Acme – Bergenfield, New Jersey

Location: 80 New Bridge Rd, Bergenfield, NJ

Some history of the Bergenfield Pathmark courtesy of Stephen... The Newbridge Road Pathmark was a replacement for a smaller store that was located in the central business district. The current store was built on the site of the former headquarters of Parents Magazine. A Centennial A&P was just across the street with a Grand Union very close by.

Pathmark reopened as an Acme on October 14, 2015. The beige and gray paint on the facade is among the very few changes Acme has made to this store since it opened. Acme hasn't even sprung for new register lights which are desperately needed.

This particular road trip I took found one completely dead Acme after the next. I was encouraged by the amount of cars in the parking lot at this store but there was hardly a soul in the place.

Floral is to the left of the entrance. "Pathmark" has been removed from the signage. This store does not have a café which would be in this spot.

Pharmacy is over to the right under the second floor offices.

The beautifully stocked Produce Department is straight ahead with Seafood to the rear. Not a shopper to be seen on a Saturday afternoon. The Bakery is in the front corner at the other end of the store which is not a spot I ever recall seeing for it in any other Pathmark.

The removal of "Pathmark" left a big empty space on this sign.

Very clean and well stocked store.

The Seafood employee was so bored he was standing out front waiting to greet customers.

Health foods down this aisle which wrap around into the refrigerated section of Produce.

We got a shopper!

Thought there was a good crowd at the Deli but on closer look I realized it was mostly employees.

Kosher aisle.

Maybe I was here at a weird time. The store was loaded with freshly prepared foods so it must get busy at some point.

Acme's standard front-end with 3 registers open. Unfortunately I walked out of this store just like I did in Elmwood. The express line wasn't long but the cashier was far more interested in chatting with a coworker than ringing anyone up. I have ZERO patience for that kind of crap. Fortunately the Acmes that I shop at regularly have relatively well run front-ends otherwise I would shop at Acme at all.

Customer Service counter in the center of the front end.

Hand-me-down register light from a 90's A&P. Acme installed new registers in the area where the self-checkouts used to be. Not sure if Acme brought this sign in from another store or if Pathmark had already done so. The other registers have numbers printed on paper taped up to the register lights. Time for an upgrade.