Discount Grocery Store Opening in Baldwin Borough

Bottom Dollar Food, a discount supermarket chain based in North Carolina, is opening a dozen new stores in the Pittsburgh area, including one in at the site of the old Bradley House of Catering along Brownsville Road.

The grocery stores are expected to open by early 2012.

Other locations for the stores will include Castle Shannon Borough, , , Penn Hills, McKeesport, Butler, Ambridge Borough and Aliquippa.

“Customers will find Bottom Dollar Food unique because we carry private brands and the national brands that matter most,” company President Meg Ham said, “and offer a meaningful, efficient assortment of fresh produce, meat and other products.

“Additionally, we provide our customers an energetic and lighthearted shopping experience.”

Bottom Dollar opened its first store in High Point, NC, in 2005 and has quickly expanded to 47 locations. Company officials said that they see this as a good opportunity to introduce its brand to the Pittsburgh market. The new stores—along with three more in Youngstown, OH—are expected to bring approximately 600 jobs to the region.

“We are very fortunate to have a strong emerging banner that we can continue to grow in new markets,” Ham said. “We have a great work environment and are always looking for talented, energetic people to join our team as we create new jobs in the community.”

“We are excited to have a new business in the borough and to see improvements being made to the shopping center (on Brownsville),” Baldwin Borough Manager John M. Barrett said. “Not only will the shopping center receive a complete façade renovation, the parking lot will (also) be improved, as will the lighting and landscaping of the property.

“We anticipate the shopping-center renovation to attract additional businesses to the site and believe this will be a benefit for area residents.” 

Collier Township Manager Sal Sirabella said that the announcement is welcome news as the area continues the revitalization that has brought new stores to the shopping center. Sirabella hopes that adding a grocery store would make it even more attractive for shoppers and new businesses.

“I think, certainly, the group that’s coming into that can be a destination point and revitalize Great Southern Shopping Center,” he said. “That was the destination for people all over the west and even in the city. It’s gone through some changes, and maybe, this is a part of the revitalization.”