Tube City Almanac

January 26, 2012

Hundreds Visit New Grocery Store

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© 2012 Denise L. Ritter photo for Tube City Almanac


Hundreds of McKeesport-area residents vied for the opportunity to be the first through the door of a new Bottom Dollar supermarket in the city's Christy Park neighborhood.

Although no official crowd estimate was available, officials and store employees estimated the crowd at more than 400 people. The first 200 customers through the door at 8 a.m. Thursday received a free bag of groceries.

Located on the former site of a long-defunct Eat'n Park, Paul Jones Dodge and the former Keystone Auto Parts, the Bottom Dollar is the first newly constructed grocery store in the city since the 1970s.

The McKeesport store is one of seven just launched in the Pittsburgh region by Bottom Dollar, a division of Salisbury, N.C., based Food Lion. The stores represent the company's entry into Western Pennsylvania, where it will challenge the dominant chain, Giant Eagle, along with Supervalu's Shop'n Save and Foodland brands and discounters such as Aldi and Wal-Mart.

More details in tomorrow's Tube City Almanac. For more photos, visit Tube City Online's Facebook page.

Below, preparing to cut the ribbon are Allegheny County Councilman Bob Macey, city Councilman Darryl Segina, city Councilwoman Fawn Walker-Montgomery, Store Manager Kevin Daw of Penn Hills, city Councilman Dan Carr, city Councilman Keith Soles, Mayor Michael Cherepko and State Sen. Jim Brewster.

© 2012 Denise L. Ritter photo special to Tube City Almanac


(Both photos this page: Denise L. Ritter, special to Tube City Almanac.)

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