The Market Report

Our first two updates of the day come to us courtesy of the Acme Style blogger! (Plus one store of my own at the end of the post.) Although the blog closed back in 2018, the blogger is still out and about periodically to check out what's going on at the area ACME stores, and we have two updates from them on Bergen County stores. Edgewater (pictured above) We saw Edgewater's remodel back in February  as the reset was still in progress. Let's just say that it hasn't improved since. Acme Style writes: "First aisle was removed to make room for an addition to the Pharmacy in the front corner. It now has a 'consultation room'. I'm sure it's used now for COVID vaccinations more than anything. Interesting that they installed it shortly before the pandemic hit." While this darker flooring is what we've seen in remodeled ACME stores, it is not attractive when it's used to patch a white floor. "Back of the first aisle and gray tile in the fo...

ACME Markets Opened:  2015 Previous Tenants:  Pathmark Location:  481 River Rd, Edgewater, NJ Photographed:  June 2020 Acme Style has extensively covered this ACME up until the blog was discontinued, so make sure to read up on all of the past coverage here . I first visited this 70,000 square foot store back in late 2015 or early 2016 right when it first opened, and I was impressed. ACME has gotten better and worse and better and worse so many times that I kind of stopped frequenting their stores, but lately they've been the one that I go to every week. So back in June I decided to return to this store while checking out the new City Supermarket a few miles away in Fairview. Interestingly, despite the reset and remodel that happened just back in 2017, the store was being fully remodeled and reset again. The decor stayed in place, but every grocery item was being moved around and we'll see some serious structural changes going on. Given this store's ...