Michael J. Metheny Joins A.C. Moore as Vice President of Supply Chain

A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACMR) announced that Michael J. Metheny has joined the Company as Vice President of Supply Chain effective May 14, 2007. Mr. Metheny was most recently with Federated Department Stores, the $27 billion national department store retailer. He served for 15 years with The May Department Stores Company until December 2005, when May was acquired by Federated. During his tenure with May, he held various supply chain senior management positions, most recently as Divisional Vice President/Director, Expense and Operations Analysis. Lawrence H. Fine, President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, "We’re extremely pleased to welcome Mike Metheny to manage A.C. Moore’s distribution and transportation operations. He has both the leadership skills and background to provide us with the strategic and tactical direction we need to further improve our supply chain.” Mr. Metheny holds a Business Administration degree from University of Missouri-Columbia. About A.C. Moore: A.C. Moore operates arts and crafts stores that offer a vast assortment of traditional and contemporary arts and crafts merchandise for a wide range of customers. The Company operates 124 stores in the Eastern United States. For more information about the Company, visit our website at www.acmoore.com. This press release contains statements that are forward-looking within the meaning of applicable federal securities laws and are based on A.C. Moore's current expectations and assumptions as of this date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement whether the result of new developments or otherwise. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to implement its business and operating initiatives to improve profitability, customer demand and trends in the arts and crafts industry, inventory risks, the effect of economic conditions and gasoline prices, the impact of unfavorable weather conditions, the impact of competitors' locations or pricing, the availability of acceptable real estate locations for new stores, difficulties with respect to new system technologies, difficulties in implementing measures to reduce costs and expenses and improve margins, supply constraints or difficulties, the effectiveness of and changes to advertising strategies, the costs associated with a change in management, difficulties in determining the outcome and impact of litigation, the impact of the threat of terrorist attacks and war, the Company's ability to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting and other risks detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.