Frederick Wilhelm Albrecht, a native of Massillon, Ohio, started in the grocery business when he gained control of his brother’s local store.

The Great Depression and World War II brought a decline in consumer behavior and caused Acme to halt its expansion.

After new competition entered the area, the Click stores were renamed Acme Super Centers in the early 1990s.

[3] This was part of the company's effort to downsize and re-brand the remaining stores as Acme Fresh Market.

After the loss of their local Acme store in 1997, residents in West Akron rallied for a new supermarket to move in.

[4] There are currently sixteen Acme Fresh Market stores, and two RSVP Food and Party Outlet locations.

[citation needed] As the company moved away from non-food items and into the Fresh Market branding, many of the stores were remodeled and renovated.

In 2006, one of Acme's competitors, Tops Markets, announced it was leaving Northeast Ohio and needed to sell off its 46 stores.

[7][8][9] The company continued its renovation efforts in the late 2000s, with the Bailey Road, Ellet, Kenmore, Kent, and Stow locations receiving major overhauls.

In November 2009, Acme opened a pharmacy inside the Akron General Health and Wellness Center in Stow.

The aging neighborhood store, nearly 60 years old, was ultimately replaced with a larger building featuring a nostalgic 1950s-style facade.