Abandoned ACME Grocery Store Shamokin, PA Exploring With Richard, Kara, & Journey_With_Jay

Abandoned ACME Grocery Store Shamokin, PA Exploring With Richard, Kara, & Journey_With_Jay. Once an ACME, this store was also a BiLo Foods as well as BRL Grocery Outlet before it went out of business and ultimately closed around 2008. Been sitting abandoned since and been destroyed by vandals.
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[@rmkobige]

I used to drive by that location all the time when I worked in nearby Sunbury. Acme Markets sold 45 locations in NE PA to Penn Traffic in 1995. All of those markets became either Bi-Lo or Insalaco's. There is also an abandoned K-Mart just down the road. Surprised you didn't visit that while in the area. Keep up the great work!

[@letaloudone]

The thing you thought was a generator is actually a compressor. It is the chilling system for the coolers. Great video I love abandoned stores! Thanks Wallie!

[@BigTonyyG]

Once again another great video Wallie! Those old pictures are great! Really showed the history of all the stores in there former glory in that location. Sad to see what happened to all that hard work. I can't believe that BRL clock survived all the vandalism and not being stolen, great peace of advertising history. Really cool to see it hanging there in that one old photo!

[@jqueen1380]

Take that clock sign home! It’s clear no one cares about it. Save it and give it a good home, before vandals destroy it.

[@jackvegetables6830]

What a hell of place to put a refrigerator at in a restroom lol

[@gaylenewood7707]

Jack Vegetables Well I'm betting after eating McDonalds food back then you really need that toilet cause your food is in that fridge in the bathroom.

[@VintageCars999]

Lol probably was moved there

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

Lol at those safety posters and the commentaries you guys were putting on them, hilarious! I guess ACME took their safety serious. :D

[@adammiller2246]

This is your typical 70s supermarket. 20000, 30000 sq ft floor space. Up stairs has a couple offices, a break room, mens and ladies rooms, and a motor room. The motor room is where the refrigeration compressors, water heater tank, back up generator . If you went up on the roof you would have the condensers that cool the refrigerant in the compressors. Of course all of the copper and aluminum coils were probably cut out and taken for scrap ( used copper gets you about $3.00 a lb.) The holes in the floor may have been refrigeration tunnels. Back in those days, the piping would run through the tunnels to the display cases. These days, they do not use the tunnels. Mainly because of rodents , roaches. Today they seal up the tunnels and pipe overhead to the cases. I have put together many of these stores. Some of the real old stores would be "water cooled refrigeration. This store would have a water tower on the roof. In this tower, water would be piped to the top of the tower. The water would flow down the tower fill and a big fan would blow air on the water. This causes some water to evaporate and cool. The rest would dump into a water sump tank. The water is then go to the compressors to cool them down.

[@davidc.pierce9631]

Wallie, my first job netted me $1.65/hr, at a restaurant, in the 80's. While in College, I worked three years, at a restaurant and made 25 cents in pay raises, total! I sympathize with your experience, Bro! Love the explore. You guys really gave the place a thorough look-over. 👍👍

[@W4ZFN]

Hey wallie great vid also got more info on the corporate ames office it has a bowling alley it looks like and a basement and when my friends went over they found 1994 ames shipping paper and more unique stuff inside the building

[@eaglesviper79]

Great video good sir, thank you. Two abandoned stores in the same area with internal videos, Awesome. keep up the great work

[@chrisbarnett4719]

Love exploring these buildings awesome video

[@davidc.pierce9631]

"Thalo poop".... Funniest thing I have heard, all week! 😂😂😂

[@misterhat5823]

My dad worked in a plant where there was a picnic table in the shitter where they'd have lunch.

[@jackvegetables6830]

The work of copper theives man those walls

[@DoomieGruntVentures]

Did you take those work safety posters with the crash dummies on them? Those are freaking hilarious.

[@as6110]

Hey Wallie, this video gave me a much needed laugh. ❤️ This place is so much most trashed than the Ames. I saw quite a few places that were abandoned right on 422 about 20 miles south of Indiana and I thought of you. Didnt have time to stop and take pictures though. I was on a time crunch.

[@shawnsr8459]

awesome video again... keep up the. great work!👍👍😎 btw I can't get over the wages you found on that paper just crazy pathetic...

[@gaylenewood7707]

Back in the 80s when I was a little kid hyvee and Jack's and Niemann.food in keokuk iowa they had those old fold up carts and I use to love been underneath them while my mother shopped..

[@dennismanbook]

That sounds like those carts that had the high shallow basket that HyVee used to had. Think those were specially designed for a certain type of checkout lanes. Think that might of been the zephyr checkout lane system from the 70s and 80s if I remember right

[@justindavidson3431]

Absoulety love your videos bro!!! Keep up the good work!!

[@danieljwilson7918]

Wallie Another AWESOME video. That store needs to be demolished. It is too bad that so many buildings are abandoned and fall into disrepair. Your videos are terrific. Kepp them coming and stay awesome!!!!

[@jeepguy95]

Our local Acme closed in late 2010 and was replaced with a local store, although they kept the classic 1979 look from when the store was built. Identical layout to this store.

[@liztrainer895]

This looked like an older acme before the pharmacy was added.the sign is even vintage.

[@johnmiller8123]

"the lunch-room in the 2nd floor men-room that is so hilarious" 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆.

[@timothyleigeber7847]

Love the after pics. Like seeing how it looked back then to now. Also the song at the end...what is it?

[@c00pster88]

Awesome video wallie!!!!

[@catnapped_]

Acme dated back to either 1978 or 1979. The newspaper archives only go up to late 1977 and it was under construction at that point so it obviously opened after that. Those were the refrigerator compressors upstairs...typical for the way Acme configured those older stores.

[@kevinbaker4241]

That place is completely DESTROYED! Why the hell do all the young troublemaking punks (or thieves hungry for copper to get some $$$) have to go to abandoned places and thoroughly trash them? Makes me SICK!

[@ballsthe4thjunior482]

The Ames must have been WAYYYYY more taken care of than this! This store is in a mess! Nonetheless, saying this video was bad would be a lie! Amazing video my friend!

[@minnesotaoutdoorwarningsirens]

4:59 “Every single cooler to the glass is busted out of”

[@sharper5652]

Another great vid

[@Kenneth-ne8og]

Great video man I enjoy all your videos

[@jackvegetables6830]

I like the name of that town shamokin

[@Luvnlife880]

Awesome video wallie keep going lol

[@TheCRTProductions]

Really cool place, man it sucks that it's been hit so hard by vandals. Lots of cool stuff in there like those posters though, it's great that you guys got to document that. You never know when they might demolish places like this. Great work Wallie and friends.

[@coltongoff456]

The guy on the poster did get the flu. because he flew!

[@snakeboren4814]

CRAZY MAN!! COOL VIDEO!!! DONT C U WITH MARA ANYMORE!! KARA 🎸..ROCKS!!! LIKE THE ACCENT!!

[@lynnclayton2748]

acme im waiting for the road runner and the coyote

[@marisam9803]

Excellent vid as usual, and thanks for turning me onto new KZbinrs. I came to your channel thru Aces Adventures, so these recommendations are great!

[@mikelwylie1649]

Lol the refrigerator in the bathroom is a first never seen that before lol

[@alexanderduran6223]

I love watching these videos is really cool to see things from way back then before I was even born.🙂

[@jayardee6240]

Always njoying ur videos brotha.. Keep up the great work u do! Stay safe and stay awesome

[@walterburns1789]

I do enjoy your videos

[@DoomieGruntVentures]

Hey, have they still got those rocket skates Wil-E-Coyote uses?

[@jaxking904]

Doomie Grunt Nice Comment

[@freddyfazbearspizza6491]

Freddy fazbear's pizza

[@conman-theanimaker5230]

20:13 found another clip to the present intro of wallieb26

[@robertrowlin9854]

Copper thieves !! That’s why it’s destroyed like that.

[@chefkim9]

When stores close it's usually emptied out. A lot left behind.

[@user-ci9ri4fl5pBuckeyeChessie]

AWESOME indeed!!!

[@jontheguy595]

Did you explore the abandon Kmart down the road lol, cuz i would never go in that place its looks creepy

[@Lego.3000]

Time stamp 9:08. Finding the Fridge in the bathroom reminds me of that scene of the t v show superstore when they discover that they're being Timed For their brakes and then decide to move the brake room to the men's washroom LO. L.

[@johnmiller1376]

"Hey wallie-b & the beaver it should've been oh lassie 💩 poop & the refrigerator in the bathroom on the 2nd floor hilarious" 🇺🇸🤠📻.

[@michaelstinson9756]

Do another abandoned Walmart

[@shanereichsr2382]

Hey WallieB26 if u get on route 11/15 from selinsgrove and head toward liverpool there is like 5 or 6 abandoned places between there and the 322 exit to Harrisburg

[@danielyoung6630]

Good stuff! Have you noticed more abandoned food and gas stores closing wonder why?

[@northsidediva6465]

I hope you grabbed that ad!

[@cjcutter1571]

Loved Acme as a kid!

[@ericariley1696]

This place looks worse than when the last person filmed this place. Vandalizes have no respect.

[@BrianWilliams-cq3ys]

I really enjoy seeing that I just can't understand how come people have to destroy things like that doesn't make any sense to destroy things that are not yours it was quite a mess in there I have a question have you ever heard of TG&Y Store Wallieb26 because that's my favorite store just like you like to collect Hills department store collectibles your friend Brian Williams Guthrie Oklahoma and like you always say stay awesome I can't hardly wait for your next abandoned building video curious to see what it may be thank you so very much for your efforts and time to put out these videos see you later

[@jaya.0069]

Brian, I remember TG&Y stores well here in the LA (Lower Alabama). Used to love those stores you could find some of everything there.

[@misterhat5823]

Did all of you have to follow Kara into the restroom? Y'all should have let her use it in private.

[@Tailwhip222]

crazy how there's still hand soap in the bathroom :P

[@cows9275]

You wanna see lots of abandoned stuff come to southern Virginia

[@mrtheguzzomanshouldknow5853]

do you ever be cautious before you go in those abandoned structures never know what is in there or its safe

[@JPVideos81]

Man that place is even worse since i was there. I liked this store better than the Ames.

[@johnmiller8338]

"Acme-markets inc is still my # 1 all-time favorite grocery-store chain in northeastern-pennsylvania u.s.a. & i still miss it every-day".

[@tinoswrld]

this is cool

[@nicholasj840]

Still a handful of Acme stores in the NE… owned now by Albertsons Corp (basically Safeway)

[@SebastianSteele]

DID YOU GET INSIDE! OH MY GOODNESS Gotta go grab a snack for this one Edit: couldn’t find a snack so I’ll just starve Edit 2: found some old Doritos

[@news89]

I'll take a loaf of bread, and gallon of milk please. Lol

[@kenhenize8165]

We had them here too in Williamsport Pennsylvania 17701 too and then supersaver then bilo s too then kh

[@toddament8035]

Where you mentioned the back-up generator was actually a refrigeration compressor for the coolers or air conditioning.

[@steventegeler7084]

Wallieb26 there is quite a few food Lion in Myrtle Beach SC. My wife and I shop there when go on vacation. Been going there for five years.

[@michellesullivano5038]

When are you gonna do an update on the Ames in Economy, also there's a Kmart up the road from here.

[@stevent9179]

Acme, now there's a blast from the past. Shamokin PA, thats hard coal country! ❤

[@camhowe349]

Wallie it looks like with all the equipment outside the place that they might be prepping stuff to start work on this place..

[@johnmiller8338]

Bring back acme-soda we miss you acme-markets inc.

[@benweber3736]

when I first worked at sears I got paid 7.25 then they bumped it up to 8.25

[@susandambrosio916]

Those crash test dummy posters you found and the comments you were making too funny 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

[@matth3805]

Wallie can you do a video take on the coal township kmart that Journey With Jay and Manny Quacioua did please? That kmart is interesting

[@frankjesse127]

That sad do old stone

[@johnmiller8338]

Acme-markets inc northeastern-pennsylvania is still # 1.

[@chadbollinger2562]

WallieB26 ya videos rock man

[@matthewkuhlman9246]

Hay, do you ever come to Kentucky?

[@Catmannj1]

The best thing about all your videos is how you react to the odd and offbeat like the refrigerator in the mens rooms. All that energy the vandals wasted that they could put to feeding the poor or building homes or getting jobs like the lazy seagulls need to do. This Acme looks like a post Apocoliptic store with everything destroyed. It looks like any chains that followed Acme never bothered to change up the store. Two years ago Acme made a comeback in my state, buying A&P (remember them) and Pathmark and other stores that were going out of business. The Acmes now are modern but bland design, bland customer service and not bland but inflated prices. Plus NO FREQUENT SHOPPER PROGRAM. I stick with ShopRIte. This Acme looks like the one I had in my hometown that did not see any renovation in 30 plus years. I used to have to go to that Acme (and one in Secaucus which looked unchanged in 30 plus years) as a Secret Shopper. A Secret Shopper evaluates the store cleaninless, customer service and other things. You have to buy something to get a receipt and they reinburse you like five or ten bucks. Did that before I found Cat sitting. You all make a great team. HOpe you can all do more team shoots in the future.

[@kimchen5775]

What was the food left behind?

[@tigertailz4444]

Have you ever been caught

[@johnmiller8123]

"1st it was an acme-market then it was an insalaco's supermarket next it was a bilo foods supermarket & finally it was a brl grocery outlet" 🇺🇸🛒🛒🛒🛒🥔🥕🥩🥛🧀🍞.

[@pongo6929]

love it

[@Titanic19127]

I don’t understand, cause ACME is growing as a brand

[@Davidsoraw239]

Due to the age of the building I'm willing to bet that the paint has lead in it

[@carlavision6143]

Awesome video!

[@dv9238]

amazing ! nice channel and video ! like !

[@chadbollinger2562]

Way to funny WallieB26 by far as the weirdo videos at least ya didnt find any pizza or glass cleaner

[@Olivia_Roblox226]

Wallie you CRACK the Shit out of me

[@johnhull6363]

No acme rockets?

[@journeywithjay]

Hahaha too funny

[@craftinmaster6928]

This is my hometown and I think it closed because of Walmart . We have an abandoned Long John Silver .

[@raychildress4231]

Sorry gentlemen but Kara is the real star. 😁

[@as6110]

I love Kara.

[@robertrowlin9854]

It’s first aid instructions

[@sweetcat1639]

Hey Wallie isn't there an abandoned Kmart out here that closed in like 2000?

[@adamsATSfan415]

yup it was in the 2000 round of closings.

[@scottlillis4849]

Cool video Wallie. We used to have 3 Acme supermarkets in berks county Penn. They are all gone now. The only Acme supermarkets that are still around are in Philadelphia and I believe also in New Jersey. Acme was union and when Giant supermarket came in that hurt Acme because there prices were a lot higher then Giant.

[@poohbare8o5o]

Scott Lillis there’s a whole bunch of Acme stores in Akron, Ohio. Not sure if they are related tho

[@gregggoss2210]

Yes there are ACME stores in New Jersey. I don't shop there because their prices are ridiculously high. I shop mostly at ALDI. Wallie from what I've seen so far, you're right. There sure seems to be a lot of abandoned stores in that Central and Western part of PA. Wonder what's going on?

[@catnapped_]

Different ownership

[@sandigriffinsmartassbiglip5492]

ACME CO

[@ruthpullis9279]

Well better late then never miss that store step 29;2019