Acme To Close Stores In New York, New Jersey

SCARSDALE, NY — Acme will close one store in New York and three in New Jersey before the end of the year. The New York store is in Scarsdale, and it is scheduled to be closed Nov. 4.

Weehawken, Woodcliff Lake and Elmwood Park will close by Oct. 2, NJ.com reported.

“Closing a store is always a tough decision," Acme spokeswoman Dana Ward said in a statement published by NJ.com. “We are focused on growing our business and reinvesting those resources into our existing stores along with aggressively exploring other new sites.”

Employees at those four stores can transfer to nearby locations with open positions.

Read the entire article on NJ.com.

Acme has 17 stores in New York, all in the lower Hudson Valley:

• Brewster
• Briarcliff Manor
• Bronxville
• Goldens Bridge
• Hopewell Junction
• Mahopac
• Mohegan Lake
• New Rochelle
• Patterson
• Pleasant Valley
• Rye Brook
• Scarsdale
• Shrub Oak
• Thornwood
• White Plains
• Yonkers
• Yorktown Heights

The Pennsylvania-based grocery store chain bought several of them (not including the Scarsdale store) in 2015 when struggling supermarket chain A&P sold 120 of its stores and closed 25 more as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

SEE: Acme Bids for Mohegan A&P Store Among Others