Acme – Park Ridge, New Jersey

Interesting situation here... the Pharmacy is a completely separate store next door and can only be accessed from the front entrance. The two stores are not connected on the inside.



One shot of the inside of the Pharmacy. Dan took these pictures back on February 25 so I'm not sure of the state of A&P's Funky Fresh interior décor and layout. The Quality Built remodels are currently being rolled out at a maddening pace.


Heading into the main store...


Acme put in all new lighting in the store prior to reopening. The ceiling was also painted white throughout.










This store has the awful layout that was part of A&P's Funky Fresh remodel. I'm sure on paper it seemed like a cutting edge idea... reconfiguring the store with mini-departments. Problem was shopping in this layout was absolutely awful. This store wasn't broken up with as many mini-departtments as larger stores were.


Here's a look at the same are of thew store prior to Acme reopening.






The wall décor product shots are done in the shape of A&P's various logos over the years.




I believe Acme replaced all the registers here. They look like the ones Acme has been using in recent years although I'm not sure what A&P was using for these remodels.



A couple of "before" exterior shots...




This photo has been seen on the blog a few times now. It's absolutely brilliant!








The aerial view reveals the evolution of the A&P as the awnings from previous models of the store remain visible.


The former Acme just a stone's throw away!




The building has since been expanded and has been divided into smaller stores, including CVS.