Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
RITTENHOUSE THOMAS S
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. [ACMR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
A.C. MOORE ARTS & CRAFTS, INC., 130 A.C. MOORE DRIVE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/17/2011
(Street)

BERLIN, NJ 08009
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, no par value 11/17/2011   U(1)   65,824 (2) D $ 1.6 0 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 20.37 11/18/2011   D     3,500 02/20/2008 02/20/2014 Common Stock 3,500 (3) 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
RITTENHOUSE THOMAS S
A.C. MOORE ARTS & CRAFTS, INC.
130 A.C. MOORE DRIVE
BERLIN, NJ 08009
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Amy Rhoades, by Power of Attorney   11/18/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On November 17, 2011, Sbar's Acquisition Corporation ("Sbar's"), an affiliate of Nicole Crafts LLC and Sbar's, Inc., accepted for purchase in a tender offer the reporting person's shares of common stock, no par value ("Shares"), of A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. ("A.C. Moore") at a price per share of $1.60, net to the reporting person in cash, without interest thereon, subject to any required withholding of taxes. The transaction is more fully described in the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 initially filed by A.C. Moore with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2011, as subsequently amended. Sbar's purchased the Shares on November 18, 2011.
(2) 1,000 Shares held jointly by the reporting person and his spouse.
(3) This option was cancelled in connection with the merger of Sbar's with and into A.C. Moore on November 18, 2011.
 
Remarks:
The filing of this Statement shall not be construed as an admission (a) that the person filing this Statement is, for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered by this Statement, or (b) that this Statement is legally required to be filed by such person.

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