It’s the end of the line for the Bottom Dollar Food stores in Bristol Township and Penndel.
The company confirmed late last week that all 66 of its locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio would be shuttered by January 15. The news came after an announcement last year that Delhaize Group in Belgium signed an agreement to sell the chain to Aldi.
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The $15 million transaction to sell Bottom Dollar Food’s 66 store locations and associated lease liabilities to Aldi was signed and should close by the end of the first quarter.
All Bottom Dollar employees will be offered severance and some will be eligible for “career transition services” through the company, SuperMarketNews.com reported.
“We want to thank our associates, customers and communities for their support over the past four years,” said Gene Faller, vice president of retail operations for Bottom Dollar Food.
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Aldi, which operates a store in Middletown, has not yet publicly stated what would happen with shuttered stores. Aldi officials were not immediately available for comment Friday afternoon.
When the Bottom Dollar Food store held a job fair in Bristol Township in August 2013, hundreds of applicants came out to apply for the roughly 50 part- and full-time positions.
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Last month, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter to Aldi President Jason Hart. The letter asks Hart to protect the 1,600 jobs that would be lost when the stores close.
Bottom Dollar owns the 18,000-square-foot store at the intersection of Edgely Road and Mill Creek Parkway in Bristol Township’s Levittown section. The Penndel store, which is on Bellevue Avenue, is leased.
