Tour: A&P Fresh - Tinton Falls, New Jersey

Another 2000's Fresh Store arrives at P's and Q's! This one is in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, near Shrewsbury. It is a perfect example of a regular, good 'ol Fresh store. It opened in the 2000's with the pre-Fresh decor, and was later remodeled to Fresh 1.0 after doing great business. This was of course one of the locations that ACME picked up on their way to 200 stores...

 

A glistening vestibule!

As soon as you enter the store, you're in the produce department. It's very big. Images of historic A&P stores and brands line the produce cases, a signature feature in the Fresh decor.

 

Floral is in a floating bubble rather than up against a wall near the pharmacy. This store has a rather odd layout.

 

Curling directory signs... how great! These aisle markers are different than later versions which uses a clamp to hold down the directory signs. These hang from the board.

 

"Express Yourself" checkouts are all the rage in this store! Around half of the checkouts are these...

 

An aisle full of custom magazine display cases make this A&P Fresh seem more like a Borders Bookstore.

 

Back in Produce... No mural here! But there are plenty of Fresh departments under the drop ceiling on the right.

 

Fresh display of produce make this case seem really small and old.

 

Meat and Seafood line the back of the store, along with an older Poland Spring case.

"Acy Dept" are unfortunately not working at this time of night... too bad! This was a standard problem for these stores... A&P was probably making these signs by the hundreds, or maybe thousands!

A&P Fresh of Tinton Falls 990 Shrewsbury Ave. Tinton Falls, NJ A&P > ACME