Bottom Dollar Food Issues WARN Notice
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Bottom Dollar Food officially notified the state of Ohio’s Office of Workplace Development that it will close its four Ohio stores, three in Youngstown and one in Warren, by the end of the year, costing more than 100 jobs. The notification is required under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN).
The discount grocery chain’s parent company, Belgium-based Delhaize Group, announced last week that it has entered into an agreement with Aldi Inc. to sell its 66 store locations and associated lease liabilities and close the chain by the end of the year (READ STORY). Bottom Dollar Food opened three stores in Youngstown in February 2012 and subsequently opened a store in Warren.
The four Ohio stores employ a total of 106 full- and part-time workers: 32 at East Midlothian Boulevard, 24 at Glenwood Avenue, 30 at Mahoning Avenue and 26 in Warren.
The Nov. 5 WARN letter from Gene Faller, president of Bottom Dollar Food NE, LLC, cites “market conditions and business needs” as he reason for permanently closing the four stores. It notes that the stores are non-union and that bumping rights don’t exist.
“In the event that an employee is terminated such that, as of the termination date, 60 days have not passed since receipt of the notice required by WARN, that employee will be paid his or her salary though the 60th day,” Faller’s letter stated. The letter identifies “end of 2014” as the expected store closing date, and that the expected employee terminations would take place the state of the store closings.
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