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Fish Fridays – Corey Dineen
COREY DINEEN HANDS OFF AN ORDER
TO ANOTHER HAPPY CUSTOMER
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ACME’S LINK TO ITS BROOKLYN COMMUNITY
COREY DINEEN IS UP AT 3 A.M. MOST FRIDAYS, excited. As Acme’s Ecommerce Coordinator in charge of running Fish Fridays, he’ll spend the morning hours hurriedly packing orders, moving box after box of Acme products, and handing them off to their fish-loving neighbors of Greenpoint.
“The customer facing part of the job is honestly my favorite,” Corey said. “It’s not just the fish of Fish
Friday, it’s the people of Fish Friday.”
Fish Friday has been operating out of the Brooklyn plant for over 20 years now, a beloved weekly sale that used to be held in the packing room but is now offered curbside. Corey started his role at Acme a few weeks before COVID-19 closures in 2020 and one of his first to-dos was to help move
Fish Friday sales online.
“We’re really thankful for our customers that they still continue to come out every week,” he said. “You talk
to people and they’ll say ‘I’ve been coming here for 20 years.’ They’ve known people at Acme who retired long ago. It’s multigenerational now!”
Corey grew up in a small business family and has been impressed by how closely the family members at Acme work with the business. To him, it does feel like one big family. Especially on Fish Fridays. He loves sitting down with longtime Production Manager Gary Brownstein early in the mornings, cracking jokes and comparing golf scores and hearing stories from the old days. He loves the flurry
of activity in getting orders sorted and the challenge of running a well-oiled operation. And he loves talking to new customers and catching up with the regulars.
“Being able to meet people from the community, who
COREY DINEEN
come from all walks of life, is incredible,” Corey said. “It
shows you how powerful the neighborhood is and we’re really proud to be a part of it.”
COREY DINEEN
ECOMMERCE COORDINATOR
