Acme | Media, PA

 

1095 W. Baltimore Pike

Welcome to the Granite Run Acme!

The first ever post on this blog to go up on a Friday was the Acme of downtown Media last May. Today, we'll be seeing the other Media Acme, this one being located on the Promenade at Granite Run property, formerly the enclosed Granite Run Mall. The store opened on November 17, 1975 as an outparcel to the mall and the largest Acme market at the time. Originally, it occupied 33,500 square feet, with other stores like Thrift Drug and a JCPenney Catalog Center taking up the rest of the space. In the 90s, Acme expanded into the entire building. Let's take a look inside!

The Frosted Mug is just to your left upon entering. This area was formerly a Starbucks, though it closed long before The Frosted Mug took over, and was blocked off by displays in the interim.

Foods to go, the corner deli, and the bakery are on the left side of the store, with meat and seafood being the first department on the back wall.

The produce department is on the other side of the grand aisle. Here's a photo from Acme Style of this area before. This store previously had the early deluxe version of Santa Fe, which was also seen in stores in Easton, MD (which still has it), Bala Cynwyd, PA (which now has Quality Built), and Warminster, PA (which closed in 2014). That version was used around 1999-2000.

Lancaster Brand Meats are up next, past the service butcher block counter. That movie theater in the second photo from the left is still open today.

A look down aisle 6. The version of Santa Fe this store had heavily drew from the Chalkboard Market decor, including having the grocery aisles under a drop ceiling.

Dairy is in the back right corner of the store and wraps around to the right wall.

Granite Run's pharmacy still uses the Sav-On name, with signage similar to Cape May Court House.

HABA is in the front corner past the pharmacy. This was previously the customer service center, which was moved closer to the checkouts in the Quality Built remodel. The area is definitely used better now than before.

Interesting floral setup, also seen in Grocery Palace stores.

Thank you from your Granite Run Acme!

Other Images of Interest

Street View Images

2015

Not much change to the Acme itself since this picture, but the trees seen in the background have since been cut down for an apartment complex called 50 at Granite Run.

Nearby competition

3.5 miles away: ShopRite of Brookhaven

This ShopRite, which we toured in August, opened in 2016 in a former Pathmark. I don't know why Acme didn't take this store, but I guess they were fine with having a monopoly on Media.

3.6 miles away: GIANT of Brookhaven

The Brookhaven GIANT opened in 2016 as a relocation from their previous store across the street, which opened in 1987 as one of the first GIANTs in the area.

That concludes this edition of The Retail Connection! This was a very busy store, and definitely one of Acme's nicer locations. While it's sad that a rarer decor was removed, Quality Built looks really good here. Next week, we're headed to a non-grocery store just across the street. See you then! Sincerely, The Retail Connection.