Acme Fresh Market has set the opening date for its newest location in Medina.
When the Medina store opens on Aug. 7, it will be the family-owned chain’s 17th store and the first in Medina County.
The last store built by the Albrecht family was in Green in 2014.
Katie Swartz, Acme’s vice president of marketing, said workers are busy putting the final touches on the store, located south of Medina’s historic Public Square on state Route 3.
“As a local, family-owned business, we’re proud to incorporate that local spirit into every part of our new store — from the honeycomb-inspired ceiling design that nods to Medina’s beekeeping heritage, to the hyper-local Medina-made products we’ll carry on our shelves,” Swartz said.
Founder Frederick Wilhelm Albrecht opened his first grocery store in Akron in 1891.
The new Medina Acme will cover 56,360 square feet and is expected to employ about 80 workers.
The store will host a hiring event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 11 and 12.
Swartz said the store’s pharmacy team is already in place and will be ready to serve customers when the doors open for the first time on Aug. 7.
The store also will have commemorative Medina-themed bags to mark its opening.
Swartz said the bags will be free for customers who download the Acme app and create an account.
To pick up a bag before the store opens, she said, customers can visit Acme partner Candyapple & Co. at 109 W. Washington St., in the Medina Square.
The grocery store is just the first phase of the development of the Acme property at the northwest corner of South Court Street and High Point Drive.
Plans also call for additional smaller stores to be built connected to the main grocery store, along with a separate mid-size store.
There also are two out parcels that eventually will be developed along Route 3 across from the existing McDonald’s.
What will the new Medina Acme be like inside?
The grocery store will carry a wide variety of groceries and have a deli, a bakery, a full-service meat department and a pharmacy.
The Medina store, Acme officials say, will be similar to the chain’s recently remodeled stores and will closely resemble the Hudson Acme.
The chain’s signature cow over the dairy case will be in the Medina store, along with a Cheerio 10-cent horse ride.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Acme getting ready to open new store in Medina County. Find out when
Reporting by Craig Webb, Akron Beacon Journal / Akron Beacon Journal
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