101 Byers Drive
Welcome to the Concordville Acme!
Our final stop in this area of Delaware County is the Concordville Acme. This store first opened on April 25, 2008 as a co-anchor to the Concordville Town Centre along with Target and The Home Depot. Despite being nearly 16 years old, it is still the most recently-built Acme. This was one of four new Premium Fresh & Healthy stores to open under SuperValu, with the others being Avondale, Bordentown, and Limerick (closed in 2011). It's also one of the very few Acme stores to retain the Premium Fresh & Healthy decor. With that backstory out of the way, let's take a look inside!
This store is referred to as both Glen Mills and Concordville. The interior signage says Concordville, so I'll go with that.
Deli and bakery are on the outside wall. The cheese shop to the right of the deli has closed. This is a slightly modified version of the PF&H 1.0 decor, with the colors from PF&H 2.0.
Heading to the back of the store now. While the butcher block still looks new, the signage for Lancaster Brand Meats has seen better days.
Aisle 6 (only half as good as aisle 12). While the aisle markers have been updated to Quality Built, the category markers atop the shelves are still PF&H ones.
The curvy pharmacy department still uses the Sav-On name.
Customer service is on the front wall next to the left entrance. The photo department formerly operated here as well.
A look at the checkouts and The Frosted Mug. The latter was previously the a la carte cafe.
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2023
Although the colors are different, the exterior design is virtually identical to Bordentown. While SuperValu was by far the worst company to ever own Acme, they did have some good designs. This is a really nice exterior.
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"Cold Beer" has since become "Beer & Wine".
Nearby competition
1.9 miles away: Wegmans of Concordville
Last week, we visited the Concordville Wegmans, which opened in 2015 as the only Delaware County Wegmans. You can tour the store by clicking here.
3 miles away: GIANT of West Chester
The Dilworthtown GIANT opened in June 2002 as the first of four GIANT stores in West Chester.
That's all for the Concordville Acme! While this is a nice store, it seemed eerily quiet compared to even GIANT and there were barely any shoppers inside. I imagine they took quite a hit when Wegmans opened, but considering the Wegmans is almost nine years old now, Acme must be performing well enough to stay open. Next week, we're headed about 15 miles east to another Acme that was much busier. Until then! Sincerely, The Retail Connection.
I can't believe 2008 was 16 years ago already...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it's crazy Acme hasn't built a new store from scratch in that long, but at least Acme has been opening new stores recently. I know there was a bit of a new store drought in general after this one opened, so at least Acme and Albertsons have stabilized enough to focus on a little growth instead of years of closures with no new openings like we saw at the turn of the 2010's.
I also agree this is a very nice store, and the facade is very appealing. PF&H looked good in these newbuilds. Outside of the leaning letters, I still think this store comes across as modern. Hopefully this store can hold its own and stick around for a while longer!
Haha, yeah! If it's any consolation, this store is technically still 15 years old... not that that's much better.
DeleteIt definitely is odd that this is their most recent new-build store, especially considering they've opened 80+ new locations since this one. I kind of doubt there will be another new store built by Acme for a while, but I would definitely like to see that.
Yes, the store surely still feels modern, and I also hope it can last for a while! Thanks for commenting!
"only half as good as aisle 12" XD
ReplyDeleteI agree that it's wild to think this is still the most recent new-build ACME, but like y'all have said, at least the company has still opened additional locations since then to keep the brand growing. PF&H still looks pretty good in here, too.
Great post as always. While this was the last new store 'from scratch' there was also Sea Isle City which was a complete demolition and rebuild from the ground up, not sure of any others. Definitely less of an investment from Acme's side to open new stores in existing buildings.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, there was the Sea Isle City rebuild, as well as Beach Haven (plus Ortley Beach, which wasn't torn down but remodeled about as much as possible). East Norriton is the newest Acme period, but in a former ShopRite. This store is the most recent one that checks both boxes.
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