Acme Markets

Acme Markets
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Founded1891 (1891) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Headquarters,
United States
Number of locations
162[1]
Key people
Tom Lofland (President)
Products
  • Bakery
  • dairy
  • deli
  • frozen foods
  • general grocery
  • meat
  • pharmacy
  • produce
  • seafood
  • snacks
  • liquor
  • health
  • beauty
ParentIndependent (1891–1917)
American Stores (1917–1998)
Albertsons (1999–present)
Websiteacmemarkets.com

Acme Markets Inc. (stylized as ACME Markets) is a supermarket chain operating 161 stores throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, the Hudson Valley of New York, and Pennsylvania and, as of 1998, 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 Markets has 162 supermarkets[2] 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.[3] As of 2013, Acme was #3 behind #1 ShopRite and #2 The Giant Company in the region.[4]

  1. ^ "All ACME Markets Locations - Pharmacy, Grocery, Weekly Ad". local.acmemarkets.com.
  2. ^ Allison, Cheryl (November 16, 2015). "Three area SuperFresh stores become ACME markets this week". Main Line Times.
  3. ^ "ShopRite edges Acme in Philadelphia-area grocery sales". Interstate General Media - philly.com. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  4. ^ "ShopRite, Giant dominate Delaware Valley and Philadelphia market share". Equity Retail Brokers. July 8, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

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