Expansion and Renovation
As the company moved away from non-food items and into the Fresh Market branding, many of the stores were remodeled and renovated. From the mid-2000s to the present, many of the older stores have undergone various renovations. These projects were to help modernize the facilities and to streamline and improve customer experience. The most recent renovations were to the Stow location in 2011, which included a redesigned lobby and parking lot. Other remodel projects in the past five years were at Ellet, North Canton, Bailey Road, Kent, and Kenmore.
In 2006, one of Acme's competitors, Tops Markets, announced it was leaving Northeast Ohio and needed to sell off its 46 stores. Eight of these locations were in the Akron area, some of which originally operated as Finast. Acme President Steven T. Albrecht indicated to the Akron Beacon Journal that the company was going to "review the Tops Stores" to see if any "fit Acme's goals" Acme No. 11, located in Tallmadge, relocated to one of these former Tops stores across the street in 2007. Later that year, Acme purchased another Tops location in Parma, Ohio, which had been empty for one year. The new store opened on May 3, 2008 as Acme No. 20.
In November 2009, Acme opened a new pharmacy inside the Akron General Health and Wellness Center in Stow. The pharmacy is designated Acme No. 30.
In early 2012, Acme announced several new projects for the coming years. A brand new store will be constructed in Green, Ohio, down the road from competitor Giant Eagle. The company hopes that the 68,800 square foot store, the first new Acme facility to be built since 1990, will be completed by holiday 2013.
One week after the news of the Green store, Acme unveiled its plans to completely rebuild the store on State Road in Cuyahoga Falls. The aging neighborhood store, nearly 60 years old, will be replaced with a larger building featuring a nostalgic 1950s-style facade. In addition, the original Acme street sign, which stood outside the store from the 1940s to the mid 2000s, has been acquired and will be fully restored. Work on the State Road store is scheduled to be completed by November 2012.
The company's next projects include an expansion of Acme No. 15 and an overhaul of Acme No. 1. Albrecht, Inc., Acme's realtor, owns land in Medina, Ohio, and has plans for a 5 building shopping center anchored by a 68,000 square-foot Acme store.
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