Acme Fresh Market
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| Type | Private/Grocery |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Headquarters | Akron, Ohio |
| Key people | Steven T. Albrecht, president |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Grocery, dairy, frozen, organic, produce, deli, meat, bakery, floral, alcohol, general merchandise |
| Website | http://www.acmestores.com/ |
Acme Fresh Market is a grocery store chain with 16 locations in Northeast Ohio serving Portage, Stark, Summit, & Cuyahoga Counties. [1] It has been locally owned since 1891.
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[edit] History
Acme Fresh Market was responsible for two subsidiary stores: Click, a department store and grocery store under one roof, and Y-Mart (derived from Youngfellow Pharmacy), a chain of pharmacy/convenience stores similar to Walgreens. In the mid 1990s, the Click stores were renamed Acme Super Centers. The Y-Mart stores were re-named Acme Express. By the late 1990s, both were closed, as part of the company's effort to close smaller stores and renovate the remaining locations into the rebranded Acme Fresh Market. There are currently sixteen Acme Fresh Market stores, as well as two RSVP Food and Party Outlet locations.
[edit] Savings card
Acme Fresh Market's savings card is simply known as the "Acme Fresh Market Savings Card" [2]. The Cards come in two sizes, one credit card size and a smaller one to place on keychains/car keys.
[edit] Locations
15 company-owned stores and one franchise
- Akron, Ohio (6 locations)
- Canton, Ohio
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (2 locations)
- Hudson, Ohio
- Kent, Ohio
- North Canton, Ohio
- Norton, Ohio
- Stow, Ohio
- Tallmadge, Ohio [3]
- Parma, Ohio
[edit] Expansion and Renovation
On July 6, 2006, one of Acme's competitors, Tops Markets, announced it was leaving Northeast Ohio and seeking buyers for its 46 stores. Eight locations, some of them originally operated as Finast, are in the Akron area. Acme President Steven T. Albrecht indicated to the Akron Beacon Journal that the company will "review the Tops Stores" to see if any "fit Acme's goals" [4] Acme No. 11, located in Tallmadge, relocated to one of these former Tops stores across the street on May 19, 2007. [5].
On December 4, 2007 Acme Fresh Market announced they have purchased a former Tops location in Parma, Ohio. The new Parma Acme, which will be in the Pleasant Valley Shopping Center, will bring back a grocery store after the Tops closed in December 2006. The company plans on spending $2 million on remodeling the 68,000-square-foot-facility. Opening May 3, 2008. [6]. [7]. [8].
The Parma store will become Acme No. 20.
Many of the locations have undergone remodeling and renovations during the past decade. In the 1999, the Stow location was reduced in size from a Super Center to a Fresh Market. In 2006, the Cuyahoga Falls location on Bailey Road received a much needed overhaul. With the loss of the Kent Giant Eagle in 2007, the Acme in Kent began remodeling and expects to complete work in early 2008.
[edit] Photos
| Acme No. 4 | Acme No. 11 | Acme No. 14 | Acme No. 14 Fuel Center | Acme No. 17 | Acme No. 19 |
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| Hudson | Tallmadge | Portage Lakes | Portage Lakes | Stow | Canton |
[edit] References
- ^ Acme Stores website- retrieved July 9, 2006.
- ^ http://www.acmestores.com/marketing/acme_card_benefits.html Retrieved 16 December 2006.
- ^ http://www.acmestores.com/acme_stores.html Acme locations. retrieved July 9, 2006.
- ^ http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/14985319.htm Grocery Chain to Go, Ethridge, Mary and Sandra M. Klepach, Akron Beacon Journal, July 7, 2006. Retrieved July 9, 2006.
- ^ Clawson, Kerry. "Acme store to move across street in Tallmadge." Akron Beacon Journal. 21 December 2006. D1+. Full Story: Akron Beacon Journal
- ^ Betty Lin-Fisher . "Acme will move into Parma." Akron Beacon Journal. 4 December 2007. Full Story: Akron Beacon Journal
- ^ Zachary Lewis. "Akron-based Acme Fresh Market to open Parma store." Cleveland.com. 4 December 2007. Full Story: Cleveland.com
- ^ "Acme Fresh Markets Adds Ohio Store" ProgressiveGrocer.com. 6 December 2007. Full Story: ProgressiveGrocer.com
