New Canaan Grocery Store Reopens As Food Emporium Becomes Acme

NEW CANAAN, Conn. - Grocery shoppers will see a new name above the former Food Emporium on Elm Street in New Canaan as it reopens Friday as ACME Supermarket.

ACME Supermarket will open Friday on the site of the former Food Emporium on Elm Street. Photo Credit: *Frank MacEachern*

The former Food Emporium on Elm Street will reopen as ACME Supermarket on Friday. Photo Credit: *Frank MacEachern*

Best Cellars at A&P will remain with that name at least for the immediate future as the adjacent Food Emporium, formerly owner by A&P, will reopen Friday as ACME Supermarket. Photo Credit: *Frank MacEachern*

Frank MacEachern

10/23/2015 5:00 p.m.

The sale of 95 A&P-owned stores to Acme and Stop & Shop was approved June 20 by a bankruptcy court in White Plains, N.Y.

The sale includes 71 stores to Acme for $246 million and 24 to Stop & Shop for $124 million.

The Food Emporium's parent company, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Inc, struggled to make money on the stores and finally declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 20.

The A&P stores in Greenwich also switched over to the Acme brand.

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