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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The developer and operator behind three new Save-A-Lot stores coming to Northeast Ohio this summer took a swipe at local officials they perceived to be supportive of rival Bottom Dollar Food.

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

May 23, 2011

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JON SPRINGER

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The developer and operator behind three new Save-A-Lot stores coming to Northeast Ohio this summer took a swipe at local officials they perceived to be supportive of rival Bottom Dollar Food.

In a press release announcing the three stores, developer Cafaro Co. and Boardman, Ohio-based retailer Horizon Management, which will operate the stores, criticized “certain Youngstown public officials” who praised the impending opening Bottom Dollar Food and “made disparaging remarks regarding the service and quality of products that local retailers have provided. … The operators of Save-A-Lot find those remarks disappointing and shockingly inaccurate.”

Those remarks are an apparent reference to Youngstown city officials’ recent recommendation of a tax abatement to entice Bottom Dollar Food to locate a store there. The chain, a division of Delhaize, reportedly will open two Bottom Dollar Food outlets in the area this summer.

Horizon Management owns and operates 12 Save-A-Lots in Northeast Ohio.

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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