Since I moved to Glenolden, this has become my grocery store of choice. Unfortunately, it is the lesser of the few evils (that is, not that good, but better than the other terrible grocery stores around town). I usually love Acme, and have always considered them the higher tier when it comes to food shopping. The Acme in Holmes, however, is just not that good. They are frequently out of the specific brands that I prefer, and overstocked, I believe, on store brand and generic products. Being somewhat of a foodie, I find myself commuting to the Trader Joes in Media to get the "good stuff." I can't even find the Raisin Nut Bran cereal that I love, and every other grocery store I have been to in my life has always had it, it's not a rare cereal. When I lived in Newark, Delaware, the Acme there was much better. The only major problem I had with the Holmes Acme staff was once when I needed to get a roll of quarters (it was late, and the banks were closed). I had just purchased about 130 dollars worth of groceries, and thought that if I gave the cashier $10 in cash, there would be no issues getting a roll of quarters. Apparently, I was horrendously wrong. He referred me to the manager, who very rudely dismissed me and said "we don't give out rolls of change." Now I wasn't asking her to GIVE me anything, I was asking for an exchange. I informed her that I am a paying customer and that I use this store frequently, but she didn't want to hear it, she told me that they pay the bank for their change deliveries (which I know for a fact is a nominal fee), and that they can't give it out to everyone who walks in off the street. Once again, I was a PAYING customer, not someone who just came in for the change. That really ticked me off, and just proves that many people don't belong in customer service. I wasn't asking her to go an extra mile to accommodate me, just walk a few steps, and she couldn't even do that, totally lazy. Long story short, I went next door to the Kmart, where I didn't even buy anything, and the lady behind the customer service desk forked over the quarters with no questions asked. Great job Acme, you win the award for giving worse service than Kmart, and that's sad. Also, I like to use the self-checkout when I have only a few items. The attendant that is overseeing the self-checkouts is NEVER paying attention to anything. Anyone that has used a self check-out knows they aren't perfect, and frequently need the attendant to override an item because maybe it isn't reading it's weight. When this happens, a prompt appears on the employees terminal that assistance is needed at your station, a red light also blinks. Even with these alarms, I still need to turn and let them know "HELLO!!! NEED HELP!!!" Incredibly inattentive, and if someone were to not scan something and just take it, they wouldn't even know. I also have purchased on several occasions items from their bakeshop that were incredibly stale even though their dates were recent. All in all, I tolerate this place because it is close and convenient to my apartment, if something better came along, I would go there in a heartbeat. read more