ShopRite | Millville, NJ

 

2130 N. 2nd Street

Welcome to the Millville ShopRite!

Today on The Retail Connection, we'll be touring this very nice ShopRite in Millville. The store was opened by the Bottino family in August 2007, as their second store under the ShopRite name. There used to be an Acme next door and a Pathmark across the street, but those stores closed in 2011 and 2010, respectively. It's no surprise ShopRite survived, not only because of their dominance in South Jersey, but also because this is a very nice and large store with a lot of selection and special departments. The layout of this store is very similar to the Eddystone location we visited in January.

Produce is in the center right of the store, and is directly ahead of you when you walk in. As we will see throughout the tour, it's no secret that this store is a Bottino's ShopRite.

Floral is across from produce on the front wall.

Mrs. B's Kitchen and the Asian Wok buffet are across from floral. When I hear Mrs. B, I think of the Bradlees spokeswoman.

When you have your food, you can eat in Mrs. B's Homemade Corner Café. The store restrooms are also in this area. It's a pretty good-sized food court for a supermarket.

The corner delicatessen and grab & go foods are on the far right wall past the bakery. I really love the décor used in this store. It's funny how some ShopRite stores have beautiful interiors, while others are hideously ugly and outdated.

Apparently, Mrs. B runs the bakery, too. I wonder if there really is a Mrs. B.

The seafood market is the first service department we encounter behind the produce area. In case you were wondering, the coordinates on the sign are for Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Now, we're jumping to the service departments on the back wall for the Bottino's Custom Cuts Butcher Shoppe.

The back wall is mostly meats. This store has a grand total of five individual departments that sell meat.

A look down aisle 5 with these nice aisle markers.

Across from the grocery aisles in the back left corner is the milk barn. It's a nice section, but no milk barn will ever beat the milk barn of Albertsons' Grocery Palace.

In this shot, we get a look at the store's expansive selection of ultra milk from renowned dairies such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.

The first part of frozen, with mostly frozen dairy products, wraps around to the left wall. The signage above the freezers specifically says "farm fresh dairy", but considering there are hot dogs directly below that fixture, I'm not sure that's entirely true.

The rest of frozen is in an alcove on the front wall, with frozen dinners as well as frozen seafood and meats.

The pharmacy is past frozen foods. ShopRite closed 62 in-store pharmacy departments in 2021, but this one was spared so it must do well.

HABA is in the aisles across from the pharmacy. They get their own aisle markers with a special icon. In my opinion, it looks just like the BP logo.

Like a typical mid-2000's ShopRite, customer service is along the front end across from the checkouts. This store also has an in-store dietician to the right of customer service.

Other Images of Interest

Street View Images

2019

Here's an early-morning shot of this store on a nicer day. This ShopRite has a very nice exterior.

Nearby competition

1.1 miles away: Aldi of Vineland

Other than this Aldi, which opened in October 2019, this ShopRite doesn't have much competition. The Acme and Pathmark closed pretty quickly after ShopRite opened, so obviously they weren't much of a threat.

Thanks for joining me for a tour of this deluxe ShopRite! This is a beautiful store that, like any New Jersey ShopRite, does extremely well. I visited on a Saturday afternoon in mid-May and the store was jam-packed. Until next time, this has been The Retail Connection: Check out happy!

Acme | Media, PA

 

527 E. Baltimore Avenue

Welcome to the Media Acme!

Hello again, and welcome back to The Retail Connection! For today's post, we'll be checking out this Acme store in downtown Media. The store opened in 1964 as a "Colonial Cottage" style store. It was extensively remodeled in the early 2000's, expanding into the former Eckerd drug store next door and getting this new façade. Inside, the store has the latest Acme décor, Quality Built. Let's check it out!

Heading in through the pharmacy entrance...

HABA and the pharmacy are in the front right corner. Even though it's been expanded, the store is still relatively small and tight.

Dairy is along the far right wall past the pharmacy. This store has a grand total of 16 aisles.

Packaged meats follow dairy. I love the huge Lancaster Brand Premium Beef signage. Lancaster has been Acme's house brand for meats for a long time.

This was the best picture I could get of fresh seafood and meats.  This department is up against the aisles and there were lots of employees around.

Here's a look down aisle 12 for Retail Retell. I find it kind of funny how the aisle marker says "pancake", not "pancakes". You can buy one singular pancake, and you're going to like it!

Fresh bakery is in the far left corner, selling custom cakes for all occasions. This is a pretty good-sized bakery, at least compared to my local Acme.

More cakes as well as grab and go foods are next. Proudly serving you since 1891.

A very spacious produce department takes up the most of the left of the store. We're looking back towards the bakery in the second shot, and also getting a glimpse of the floral display.

And the last department on our tour is the Corner Deli.

Customer service and checkouts in front. I'm assuming they used the generic "Thank you from your neighborhood ACME" signage because there's another Acme in Media, in the Granite Run Mall.

Other Images of Interest

Street View Images

2018

At this point, the pharmacy was still branded as Savon and beer and wine wasn't being sold yet so the left entrance said "FOOD". The store had the Broadway 2.0 décor, which is now extinct from the chain (one example of the first iteration remains), at this time.

Thank you for stopping by The Retail Connection again! All in all, this store seemed to be pretty well-kept, though it was a little hard to navigate and wasn't very organized. I can understand why, though, since this is a relatively small store. Acme is the only supermarket in Media, so both locations do very well. Thanks again for reading and have a great weekend! Sincerely, The Retail Connection.

Price Rite | Secane, PA

 

925 Providence Road

Welcome to the Secane Price Rite!

Welcome back to The Retail Connection. Today, we're going to take a tour of this Price Rite store in Secane. This location is the only Price Rite in the greater Philadelphia area, which is much more commonly served by sister store ShopRite. This store opened in 2005 in a former Super Fresh. The building itself dates back to 1965 when it opened as an A&P. Without further adieu, let's take a tour!

The first Price Rite store opened in 1995, so they've definitely had time to develop the format. The name "Price Rite" was originally used by Wakefern for a warehouse store concept in the early 1990's (when pretty much every major retailer had a warehouse club).

We enter to the left and into the produce market. This store has been expanded several times over the years, so it's a pretty good size compared to the small A&P it originally was.

Here, we're in the "Drop Zone", a staple of Price Rite. All of the soda you see is on sale.

Quality meats and frozen seafood are diagonally located past the produce department. Price Rite, like most discount grocery stores, doesn't have service departments.

The bakery ("Price Rite Sweet Spot") lines the back wall of the original portion of the store. I was very impressed and surprised by the large selection of baked goods Price Rite has to offer.

Heading into the addition...

Dairy is along the back wall of this part of the store.

Also in this area is the "deli", which is really just a tiny refrigerated case. Obviously, Price Rite does better in the bakery department.

Nine checkouts along the front end, and, for some reason, two "thanks for shopping" messages. This would've been up in the front left corner of the A&P, but for Price Rite it's only in the middle.

Thank you for choosing to shop with Price Rite! They heavily pride themselves on being American-owned, as competitors Aldi and Lidl are based in Germany.

Other Images of Interest

Street View Images

2018

This photo was taken the same month as their grand re-opening, so there are still flags and banners hanging.

2012

This was the original Price Rite logo, used from 1995 to 2017. The newer one is definitely much more modern and less of a "discount store" look, which is the direction Price Rite has been going in.

Nearby competition

0.5 miles away: GIANT of Aldan

Just up the road from this Price Rite is the Aldan GIANT, which opened in 1995 (coincidentally the same year Price Rite was founded). GIANT is a traditional supermarket, so Price Rite is serving a slightly different group, but it's still not like it's an Aldi so I imagine there's some competition. Both stores seemed to be doing well during my visits.

That's going to do it for this tour! Thanks again for stopping by and reading the blog. This was my first time in a Price Rite, and probably my last for a while, so I hope you enjoyed the tour. So long! The Retail Connection: An American Company.