Acme | Wilmington, DE

 

2098 Naamans Road

Welcome to the Foulk & Naamans Acme!

It's our first time seeing snow on the blog! My favorite kind of precipitation is meeting my favorite kind of Acme: a 90s store. Well, sort of. The corner of Foulk Road and Naamans Road was first adorned with an Acme on August 28, 1963 when a pitched-roof store opened for business. In the late 70s, the store was demolished and replaced with a new location, which in the 90s was expanded to its current size and given the tower entrances we see here. A more recent remodel to the center gave this store a new color scheme and slightly altered facade. Let's take a look inside!

The Tortured Produce Department is to the left upon entering the store, along with paper products which are apparently considered "Fresh to Go". This store has the early version of the Quality Built decor, likely receiving it around 2016. Remnants from Premium Fresh & Healthy 1.0 and Red White & Blue can be found throughout the building.

The bakery follows produce on the left side. The awning from PF&H 1.0 remains, but no longer has signage on it.

Lancaster Brand Meats are in the back left corner. This area actually looks really good compared to the average Acme meat department.

A look down aisle 3, with pancake mixes (not just pancake) and other "morning foods".

The meat and seafood counter and corner deli are on the back wall as the final service departments. Both retain their PF&H backsplash. The corner deli signage in this store is only slightly better than Cape May Court House's, but I do like the colors.

Fresh dairy starts in the corner and continues down and the angled east wall of the store. 

Health and beauty is in the last few aisles, complete with the logo timeline wall. The logos seem to be in chronological order in this store, unlike some of the few others that received that feature.

Fresh flowers are on the front wall, directly next to the right entrance. This area formerly had a walk-in floral cooler, but it was removed and blocked off.

Lining the front end are checkouts, the DriveUp & Go department, and Citizens Bank branch. Seems like whoever installed the thank you signage got it backwards.

Other Images of Interest

Street View Images

2023

Definitely a lot sunnier and warmer here. I believe this was the first store I've ever done a tour of that had snow on it.

2018

The store looked like this from the 90s expansion up until recently. The red logo also made a return to this store following the QB remodel.

2012

Still using the white logo here.

Nearby competition

2.9 miles away: ShopRite of Brandywine Commons

This is next week's store. The ShopRite in Brandywine Commons is one of six in Delaware, all of which are owned by the Kenny family. This particular location opened in 1994.

2.9 miles away: Sprouts Farmers Market of Wilmington

The Wilmington Sprouts opened on March 11, 2020 as the chain's first Delaware store. However, it was previously a much more serious competitor to Acme from February 5, 1969 to August 1997 when it operated as a Pathmark. It later became a Barnes & Noble from 1998 until relocating in 2019.

3.1 miles away: Food Lion of Claymont

We'll also soon be seeing the Food Lion in nearby Claymont, which opened in 2009 in what was formerly a 70s A&P-turned-SuperFresh that relocated down the street in 2000.

3.8 miles away: Giant Food of Wilmington

The Wilmington Giant first opened in 1995 as a Super G, converting to the Giant name in 2005 along with the other Delaware stores (the New Jersey locations were renamed Stop & Shop). We toured this store back in October.

Alright, I think that covers everything! This was quite a long post, but this is a very nice Acme certainly deserving of one. Normally, I'm not a fan of the early version of Quality Built, but this remodel actually turned out really well, and the facade looks great, too. Next week, we'll be seeing that nearby ShopRite. See you then! Sincerely, The Retail Connection.