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Community Supermarkets is a small chain of four family-owned and operated supermarkets with stores in Penn Hills, Fox Chapel, Lower Burrell, and Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania in the United States.
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History
The original Community Market opened in 1927, when Louis Rosenberg started his first grocery and general merchandise store in North Bessemer, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh that is now considered Penn Hills. He had worked with his brothers in the grocery business while a young man.
The supermarkets are now operated by second and third generation members of the Rosenberg family.
Giant Eagle stores
The family also owns a Giant Eagle grocery store in Verona. A second Giant Eagle grocery store along Allegheny River Boulevard in Oakmont closed in June 2007.[1]
Major competition
Other grocery stores in Penn Hills include Shop 'n Save and Giant Eagle. A Shur Save store in Penn Hills closed in January 2006.[2]
References
- ^ "Business News Briefs - Oakmont Giant Eagle closing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 19, 2007. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07139/787324-28.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ^ Laurinatis, Judy (January 12, 2006). "Shur Save to close by the end of the week". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I8INAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6XADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6738,466124&dq=community-market+penn-hills. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
External links
Categories:- Retail companies established in 1927
- Supermarkets of the United States
- Companies based in Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- United States retail company stubs
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