Abandoned Acme! Shrewsbury, New Jersey

Location: 1080 Broad Street, Shrewsbury, NJ

Opening Date: Sometime in the 70's

Closing Date: April 2016

The Shrewsbury Acme is now abandoned and it doesn't look like Acme is in much of a rush to clear it out. The store has been replaced with a former A&P across the street. It would have been nice if the A&P was remodeled as Shrewsbury wound down for Acme to make the replacement more official. Not only has the store not been remodeled, the Tinton Falls store doesn't appear to be run nearly as well as other Acme conversions. I stopped in while I was in the area and was expecting to find the store in top form to win shoppers over to the *new* Acme. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Far too many poorly stocked shelves throughout the store for a Saturday afternoon. I was particularly surprised by the lack of product in the Bakery, as did two other shoppers I noticed who were shopping for a birthday cake. The store did have a decent crowd and plenty of open checkout lanes. Overall, the place just feels like it is not living up to its potential.










They should have added an arrow pointing to the left. You can't see the new Acme from this area and if you go "directly across the street" you wind up at Trader Joes.







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Abandoned Acme — Chalfont/New Britain, PA

Location: 505 West Butler Avenue Chalfont, PA
Opened October 3, 1997
Closed November 13, 2014

Another round of photos has been sent in of the still abandoned New Britain Acme. An auction of the fixtures was held in May, a year and a half after the stores closed! Some observations from our New Britain correspondent...

I drove past the old new Britain acme a few days ago to find the parking lot to be full of vehicles. there was an auction and selling of fixtures inside a few weeks ago. many u-haul vans parked outside but when I was there yesterday there was nobody to be found. the store is literally empty. there are two fairly large dumpsters in the back. the green one seems to have broken and destroyed fixtures and displays, but I was unable to look into the blue one, but you could tell that it was full of stuff.





















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The Sea Isle City Acme Opened Today!

Good morning from Sea Isle! We're here for our Grand Reopening, just in time for the holiday weekend! pic.twitter.com/kttqu1nRmv

— Acme Markets (@acmemarkets) May 26, 2016

Quality Built In Wall Township!

Photos courtesy of catnapped

Location: 2007 State Route 35, Wall Township, NJ 

Opened as Acme on November 6, 2015

An extensive remodel is underway at the Wall Township store, one of A&P's original future stores! It's interesting to see what Acme is doing here considering A&P couldn't be bothered to do much of anything. The store had a very basic "fresh" update with nothing more than a décor swap. The aisle signs didn't even get replaced. Acme, however, is pulling out all the stops to transform this location into a real beauty!

A&P's coffee counter in the front corner has been removed. I belive it was mentioned in a comments section somewhere that a Starbucks is being installed here.

BEFORE...

Before photos courtesy of Dan Asnis' flickr collection

Have to say, I love the color scheme Acme is using in these remodels. The department signs look particularly good with the lights left over from A&P illuminating them from below. Such a huge improvement over the drab look of the A&P. New salad bar and hot foods bar have been installed. The flooring is being replaced in other areas of the store. I suspect it will be replaced here once all the new cases are installed.

BEFORE...

Acme painted over A&P's farm mural that ran along the wall above the Bakery.

And what's this? A room being built in the Produce department. Probably for fresh cut fruits and veggies but I can't say for sure.




Along back of the new Produce room.




Aisle markers running parallel to the aisles just like the A&P signs previously.


Acme is removed the ugly, slotted panels that ran along top of the meat and dairy cases. Perhaps they're putting new one up as all the brackets are still there. You can catch a glimpse of them below...








Old tile meets new.


Acme replaced the center aisle of gondola frozen food cases with upright cases.


New tiling in one of the frozen food aisles.


MORE new cases going in!








"This Is Your ACME" is a great new addition to the remodeled stores! The retro logo wall seems to be getting the ax. We haven't seen it in any recent remodels.

So it looks like Acme is moving the Pharmacy from the entrance side over to this corner from its original spot next to Customer Service...

So my question here is... what sign is under the brown paper? What is Acme putting in this area?

BEFORE...

All new, sleek tiling along the front-end.

BEFORE...

I'm really loving the simplicity of design Acme is using these remodels.

AERIAL VIEWS

Pathmark competed with A&P for decades until it closed in 2009.


Looks like the store was expanded on the right side.

HISTORIC VIEW

1995

Can't go back in time any further than 1995. Everything looking pretty much the same here.