ACME | Holmes, PA

503 S. MacDade Blvd. 

Welcome to the Holmes ACME!

Welcome back to The Retail Connection! Today, we're at the Holmes ACME, which was mentioned in the Lidl post. This store opened back on May 19, 1970, making it one of the chain's older stores still in operation. It was originally a Super Saver, which was ACME's discount grocery banner used through the early 1980s, at which point this store likely took on the name it uses today. The store has the Quality Built decor inside, so let's see what it looks like!

Produce is immediately to your right when you walk in. The fake windows and flooring are left over from the mid-'90s remodel, which gave the store the "Red White & Blue" décor package. The store had its grand re-opening on August 27, 1995.

A tiny bakery just past the produce section.

Lancaster Brand Meats across from the bakery along the back wall.

Looking down aisle 5. This shot gives a nice view of the aisle markers and the old '90s flooring still in place.

The corner deli and fresh seafood and meats are back to back here. This is a relatively small store, so it was somewhat difficult to take pictures. According to the website for the developer of the shopping center, this store is just over 46,000 square feet. Most ACMEs are more like 66,000 square feet.

Dairy takes up the rest of the back wall.

Aisle 15, the last aisle, has the rest of dairy and frozen foods.

Pharmacy and HABA in the corner. This used to have the Sav-On branding, but, like many other ACME pharmacies, signage now just says "Pharmacy".

Customer service across from the checkout lanes. The "lottery, cigarettes, refunds" sign hanging underneath looks very old. I think that's from the '90s décor package.

And, as we pull away from the Holmes ACME, the original roadside sign still stands. There's another one at the other exit to the left of the store.

That's all for this tour! Thank you for shopping with The Retail Connection. Please come again!

Lidl | Folsom, PA

420 MacDade Blvd.

Welcome to the Folsom Lidl...

and welcome to The Retail Connection! For our very first post, we'll be checking out the first Pennsylvania location of the German discount grocery store chain. This store opened on December 5, 2018, on the site of a former Pathmark which closed with the chain in 2015.

Here's the entryway. Okay, now let's get out of the rain and head inside!

Not the best photo of the welcome wall. In newer American stores, "hallo" has been replaced with "hello".

The first thing you see when you walk inside is the bakery, Lidl's only full-service department. Both pre-packaged and fresh baked goods are sold here.

A wall of bread next to the bakery department.

Past the bakery we find seafood and deli meats, both of which are limited to coffin coolers.

Across from there is the dairy section.

Dairy extends to the back wall, and meets frozen foods, which in turn extends to the other side of the store. This section of frozen foods is mainly frozen french fries/nuggets/pizza etc., while the other side is breakfast foods and ice cream.

Taking up most of the back of the store are the "bargain bins". This is all random general merchandise, like home decor, stationery, and clothing. The second shot gives a good look at how much space this section takes up.

The entire store, in one picture. An exposed roof plus the front of the store being covered in windows help to create a very open atmosphere.

A lot of Halloween treats. Can you tell it's October?

All drinks on the rest of the other wall.

Produce is at the front of the store, but it's near the end of the post because it's right across from the checkout lanes.

That's going to do it for today's (very first) post. Thank you for shopping The Retail Connection! See you again soon!