Acme

I-95-PA-23-NB
Girard Avenue / Lehigh Avenue / Delaware Avenue
Philadelphia Philadelphia PA

I-95-PA-22-SB
 I-676 / US 30 / Callowhill Street – Central Philadelphia, Independence Hall
Philadelphia Philadelphia PA

Brand: Acme

Acme Markets Inc. is a supermarket chain operating 162 stores throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania and, as of 1999, is a subsidiary of Albertsons, and part of its presence in the Northeast. It is headquartered in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, near Malvern, a Philadelphia suburb.

Acme was established in 1891, when Irish immigrants Samuel Robinson and Robert Crawford opened a store in South Philadelphia. The company today has 162 supermarkets under the Acme name in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.

After many decades of being the largest grocery retailer in the Delaware Valley, Acme fell to #2 behind ShopRite in 2011. As of 2013, Acme was #3 behind #1 ShopRite and #2 Giant Food Stores in the region.

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