Acme – Pleasant Valley, New York

Location: 13 North Avenue, Pleasant Valley,  NY

Today we have some pictures of the Pleasant Valley Acme in New York, sent in by an annonymous contributor along with other New York locations which will be coming to the blog soon. Crowds look light at  this time of day but according to the aerial views, this is a high volume store. The logo on front is a little odd. It looks to be solid red with no white outlines. Certainly a very unique exterior for an A&P and an Acme! 

Round 1 of the "fresh" remodel inside.






This store did get an Acme sign from the front-end. Stores that didn't get one of these signs during the conversions STILL don't have one. At least the ones I've been in. Seems like Acme just gave up getting more of these made.

AERIAL VIEWS

Now that's a hopin' parking lot!


Looks like a former Grand Union across the street. Judging from the awning and the windows along the front, it was remodeled in the 80's. Interestingly, the other stores in the shopping center appear to have the same facade as Grand Union would have had prior to the 80's remodel. Click here for a look at a former Grand Union that still has its original facade.

HISTORIC IMAGE

1995

The oldest view available for this are is from 1995. Not much has changed since then.

Quality Built In Kenilworth!

Photos courtesy of supermarket fan's flickr collection

Location: 801 Kenilworth Blvd, Kenilworth, NJ

This. Is. Awesome.


Acme has really stepped up their flower displays with orchids and roses.


The Quality Built décor is looking fantastic here!


No more crappy peal and stick letters on the walls! Hard to notice here but you can see the letters are 3D forms mounted to the walls above the other departments.










A little odd that this area wasn't branded the "Foods To Go" department.


Corner Deli looking much better with a big "ACME"! Still wish they would put the updated oval logo here.


Possibly new meat cases here. Not sure what's going on with the wall behind them. It is tile? Is it painted?




I think this is an Acme first! Aisle markers facing parallel to the aisles, the same way A&P hung their aisle signs.


Yeah it is!


I do wish Acme would brand their Bakeries. "Fresh Baked" is so painfully generic.









Supermarket Fan: Is there a retro logo wall in this store?




Over the years, I've often complained about Acme's lack of custom designed register lights and its dreadfully boring block-letter logo. Well no more! I still can't believe how far Acme has come since this blog launched in 2009.


Thanks Supermarket Fan for the great pictures!

Remodel Underway at Kenilworth Acme!

Photos courtesy of Dan Asnis

Location: 801 Kenilworth Blvd, Kenilworth, NJ

A remodel is underway at the Kenilworth Acme! At this point not much has been done other than removing A&P's department signage. Hard to know how much a remodel this will turn out to be. I imagine it's largely just a décor swap. Really hoping they go with the Quality Built package and inject some Acme personality into the place. The painfully generic 3rd version of the Premium Fresh and Healthy package need to be put out of its misery. 

I like how Acme used A&P's floor pattern to dictate the layout of the produce cases. A&P took a more random approach.


I'm assuming these are new cases for the fresh fruit.




You can hop over to Dan's flickr collection for tour of this store by clicking here.

Thanks to Dan for alerting us to the remodel at Kenilworth!