Samuel Robinson
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Acme Markets
Acme Markets is a Philadelphia-based supermarket chain that now operates 125 supermarkets under the Acme name in four states. History Acme was established by Samuel Robinson and Robert Crawford in south Philadelphia in 1891. By 1917, Robinson and Crawford merged Acme Markets with four other Philadelphia-area grocery stores, and the combined company was named American…
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ACME
ACME was founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by two Irish immigrants, Samuel Robinson and Robert Crawford in South Philadelphia. Etymology: The root of the word Acme is thought to originate from the Greeks ‘akme,’ which meant ‘highest point’ or ‘peak.’ Its use is traced to around the 1560’s. The year 1917 saw a merger…