Acme to lay off about 900 part-time workers

Philadelphia Inquirer, by Maria Panaritis, April 28, 2011

Acme Markets announced Thursday that it is laying off about 900 of the 14,000 employees at its 117 stores in and around Philadelphia, South Jersey, Delaware and Maryland

Dan Sanders, president of Malvern-based Acme, a division of Supervalu Inc., informed union leaders Thursday morning and sharedthe news with employees around lunchtime through satellite broadcasts to stores, Sanders said.