The Independent Edition

Quinn's Market Owner: Jeff Krenitsky Opened:  2010-2022 Cooperative:  ShurSave Location:  401 Kennedy Blvd, Pittston, PA Photographed:  December 22, 2018 The Pittston location of Quinn's Market was well-documented over on Acme Style before the blog went dark, so I strongly recommend you check out their posts before we jump into our tour of this 26,000 square foot store. For a brief recap of the store's history, it was constructed in 1966 before becoming an ACME Super Saver in the 1970s, a brand it actually retained through the 90s. In 1994, it was sold to Penn Traffic and became an Insalaco's, then Bruno's ShurSave by 2006 which closed in 2008, then the third location of Quinn's ShurSave in 2010. My impression is that Bruno's and Insalaco's did little to no renovation prior to opening, and that the ACME decor may have been intact as late as 2008. Quinn's appears to be the one who changed the decor to what it was. The store closed in 2022 but the p...

Jim Thorpe Market Owner: Frank Paston Opened:  1999 Cooperative:  ShurSave Location:  1 River St, Jim Thorpe, PA Photographed:  December 22, 2018 Our next stop, just north along the Lehigh River from Lehighton , is Jim Thorpe! The town of 4500 was previously named Mauch Chunk before being renamed in 1954 after the Olympic athlete. In the late 1960s or early 1970s, ACME constructed a roughly 11,000 square foot supermarket on the riverfront facing the train tracks in Jim Thorpe, which was ultimately closed and sold to Insalaco's in the early 1990s. When Insalaco's went under, Jim Thorpe Market, an independent ShurSave operator, opened up in 1999 and expanded the store to its present 24,000 square feet. The renovation was extensive, but at certain angles you can still see the bones of the pitched-roof ACME behind the newer facade. On the left side of the store, in fact, you can see the ACME's original side wall. So let's head inside! You enter in the front left corner...