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Patriarch of Acme Fresh Chain Dead at 90

Services were being planned yesterday for Frederick Ivan Albrecht, patriarch of the F.W. Albrecht Grocery Co., who died Sunday at age 90.

AKRON, Ohio — Services were being planned yesterday for Frederick Ivan Albrecht, patriarch of the F.W. Albrecht Grocery Co. here, who died Sunday at age 90. Albrecht, who was retired, worked at the company, which operates the Acme Fresh Markets chain, for 50 years. His son Steve is president. F.W. Albrecht was founded by Frederick Albrecht’s grandfather in 1891.

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