondale - 851 Gap Newport Pike / #7730
Bala Cynwyd - 121 East City Line Avenue / #7711
Bensalem - 2301 Pasqualone Blvd / #7719
Boothwyn - 643 Conchester Pike / #2693
Broomall - 567 Sproul Road / #7798
Bryn Mawr - 601 West Lancaster Avenue / #7788
Chester Springs - 400 Simpson Drive / #7703
Clifton Heights - 5300 Baltimore Pike / #7796
Cornwall Heights - 100 Woodhaven Mall / #7779
Downingtown - 3951 Lincoln Highway / #7767
Doylestown - 422 North Main Street / #7784
Dresher - 1825 Limekiln Pike / #7722
Feasterville - 105 East Street Road / #7739
Flourtown - 1640 Bethlehem Pike / #7723
Folsom - 124 Morton Avenue/ #7893
Gladwyne - 1025 Youngsford Road / #2845
Glen Mills - 101 Byers Drive / #7735
Granite Run Mall - 1067 West Baltimore Pike / #7876
Havertown - 1305 West Chester Pike / #0773
Holmes - 503 South Macdade Blvd / #7770
Horsham - 200 Blair Mill Road / #7774
Jenkintown - 323 Old York Road / #7769
King of Prussia - 320 West Dekalb Pike / #7756
Lansdale - 1150 West Welsh Road / #7749
Levittown - 6800 New Falls Road / #7977
Media - 527 East Baltimore Pike  / #7809
Newtown - 48 West Road / #7913
Newtown Square - 3590 West Chester Pike / #7786
Norristown - 2761 Ridge Pike / #7727
Paoil - 39 Leopard Road / #7792
Penn Valley - 829 Montgomery Avenue / #7713
Philadelphia - 7010 Germantown Avenue / #7714
Philadelphia - Bustleton and Northeast Avenue / #7747
Philadelphia - 180 West Girard Avenue / #0291
Philadelphia - 2101-41 Cottman Avenue / #0299
Philadelphia - 1400 Passyunk Avenue / #7726
Philadelphia - 8500 Henry Avenue / #7731
Philadelphia - 6640 Oxford Avenue / #7787
Philadelphia - 8200 Roosevelt Blvd / #7725
Philadelphia - 309 South Fifth Street / #2638
Philadelphia - 1001 South Street / #2668
Philadelphia - 6601 Roosevelt Blvd / #7704
Philadelphia - 5927-59 Ridge Avenue / #7762
Philadelphia - 7700 Crittenden Avenue / #2833
Philadelphia - Academy Road / #7742
Philadelphia - 1901 Johnston Street / #7715
Phoenixville - 785 Starr Street / #7721
Richboro - 800 2nd Street / #0778
Upper Darby - 7901 Lansdowne Avenue / #7789
Wayne/Devon - 700 West Lancaster Avenue / #7753
West Chester - 907 Paoli Pike / #7882
Wynnewood - 250 East Lancaster Avenue / #2860

Coming Soon to Acme Style...

COMPLETE STORE LIST!!!

I've been working on this project all week and was hoping to have it done by today. Wound up not having enough free time to get it done. The goal now is to have it post Monday morning and I think I can do it! The list will include every Acme that is currently open and operating along with addresses and store numbers. The total store count will also be updated on the blog. I'm afraid that last few counts that were posted were not 100% accurate although it has been hard keeping track of the number of stores during Acme's staggering comeback. This will be the very first time in the history of the blog that a complete directory of Acme locations will be available. See you back here on Monday!

Parkesburg Still Standing!

Courtesy of John from WISL1480.com

Location: 120 First Ave, Parkesburg, PA

A very recent photo of the Parkesburg store sent in by John. The place has hardly aged a day since it closed back in 2003. It's nothing short of a miracle that the sign is still completely intact. I would have thought the landlord would have painted over it or covered it by now. Fortunately for us, that hasn't happened! For a detailed look at this abandoned classic, please click here. 

Employment Video Filmed at the Jenkintown Acme!

While the presentation of employment opportunities at Acme is a tad awkward, the backdrop is the Jenkintown Acme back in the days of the Chalkboard Market décor. The décor package was specifically developed for this replacement store and wound up being used in other remodels in the late 90's. Keep your eyes pealed for the custom designed checkout lights! Thanks to Will for sending in the video!

Extensive Remodel Underway at Lincroft!

Photos courtesy of Dan Asnis

Location: 616 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ

Lincroft is undergoing its very first remodel since opening in 1999! While the store has had a handful of upgrades over the years, with a good amount of the original décor already stripped away, an official full-remodel has not happened. I was surprised the Quality Built décor didn't go in when the lighting was swapped out around the store last winter. (Coverage of the lighting swap can be viewed here). It would have been an easy thing to do since most of what neede to happen was fresh paint on the walls and new depatment signage. As we can see now, Acme was cooking up some bigger plans for this store.


Cake cases moved to the very front of Bakery. These used to be located around the corner with fresh bread racks located in this spot.


One thing that won't be missed in this store, is Acme's worst-ever Bakery sign. Still a mystery how things went so terribly wrong here. The sooner this sign winds up in the dumpster, the better!


Produce will be getting new flooring. Some other areas of the store will be getting new flooring as well but I doubt the whole store will be done. Time will tell.


New deluxe Salad Bar! Its original home is getting brand-new upright cases...




Funny how they're leaving the old signs up while they paint the walls. They're not long for this world. I imagine the produce cases will soon be painted black.




Self-checkouts finally gone! Additional express checkouts have been installed at the other end as well...




Looks like the greeting cards have been moved out of this corner. It was rather congested with the cards crammed into Floral.


SuperValu's PF&H aisle markers soon headed for the trash along with the approximately 10,000 category markers up and down every aisle...


Truth be told, they went a little overboard with all of these signs.

Full coverage of Lincroft will be coming to Acme Style once the remodel is complete! Click here for addtional coverage of this store.

Quality Built In Denville!

Location: 123 East Main Street, Denville, NJ

Acme opened in A&P's very first "fresh" store on October 25, 2015. This store was built back in 2004 on the site of a former Centennial A&P which had been expanded and rebranded as a Sav-a-center.




This may be one store where A&P's décor looked a little better than Acme's Quality Built. Lack of wall space above many of the service departments forced the Quality Built signage to be scaled down.  You can compare some before and afters below....




Front corner where Floral is located.

BEFORE...

BEFORE...

The Cheese Shop definitely looked better before. Acme replaced this signage with... nothing.

BEFORE...

Look closely and you can see the Seafood Department doesn't have the usual frame around the sign. Denville is also a short on the classic black and white photos that are mounted to the walls throughout most stores.

BEFORE...

BEFORE...

You can see more "before" photos in the Little Silver "Bonus Store" post by clicking here. Scroll down past the coverage of the Little Silver A&P.

Major Remodel Underway at Ortley Beach!

A&P's FUTURESTORE FACADE
IS A GONER!

Location: 5 Ortley Plaza, Ortley Beach, NJ

Just in from Dougbalt...

There's a remodel underway at the Ortley Beach location. They're ripping out the front, futuristic, slanted windows as well as the cashier area underneath and are doing something new. I can't tell yet what will become of it. 

Turns out, he can...
Mystery solved: I asked an employee. She said they're installing a similar facade to the ones in Sea Isle and LBI.

THIS JUST IN >>>

Doug got a picture for us!

P.S.: Check back tomorrow for another Quality Built store!

The Return of America's Choice!

In Name Only...   

Sav-a-lot has debuted the completely overhauled product line acquired from A&P back in April. Turns out all they took in the deal was the name. Absolutely everything else has changed... the logo, packaging AND the food. As of now, Sav-a-lot is using this new brand for their line of indulgent prepared/ready-to-serve foods. They've added "Creations" to the name for this particular category. Sav-a-lot plans to roll the name out to other food categories in their stores as they move to having one name for all of their private labeled products. Certainly looks as though the America's Choice we knew at A&P is officially dead and gone.

Some screenshots of Sav-A-Lot's website...