The Market Report

ACME Markets Opened: 2002 Previous Tenants:  Grand Union planned, never opened Location:  690 Millbrook Ave, Mount Freedom, Randolph, NJ Photographed:  May 2016 & July 2020 Our final Dover area store is also one of the very first supermarkets I photographed back in May of 2016! I returned in July of 2020 to find that it was fully renovated, and we'll be seeing both sets of pictures in this post. Our other tour today, by the way, is also here in Randolph at the Weis . The 42,000 square foot store was planned as a Grand Union but never opened as one, opening as ACME in 2002. The store is slightly smaller than the Weis but seems to do pretty well, in part because it's tucked away on Sussex Turnpike in a residential neighborhood that's fairly distant to any other supermarkets. Here's a link to Acme Style's 2011 post, and let's jump into my 2016 photos... The grand aisle has produce on the right side with deli and bakery on the left side. Meat and seafood line ...

Weis Markets Opened:  2018 Previous Tenants:  A&P (ca. 2000 replacing older store on site - 2015) Location:  146 Center Grove Rd, Randolph, NJ Photographed:  July 2020 Wow, it's not that often that we tour a Weis here on The Market Report! We saw Hillsborough back in October but none since 2019 before that. Well, I have quite a few Weis locations in NJ and PA coming up soon, including their latest New Jersey location here in a former A&P that was extensively renovated. The 53,000 square foot building also came with a small liquor store elsewhere in the mall... I referenced the fact that the newest decor package for Weis is quite beautiful, even though we can tell the bones of this building are older. Wait until we get to some of the brand new stores in PA! I think Weis does a good job at being both modern and an enjoyable shopping experience, along with a baseline of very good prices (one might even say low, low). The left side wall of the store features pre...