The second Save-A-Lot to open for business in the Uniontown area held a grand opening Thursday at the new Walnut Hill Shoppes site in South Union Township.
The store, located at 132 Walnut Hill Road, is the fourth Save-A-Lot in Fayette County. The second Uniontown-area store is located at 1249 West Penn Boulevard in North Union Township.
"Uniontown shoppers will be pleasantly surprised when they first visit the store and experience Save-A-Lot's value equation -- great food at great prices," said Jamie Folsom, a company spokesperson.
Calling the store "a value-shopper's utopia," Folsom said because of the store's limited assortment method of retailing and the buying power of more than 1,250 stores in 39 states, Save-A-Lot offers the highest quality of groceries at 40 percent savings.
The smaller store size -- 20,000 square feet -- at the new location also makes shopping more convenient by giving customers a quick and easy experience.
"And our limited assortment format means that we've already done some of the shopping for our customers," Folsom said. "We know they expect to find great food at great prices."
Save-A-Lot also carries selected national brand items and exclusive label products. Folsom said the company has a test kitchen, a full-time economist and rigorous quality assurance procedures behind the products.
"If a product does not meet Save-A-Lot's standards for top quality, we won't carry it," Folsom said.
The new location will carry about 1,250 of the most frequently purchased grocery items, including fresh meat, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, canned goods and packaged items, frozen foods, as well as health and beauty products.
"We're very pleased to offer another Save-A-Lot to Fayette County," said Tom Jamieson, operator of the new Save-A-Lot, which has hired 30 employees.
Jamieson, owner of the Walnut Hill Shoppes, said Save-A-Lot is the third tenant at the plaza, which already has a Shop 'n Save and a beer distributor.
Jamieson said he is in negotiations with six or seven other tenants to fill the empty spaces at the plaza.
