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Original Tenant: A&P Address: 2101 NJ-35, Holmdel, NJ Opened:  unknown Closed:  2015 Later Tenants:  Hobby Lobby Photographed:  January 2021 Our second Holmdel store is the 58,000 square foot former A&P in the Holmdel Town Center. Built in the 80s and later extensively remodeled to the A&P Fresh 3.0 decor package, this store closed at the beginning of A&P's 2015 bankruptcy. Acme Style captured the store after closing here (that post also has a link to the store while in business). While Hobby Lobby has extensively changed the space, the labelscar from A&P actually is still visible under their sign... You can clearly make out the outline of the oval to the left and the "fresh" lettering next to it under the Hobby Lobby sign. That's all for this store, and if you missed it, check out our tour at the Dearborn Market just up the street here ! Tomorrow, we're heading east to Middletown for two more stores -- the former store on  Grocery Archaeo...

Today's post is brought to us by Market Report contributor Steve! We're heading down to Holmdel, NJ, an inland town at the very northern tip of the Jersey Shore. Holmdel was also the location of a now-closed A&P Fresh Market, which Acme Style covered here . This store is, at this time, still a Best Market (in fact, the only Best Market in New Jersey), although Lidl's recent acquisition of the chain means that it will soon be converted to the no-frills discount format of Lidl. I still question the wisdom of the Lidl-Best Market purchase, as the stores' formats are so radically different. Best Market focuses on huge selections of produce and deli products, while Lidl has a very small produce department and no deli. We'll just have to wait and see how this one plays out. Although I went to this store myself long ago, I did not photograph it. But our contributor brings something new to The Market Report...an internal panorama! Click on the image to expand i...