The Market Report

Another set of updates, another look at what's going on with Kings. For a quick recap, the chain declared bankruptcy in the summer of 2020, and a winning bid was submitted by Albertsons Companies' ACME Markets in October of 2020. ACME officially took possession of 19 of the 25 stores in January 2021, and since they have been incrementally making small changes to the operation. Now on to the stores... Hillsdale We return to the Hillsdale store for the first time since my original tour from December 2020. All the expected updates have been happening, plus one small surprise we'll see later in the store. Lighting and produce bins have been replaced, which is pretty standard. The produce department has been reset but notably not reduced in size (at other stores, such as Millburn and Livingston, when the produce department has been reset it's been shrunk as well). As I mentioned on the original post, to me it's a no-brainer to remove the produce cases on the right side...

The latest round of updates from our northern NJ Kings Food Markets, which of course for review declared bankruptcy in the summer of 2020 and in January 2021 was officially taken over by Albertsons Companies. Millburn We last saw the Millburn Kings (along with a few others) in March , and it's time to return to the store post-remodel to see what happened. As I mentioned, the remodel involved removing the olive and mezze (Mediterranean grains and vegetales) bars from the deli area. These products have been shifted over to the various deli refrigerators around the first aisle. A Google Maps review of Mendham says their salad bar has been removed (and Mendham had the same renovation signage as Millburn but no visible work as of March, and I haven't been able to get back since), but here the salad bar remains. Olives are now prepackaged in the deli alcove... And now, to see the results of the remodel of the produce/dairy area. First off, I was wondering last time how many frozen ai...