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ACME Markets Opened: 2015 Previous Tenants:  A&P (1970s-2015) Location:  45 De Mercurio Dr, Allendale, NJ Photographed:  November 12, 2023 Welcome to what I think is our first ACME in a while! We were last here in 2020 to see the store with its full A&P decor and although it was renovated back in 2021, I didn't get here until just recently. The store is 38,000 square feet, and still feels a little on the small side even though ACME has streamlined the grand aisle a bit, I think with fewer fixtures. And the store has full Quality Built inside! I'm not clear which (or how many) decor packages ACME is using right now, although it looks like the newest ACME, down in East Norriton, PA , is about to get Quality Built. Meanwhile, though, the Haddonfield location (which we saw here) is getting the same decor as the Walnut Street location. The fixtures in the produce department were mostly replaced, but the lighting remains. The flooring is definitely good, but I thin...

Original Tenant: A&P Address: 49 W Allendale Ave, Allendale, NJ Opened:  1950s Closed:  1980s Later Tenants:  subdivided Photographed:  December 2020 Here's a look at the former A&P in Allendale, a Centennial model store that's in the Allendale Town Center. The 15,000 square foot store was replaced in the 1980s by a much larger Futurestore at the other end of the strip mall, which became an ACME in 2015. Take a look at it here on The Market Report ! This space still has the bones of the Centennial model, but it looked even more A&P-like before the exterior remodel . Tomorrow we're heading to the south to check out an independent supermarket in the next town south on The Independent Edition . Stay tuned!

ACME Markets Opened: 2015 Previous Tenants:  A&P Location:  45 De Mercurio Dr, Allendale, NJ Photographed:  December 2020 Time for another Bergen County ACME that Acme Style also covered! See their coverage here , and our look at the former A&P just to the right of this store here . Clearly once a prime A&P, I do think ACME has let this store slip more than their other acquired stores, perhaps because, as Acme Style mentions, it appears to be a very low-volume store. It did seem the store was busier than at the time of their visit, but I visited this store just about an hour after being at Mahwah , which was absolutely packed while this one was just a little busy. The 38,000 square foot store is also rather small for its age, although that's understandable given the downtown location. As we'll see, some parts of the store are plenty spacious while some are very cramped. Heading in, we have produce in the front corner with Starbucks on the front wall just to t...