A New Year's Resolution to Save You Money

It's been a busy month indeed. Now that the Holiday Rush is over, it's time to reflect on the coming New Year. While we as food shoppers have no way to determine the outcome of the pending "fiscal cliff", each of us controls our spending destiny in 2013. And by shopping every time for groceries at Bottom Dollar Food, we can control our financial destiny. It's just smart to make Bottom Dollar Food your savings destination, week in, week out. That flying piggybank knows the way to everyday savings. That smile on his face is satisfaction knowing that a dollar saved, is a dollar earned. Make the switch to Bottom Dollar Food this week. You'll be very glad you did.

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Bottom Dollar rescues Thanksgiving. The Flying Pig is on a mission.

When funding dried up, it looked like The Salvation Army wouldn't be able to provide hot home-cooked Thanksgiving meals for needy people across Pennsylvania's Allegheny County -- until Bottom Dollar Food stepped in.

The Salisbury, N.C.-based discount grocer, a division of Delhaize America, will distribute 300 turkeys from its Carnegie, Pa. (Scott Township), location to Salvation Army staff, for consumption at 11 Thanksgiving feasts. "When one door closes, another opens," said Major William H. Bode, The Salvation Army's Western Pennsylvania divisional commander. "We were blessed that the good people at Bottom Dollar Food were standing on the other side and eager to help."

"At Bottom Dollar Food, we have a passion for helping our communities," said Nick Siniscalchi, director of operations for the chain's stores in the greater Pittsburgh area, where the banner this year opened nine stores throughout Allegheny County, in addition to four locations in Beaver and Butler counties. Bottom Dollar operates a total of 54 stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio.

Eight of The Salvation Army's Thanksgiving meals will open to the public, while three will be provided only to residents of the organization's Family Caring Center, Harbor Light Center and Adult Rehabilitation Center. The meals will be served on dates ranging from Nov. 15 to Nov. 22.

Do you have a favorite dip or appetizer? Share it with the Flying Pig and Be Eligible to Win

Enter to win a $500 Bottom Dollar Food gift card! Multiple winners! Gameday Essentials - Recipe Contest October 11 - 25 You could WIN a $500 Bottom Dollar Food gift card! Two categories. Four winners! Plus a Wild Card drawing for a fifth $500 gift card. Enter your favorite recipe into one of two categories: Dips or Appetizers. Get Started

Friday High School Football Nights are here. Score for savings

The Flying Piggy Bank can help you get your Friday football meals prepared and have plenty of time to catch the game.

He has a secret game plan and flies it in to the home team's quarterback to execute.

It's guaranteed to score a savings touchdown.

Check out these game winning savings specials available only at your local Bottom Dollar Food. There's one near you at 1100 Chartiers Ave. McKees Rocks, PA.

• Sea Pak shrimp scampi 2 oz $2.99
• Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh tubs $3.48
• Russet potatoes 5 lb bag 99 cents
• Thurs thru Sat only: My Essentials frozen pizza 6.5 oz thin crust 50 cents each.

Savings you can take to the bank. Huddle around the Flying Piggy Bank and score your savings touchdowns today.

A Month Has Passed But the Happy Grand Opening Memories Continue

Photos from the grand opening of the new Bottom Dollar in McKees Rocks, PA (photos courtesy of the flying Piggybank -- among his many talents, he is quite the photographer):

Flying Piggy Bank Alert 3 Day Sale at your Bottom Dollar Food

The Flying Piggy Bank is taking one from his playbook and celebrating a THREE Flying Piggy Bank Day Savings Event. Check out these 3 day Super Specials that only a Flying Piggy Bank can make happen for you.

• 50 ounce Tide liquid $3.99
• Ore-ida frozen fries or potatoes $1.88

While you're there, check out Schwebels Italiano Bread for $1.25 a loaf. This special good during the entire 7 day sales week. This is Chef Guido's absolute favorite store bought brand Italian Bread. You can make your own dough without getting flour all over yourself every time you shop where the Flying Piggy Bank lands his feet.

While the days are getting cooler, Bottom Dollar keeps their hot deals steaming.

Some grocery stores have periodic two day blow out sales. After the two days, prices are marked up to make up for the loss leading specials. It's a vicious cycle that the flying piggy bank has pledged never to follow. His objective is simple: keep prices low and pass the savings onto his devoted followers.

That's why, at Bottom Dollar Food, the flying piggy bank never inflates prices one day to offer then at a lower price on another day.

That's just not what his Mom and Dad taught him. He believes that his upbringing has prepared him for the best job in the world to keep Bottom Dollar Food prices lower than any other grocery store in town.

For savings you can see, check out these extra special deals this week at your 1100 Chartiers Ave. McKees Rocks, PA Bottom Dollar Food location and all locations in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

• Ragu Pasta Sauce 99 cents 16-26.3 oz jars
• Hagan Premium Ice Cream $1.98 48 oz
• Red seedless grapes 83 cents
• Celery stalks 98 cents each bunch
• Oscar Mayer Saved Deli Meat $2.48 9 oz package

The Flying Piggy Bank guarantees that you will cart more groceries and more savings out to your car when you regularly shop Bottom Dollar Food compared with any other grocery store nearby. His Mama didn't raise no dummy.

Why do "Bottoms" folk shop at Bottom Dollar Food?

The answer is simple. They all love to save money on their total grocery bill.

Folks from the Bottoms just follow the McKees Rocks Bridge, that sky blue wonder crossing the Ohio River, turn left down Island Avenue and about a quarter mile at the intersection of Island and Chartiers Avenues at the traffic light, make a right and follow Chartiers till you see the Flying Piggy Bank high in the sky.

Bottoms families have been making their own specialty ethnic food for more than a century, with recipes handed down from generation to generation.

All of the fresh ingredients they need to make these special dishes can be found at rock bottom prices at the Bottom Dollar Food at 1100 Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks, PA.

From pierogi to halupki, you can find all the ingredients you need to make these delicious dishes at your Bottom Dollar Food.

So be creative. Try out some of your grandma's or grandpa's old world recipes.

You remembered them as a kid. Home made delicacies can't beat any frozen entree.

Your dollars will go farther for fresh ingredients when you catch the Flying Piggy Bank's flight path to savings.

Getting only the freshest ingredients at the absolute lowest prices is one fantastic reason to shop Bottom Dollar Food. And it's only one of thousands of reasons to get into the Bottom Dollar Food shopping habit.

Where's the Beef? Follow the Crowds to Bottom Dollar Food

With drought conditions depleting livestock feed supplies, beef costs are rising.

How to save money and "have your beef too" depends on which store becomes your choice for great meat specials.

You don't have to look any further than your neighborhood Bottom Dollar Food.

A beef selection beyond belief is what you'll find at every Bottom Dollar Food compared to a limited selection grocery outlet.

Everyone likes the fun of grilling hamburgers during the late summer weeks ahead.

There is no better place to save money on your ground beef than Bottom Dollar Food.

Bottom Dollar Food has a "We Won't Be Beat" guarantee and will beat any competitor’s price on the same item by a penny. In addition, if a customer is unsatisfied with a purchase, all meats and produce come with a double-back guarantee that ensures an item is replaced and customers are given a full refund.

You won't get that guarantee any place else you shop for meat and produce. The Flying Piggy Bank keeps his promise. Just don't let him see you purchase any pork products.

He's quite sensitive when it comes to pork. Just as sensitive as he is about saving you money every time you shop Bottom Dollar Food.

Good meat value and selection are just two of the ways Bottom Dollar Food sets itself above the rest. They are great reasons to shop there. And there are more. Stop by today.

Rugs Carlucci and the Flying Piggy Bank. Good cop, Bad cop. Fact or Fiction?

I am a super fan of the Rocksburg mysteries series of novels first evolving from Chief Mario Balzic and continuing with Detective Rugs Carlucci. These series of crime novels skillfully weave words into masterful dialogue and intriguing plots capturing the raw flavor of a great gritty crime novel.

Titles like The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes, The Rocksburg Railroad Murders, and one of Carl Constantine Kosak's (K.C. Constantine) best installments in the series, Good Sons make for interesting reading any time of year.

It got me to thinking, if Detective Carlucci weren't a fictional character, would he stop buy Bottom Dollar Food at 1100 Chartiers Ave in Rocksburg, PA during his daily patrols to pick up some snacks, juices, a banana, some Coke products for the police station's office size refrigerator?

Since in my opinion, he is one of the best fictional detectives written about in the past twenty years, I'd think he'd get a Bottom Dollar membership and through his leadership, most of the rest of the force would be regular Bottom Dollar Food customers as well, or at least their wives would be doing the family grocery shopping there.

It's no mystery that every time you shop Bottom Dollar Food, you save so much money that to some, it would appear to be down right criminal. Shopping smart isn't a crime, shopping any where else might be a crime of stupidity.

The good citizens of McKees Rocks realize when it comes to saving money on their total grocery bill, following the Flying Piggy Bank is the only way to go.

It's the absolute best way to keep more money in your wallet. It's just one of many great reasons to be Bottom Dollar Food smart.

Taking the Mystery Our of Grocery Shopping

I am a huge fan of the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series.

This tough bail bonds hunter has a messed up live, for sure. If you read Smokin Seventeen and Explosive Eighteen, you know what I mean.

She never has any food in her refrigerator. She is always mooching off her parents for food, for a place to stay, to borrow the big Blue and White Buick, a floating luxury tank from the 1950"s. Heck the savings alone shopping at Bottom Dollar Food would keep the gas tank full and ready to catch her bail bond skips.

I just have a hunch when the next installment appears in November, 2012, she's going to discover that she can have her peanut butter stocked in her pantry any time she craves for it by shopping her Bottom Dollar Food at 2735 S. Broad St., Trenton, NJ.

I don't think she will find her skip there since almost all of captures take place where something blows up.

One tool she has never used is a blimp.

If she shopped Bottom Dollar Food, may be she would figure out how valuable a Flying Piggy Bank could be to catch those bond skips.

Sure she could achieve a lot and make her life easier if she shopped Bottom Dollar Food. Her catch fees would go a lot further and she'd have food there for Morrelli when he stops by her apartment, invited or not.

And finally Ranger would think that his babe has finally gotten it all together.

Getting your life together by saving money is a great reason to shop Bottom Dollar Food. It's one of many.

A Buck Saved is Fine. But Watch How the Flying Piggy Bank Saves You $$$.

It's all about basic math. A $1 saved in Aisle 1, another dollar saved in Aisle 2. Soon your grocery cart is over flowing with terrific buys such as these at your 1100 Chartiers Ave. McKees Rocks, PA Bottom Dollar location now through Wednesday September 5, 2012, except where noted.

Bananas 38 cents a lb.

My Essentials Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns 58 cents

My Essentials Large eggs 98 cents a doz

12 pak Pepsi Products $2.48

Ribeye Beef Steak (value pak) $4.99

My Essentials OJ 64 oz carton $1.98

Nobody beats the Flying Piggy Bank when it comes to absolute grocery savings.

After all "Bottom Dollar food shopping is believing."

Unbelievable prices, AND bright, clean, uncluttered stores. When piggy banks fly."

It's more than just a slogan. It's the better way to shop for groceries.

Let the Flying Piggy Bank take care of business, while you and your family enjoy the Labor Day weekend.

Piggy Banks really do fly as well as swim

Allentown Fair this week

See the link with more information here.

Sponsored by Bottom Dollar Food

They're back...everybody's favorite "oinkers" race around a turf track and swim to the finish line in their own pig-lympic size pool.

The Flying Piggy Bank will NEVER stick it to you with high food prices

You're on a tight budget. We all are today.

And you know, like your mother's trading stamps of years ago, that supermarkets only on rare occasions give you something for almost nothing.

What I have done is started my own Gas Tank Piggy Bank.

With all the money I save at Bottom Dollar Food, I deposit the savings in my fuel fund.

When I need to fill-up, all I need to do is use that cash savings to fill up my car's gas tank.

So I don't have to buy more expensive items just to get gasoline savings.

See how it works.

If I spend $100 at Bottom Dollar Food, and then I spend the same $100 at store X for the same items, store X gives me 10 cents off discount for gas. If that same $100 at Bottom Dollar buys me in reality $115 at store x, and when I fill up my 12 gallon tank, my whopping savings is only $1.20. So with Bottom Dollar I actually cover the "gas savings" and have more than $10 leftover, which I can use for future gas purchases as well as non-grocery items like prescriptions. I don't have to shop at store x any more for gas "savings" My Bottom Dollar Food savings allow me to offset high gas pump prices every day and in every way.

The Flying Piggy Bank propels himself not with expensive flying pig fuel, but with a magical power source that allows him to spot savings for you in every aisle at every Bottom Dollar Food location. No hot air for him. Heck, with all the hot air in the atmosphere, we don't need any more hot air invading our lives.

Value and savings you can see are part of the Bottom Dollar Food advantage. They are just several of many reasons to shop where the Flying Piggy Bank calls home.

Bargains "Buy" the Bag Full

The question that puzzles me every time I begin my journey to Bottom Dollar Food is how many reusable bags should I bring with me into the store.

Sure, I have a prepared shopping list, but there seems to always be a few unbeatable items that seem to be tossed from the sky. I bet that Flying Piggy Bank has some kind of hypnotic power over me as he hovers from aisle to aisle as I push my cart towards all the extra savings Bottom Dollar Food offers each and every day.

Stretching my food dollar is a good thing. It's one of many great reasons to shop Bottom Dollar Food. Let the Orange Flying Piggy Bank be your guide to total savings.

The Flying Piggy Bank Speaks Your Language

You never have to bite your tongue when you shop Bottom Dollar Food.

The word of the day each and every day is savings.

Check out these special deals only at your McKees Rocks and McKnight Rd. Bottom Dollar Food locations.

Bananas 38 cents a pound.

Russet Potatoes $1.50 for a ten pound bag.

My Essential Eggs large white 98 cents a dozen.

Angel Soft Bath Tissue $5.67- 12 double rolls.

Fill your cart with savings. Then smile. The flying piggy bank's goal in life is to make you smile.

Happiness is shopping where you feel good about saving money.

That's just one reason to shop and save with the big guy. It's just one of many.

Savings are elementary at Bottom Dollar Food

The new school year is ready to begin.

Avoid the hassle of long lines, huge box store footprints when you can walk or park within feet of your neighborhood Bottom Dollar Food in McKees Rocks Pa and 12 other nearby locations in the Greater Pittsburgh Area.

You and your family will get straight A's in savings when you shop at Bottom Dollar Food.

A dollar saved is a lesson learned. After every Bottom Dollar Food visit, just look at the bottom of your register tape for the savings.

Make shopping at Bottom Dollar Food a family affair and a teaching experience. With easy to read unit price signage, this offers a great way for children to learn the value of money.

The Flying Piggy Bank holds money saving classes each and every day at Bottom Dollar Food.

That's a great reason to shop at your local Bottom Dollar Food. It's just one of many great reasons.

These extra special savings won't last long

The Flying Piggy Banks savings squadron wants me to spread the word that the grand opening week savings at the Bottom Dollar Food, 1100 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks, PA continues through Wednesday.

Check out these specials:

Green seedless grapes 83 cents a pound

Chef Boyardee canned pasta 68 cents each

Iceberg lettuce 88 cents each

Tropicana OJ $2.48

Savings you can believe in. And guaranteed fresh. The orange Flying Piggy Bank makes sure each delivery truck arrives on schedule to give his loyal customers only the freshest produce, dairy and meats at absolute bottom dollar prices.

That's a tall order for a flying pig. It's just one of many reasons to shop Bottom Dollar Food today.

And the Grand Opening Celebration Continues

The Flying Piggy Bank continues his open house celebration at the new Bottom Dollar Food, 1100 Chartiers Ave. McKees Rocks PA.

The stores hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays.

"Earlier this year, we opened 11 stores in the greater Pittsburgh market within two months, and we are very pleased with customer reaction to our first stores in the area," said Bottom Dollar Food President Meg Ham. "We look forward to serving customers with unbelievable prices on fresh produce, quality meats and a variety of private brand and national brand items at our additional locations at McKnight Road in Pittsburgh and at 1100 Chartiers Avenue in McKees Rocks."

As part of the grand opening festivities, Bottom Dollar Food has donated $500 to each of the following schools and public agencies: Sto-Rox High School, Sto-Rox Middle School, Sto-Rox Elementary School and the McKees Rocks Volunteer Fire Department.

Now let's join our favorite flying orange piggy bank mascot and make this opening weekend one for the memory books. Tweet, blog, text, call your friends.

Get into the savings spirit today. That's the Bottom Dollar Food tradition. It's just one of many good reasons to shop and save at Bottom Dollar Food.

The Wait is Over. Let the Savings Begin.

The new Bottom Dollar Food at 1100 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks, PA is now open.

And the throngs of happy customers all agree, life got so much better today for everyone in our community because now we can shop for all our groceries at the guaranteed lowest prices right from a convenient, central location within our community.

This accomplishment was no small feat. It really took a united effort.

Thanks again to the construction crew, the Bottom Dollar Food staff, the corporate staff at Delhaize America, President Meg Ham and of course, their cute orange flying piggy bank mascot for making this all happen.

It's a good day for saving money, it's even a better day to celebrate what will be years of great community support. Thanks again for putting faith in our community. We all appreciate this new supermarket very much.

All Systems are GO!! The Piggy Bank Flies in tomorrow

As the excitement builds, the Flying Piggy Bank Squadron anxiously prepares for the grand opening of Bottom Dollar Food's newest location at 1100 Chartiers Ave. McKees Rocks, PA 15136.

Final touches to the parking lot and last minute stocking proceeded well into the night.

Every associate has an assigned task and when the Flying Piggy Bank makes his final inspection at dawn tomorrow morning, all will be ready for the grand opening.

Nothing goes unnoticed by the Flying Piggybank. He's the dedicated mascot of Bottom Dollar Food that guarantees you a pleasant and money-saving shopping experience.

Load your cart with savings and see how much you save.

Saving money is one terrific reason for shopping Bottom Dollar Food, It is one of many.

Please post your personal shopping experiences this Thursday and the rest of the weekend. You'll be shouting, "Praise the Piggy Bank" in gratitude for racking up exceptional savings tomorrow and every day thereafter at Bottom Dollar Food.

Trying to stretch your food dollars, join the Flying PiggyBank squadron

You can still buy high quality food and household products and not break the piggy bank. Not that you would ever, EVER want to break any adorable piggy bank.

When you got a flying piggy bank leading the way to everyday savings, you can really see the difference in your weekly shopping food bill and live life without the hassle of buying overpriced items in fancy packaging and losing your hard earned savings.

Experience the Bottom Dollar Food difference today. There wide selection of breads, dairy, packaged meats, condiments, fresh vegetables and frozen fish make Bottom Dollar Food the only place to shop, saving both time and money.

The difference is in the bottom of the register tape. Shopping Bottom Dollar Food just makes good $cents$.

This is yet another great reason, one of many to make the change to Bottom Dollar Food. If everyone shopped at Bottom Dollar Food, just think how many more smiling faces you would see on the streets? That flying piggy bank has such a charisma that is just so irresistaible.

Discover the "Orange Piggy Bank Feeling" today.

Having your cake and eating it too

I used to bake a lot when I was younger and my family was home.

I loved baking pineapple upside down cake, double layer cakes, assorted Italian cookies, traditional Polish cookies and even crepes.

But the family is gone, and I really don't have the time or energy to bake.

I enjoy gardening and watching Netflix DVDs in the early evening.

And I depend on the assortment of cakes and sweet treats baked for Bottom Dollar and sold in their bakery department.

I can still enjoy some of the sweet treats I used to make for my family, without the bother and hassle.

That's another reason I shop Bottom Dollar Food. It's one of many good reasons.

Spread your Piggy Bank Wings to Savings

You know my passion for savings.

For me, saving money on everyday food items keeps me from sacrificing necessities.

In these difficult times, the key to enjoying life is making sure you spend less on everyday essentials.

That is why I am a true believer in Bottom Dollar Food.

By shopping at Bottom Dollar, I can saving a piggy bank full of savings and not sacrifice either variety or quality.

I have it all under one compact beautiful roof.

And by the way, if you haven't tried their assorted variety cheesecake platter in the bakery section, you are missing on some really fine eating.

If you see the flying piggy bank not as high in the sky as usual, blame it on his indulgence for cheesecake. Yep, he's carrying a few extra pounds these days, but I am sure that when he starts his hectic 20 store appearance tour in September, he'll be back to his usual flying weight.

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Uncomplicated Grocery Savings

My son went shopping at his local Bottom Dollar store, and saved a lot on groceries he ordinarily buys. See for yourself in this photo!

He bought some brand-name items, and was able to use manufacturer's coupons for them.

The store was well laid out, clean, and bright. It was easy to find the items he wanted. He told me that he avoided having to make an extra stop to purchase some motor oil, because he found it there, too, at a lower price than his local auto parts store. Amazing savings on everything!

Flying Orange Piggy Bank Alert. He's coming soon.

The Bottom Dollar Food Flying Piggy Bank Blimp will be stopping by your local Bottom Dollar Food! Be sure to stop by to have your picture taken with your favorite flying piggy bank blimp. Don't forget to upload them to Facebook!

To get your picture with him:

• Look for the Piggy Bank Blimp appearance schedule at the registers or on Facebook
• Locate a store appearance near you
• Look for the event tent onsite
• Show a Bottom Dollar Food receipt and your Membership Card

Times and dates are subject to change.

The event will be held inside store if weather is bad.

Friday, September 14, 4pm – 7pm
1100 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks, PA

Saturday, September 15, Noon – 4pm
7221 McKnight Rd., Ross Twp., Pittsburgh, PA

Just ask the Flying Piggy Bank. It's all about the savings.

National brands will always cost more than comparable store brand goods. To compete effectively without lowering price, national brands need to advertise and promote heavily to assure awareness and stimulate purchase. This is especially true for products aimed at children -- breakfast cereal, for example. Also, national brands have the resources to innovate; that is, enhance existing products as well as developing new ones that ideally create new sub-categories.

Makers of private label goods have improved quality dramatically in recent years, while maintaining a price advantage over national brands. That is very attractive to budget-conscious consumers in tough times.

Some big-time national brands already are private label makers. My hunch is that will increase if private label continues to gain share.

And why not? With My Essentials at Bottom Dollar, loyal customers get the best quality at the lowest price. You never sacrifice quality for price when you purchase My Essentials brand products After all, when you buy private label products, you really do deposit after every store visit a piggy bank full of savings.

The Flying Piggy Bank has updated his coordinates

Here is the store listing as posted on http://www.bottomdollarfood.com Bottom Dollar Food 1100 Chartiers Avenue McKees Rocks, PA 15136 Phone: (412) 778-1080 Hours: **Opening 8/16** Mon - Sat 8:00 am - 10:00 pm Sun 8:00 am - 9:00pm

When Piggy Banks Fly, Count Your Blessings and Your Savings

Bottom Dollar is what is known in the supermarket industry as an “extreme-discount” grocer.

An extreme-discount grocer is one who can sell thousands of everyday items cheaper than your mega large box-store/large-scale grocery store.

Bottom Dollar does so by having smaller stores, smaller staff, and less merchandise than your typical supermarket. And you get the added savings bonus of having a wide selection of My Essentials dairy, food and non-food items.

I have visited an existing Bottom Dollar location about 20 miles from my son's home over the past two years. I brought my coupons and my attitude for savings. After all, whatever the flying piggy bank tells me, I'm a true believer.

I am never disappointed with my shopping experience the several times I shopped at Bottom Dollar. The first thing that I noticed was the cool orange and lime colors throughout the store.

The store is compact, with wide aisles, and stocked to the brim with value. However, this was a nice change for me. There’s nothing I dislike more than having to slug through a 75,000 square feet store for just a gallon of milk and a carton of ice cream when I can shop at an 18,000 square feet store and get the same items with less effort and way more savings.

Oddly enough, even though the store is smaller, it feels very spacious, with plenty of room in the aisles. The store is always very clean, and the staff can't be more helpful and friendly.

I always make a general list so I can maximize my time and minimize any error by forgetting something I absolutely needed.

My goal is to pick up a range of things I will need for the coming week. I always select fresh produce, deli meats, whole grain bread, eggs, and a carton of ice cream.

I pride myself for using coupons every time I shop at Bottom Dollar. That’s one of the differences between Bottom Dollar and their competitors such as Aldi and Save-A-Lot. Bottom Dollar also offers their store loyalty card that you can load with e-coupons! How excellent is that? Their coupon policy is readily available on their website, and is very clear. Love that!

Another difference is that Bottom Dollar offers a LOT of national brand merchandise as well as their house brands. At Aldi and Save-A-Lot, you only find a few national brand items that are special purchases that change weekly. But not at Bottom Dollar where national brands are stocked every day for super savings.

However, there are also some similarities among these extreme-discount grocers. Everything is strictly bag-your-own. If you do not bring your own bags, you can opt to buy reusuable bags or plastic bags. They have bagging tables along the front of the store for you to bag up your goodies.

All in all, I continue to come away very impressed by my experience at Bottom Dollar Food.

I will be even more impressed on August 1, 2012 when a brand new Bottom Dollar opens in my neighborhood at 1100 Chartiers Ave, in McKees Rocks, PA.

I hope you found this post helpful and that you’ll check out Bottom Dollar Food to experience the savings for yourself. Click on http://www.bottomdollarfood.com for a location near you.

These opinions are my own, and influenced by nothing other than my experience. And tell 'em you stopped by to shop there because the flying piggy bank directed you there to haul home their out-of-this-world savings.

The Flying Piggy Bank Brings Joyful Savings to Thousands of Bottom Dollar shoppers every day.

Groceries are way too expensive. We all know that. Okay, it isn't the only time I've said it, I keep repeating it every time I need to go on a grocery shopping trip! I have been combining coupons, BOGOs, loyalty cards, every tool I can think of, looking for ways to cut costs for a long time now. I comparison shop. I am willing to buy more private label products with quality equal to the national brands.

When it was announced that Bottom Dollar Food was coming to McKees Rocks, PA, I knew I was in for a treat since my son's family shops at their Bottom Dollar in Maryland.

McKees Rocks is now blessed with two grocery stores as well as two others in the neighboring township with a McKees Rocks mailing address.

We have multiple grocery stores, super centers, discount stores, specialty stores and more within a ten-mile radius of our neighborhood, so I was thinking they would need to offer something pretty impressive to compete within our market and win me over. But when I knew that Bottom Dollar was sending their "when piggybanks fly" mascot to the Rocks, I realized that my prayers were finally answered.

Some people have preconceived notions about what types of food and products they would have in stock and that the savings would not be worth adding them to my grocery routine. You will be amazed at the name brand selection and savings on everything from Coke to laundry detergent.

Bottom Dollar Food at 1100 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks, PA has become my primary choice for grocery shopping. I can make my own fuel perks with the savings I accumulate each and every visit to Bottom Dollar.

Heck, it pays to hang out with a very smart flying piggybank. Like a guardian angel, he looks after each and every Bottom Dollar shop to guarantee them the freshest products as the absolute lowest prices.

There are certain items that I only buy at Bottom Dollar Food such as their quality My Essentials line of private label paper towels, eggs, milk, ice cream, etc.

And their walk-in produce section is like being in produce heaven. Take my word for it that in my opinion a wonderful produce department at some of the best prices in our area.

And with their everyday low pricing and special purchases the savings adds up fast.

Check their website before you shop. You can see the weekly flyer, sign up for emails with money-saving offers (like $ off your whole purchase coupons) and you can load electronic coupons to your membership card.

Plus you can make a printable grocery list. This comes in handy and forces you to keep to your list and not add any impulse items, unless you must.

You won't feel guilty since Bottom Dollar Foods guarantees the lowest prices.

Check your coupons. Bottom Dollar Foods, unlike other local discount grocery stores, does accept manufacturer’s coupons and they have Catalina machines which print you coupons at check out for your next visit.

Bottom Dollar Foods will beat a competitor’s current advertised price by a penny. Just bring the ad with you and give to the cashier so they can verify the item and the price.

Similar to other discount stores, you will need to bring your own bags or reusable totes to bag your groceries. They do provide boxes if you prefer. (I do love the boxes for keeping things together in the trunk!)

There is no deli or bakery but they do carry a full selection of Oscar Mayer shaved deli meats at fantastic savings. And they have a great selection of butcher shop beef, chicken, pork, etc. Just don't let the Flying Piggybank see any of your ham, pork or bacon purchases!

They do have a customer service desk. You will need a receipt for any returns.

They carry their own private store brands as well as many major name brands, but the selection is not as vast as you may see at other grocery stores.

If you forget your membership card you can give your telephone number to the cashier to look it up for you, but you will need it to get those member’s only prices!

Keep an Eye in the Sky!

That Orange Blimpy Object Will lead to super savings

These are just an example of the deals you can expect each and every shopping trip to your new McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania Bottom Dollar when it opens on August 16, 2012.

Sale prices and items vary from week to week, but the savings never stop.

Red Grapes 88 cents/lb

Bananas 38 cents/lb

Purex Liquid Laundry Detergent $2.48 (limit 4)

And remember to bring plenty of bags, forget the quarter, use your BDF membership card on your key ring, and bring along any coupons you may have that match the items Bottom Dollar Food's sells. And if you aren't a coupon shopper, you'll always get instant saving on a fine selection of quality My Essentials products.

You're always a winner at Bottom Dollar. Tell 'em the flying pig sent you.

The Suspense Builds as the New Bottom Dollar Food in McKees Rocks awaits its Grand Opening

"When Piggy Banks Fly" I can hear these words echoing from the hills and valleys of McKees Rocks.Pennsylvania. Heck, even the Piggy Bank knows his fly path following the Ohio River and making a sharp left into McKees Rocks, PA where the Ohio River and Chartiers Creek meet. Up Chartiers Avenue to 1100 Chartiers Ave and his mission is accomplished.

Here's what you need to know about the new Bottom Dollar Food Market in an oink.

• Bottom Dollar carries many name brands.
• Bottom Dollar offers discounted prices on everything it sells, both quality name brands and their fantastic private label brand, My Essentials.
• Bottom Dollar accepts coupons.
• Bottom Dollar has great prices on chicken and they carry Holly Farms exclusively.
• Bottom Dollar has a HUGE walk-in produce cooler. You will definitely feel comfortable in the cool zone.
• Bottom Dollar carries names like OREO, Doritos, etc. and they offer sales on these foods every day, every week.
• Bottom Dollar has a Super Sleuth Program as well as downloadable terrific coupon deals and items identified for extra savings.

Here's what you need to know about the Grand Opening on 1100 Chartiers Avenue in McKees Rocks, PA:

• The Grand Opening on Thursday, August 16!
• Ribbon-cutting ceremony before the official store opening at 8:00am
• First 200 in line get a free bag of groceries!

And don't forget to wave at the Flying Piggy Bank. He definitely has your best interests at heart.

See you there!

Flying savings equals smart savings for Bottom Dollar loyal shoppers

Just as there are rules of sports, there are rules for shopping at Bottom Dollar Food Market at 1100 Chartiers Ave. McKees Rocks, PA.

"When Piggy banks fly" is more than just a slogan, it's the first principle of savings.

Bottom Dollar Food Markets accepts manufacturers coupons on items they sell. The Flying Piggy Bank can point out these items for you as he hovers above you down each and every wide aisle of the store. He is especially trained to read with his laser eyes coupon bar codes.

That's why Bottom Dollar Food can create Great Customer Experiences for you.

Bottom Dollar Food stores policy on accepting coupons follows.

Bottom Dollar Food will only accept coupons that meet the conditions of the individual coupon and comply with the product or purchase requirements:

• Competitor coupons will not be accepted in their stores.
• They will accept Manufacturer, Store, Internet and Catalina Checkout Coupons.
• Coupons with limits specified on them must be followed.
• No "cash back" will be given for coupons of any kind.
• Customers may not use more than one (1) coupon per item with a maximum of ten (10) coupons for the same item per customer.
• They will only accept Internet coupons that appear to be originals.
• They will not accept internet coupons from other retailers.
• They will not accept internet coupons that provide an item for free.
• They will accept manufacturer and store coupons for FREE items.
• The value of the FREE item cannot exceed the purchase price of that item.

They reserve the right to limit the quantity of coupons that may be redeemed in one shopping visit. We also reserve the right to refuse any coupon that may appear to be fraudulent.

They, of course, honor their own coupons. So definitely look out for those coupons.

You can also link your Bottom Dollar customer membership card to download additional coupon savings.

Finally, they don't double any manufacturer's coupons or honor expired coupons.

The rules are simple and enforced by the Flying Piggy Bank who makes the final decision on coupons and other store policy.

But it really does pay to stay on the good side of the "When Piggybanks Fly" store mascot.

It's official!!! The newest Bottom Dollar Food Market is opening on August 16, 2012

The Bottom Dollar Food Market is scheduling its grand opening of its newest store at 1100 Chartiers Ave. in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania on August 16, 2012. Thousands of your neighbors will be on hand to look up in the sky for the Flying Piggy Bank to lead them to incredible savings you won't find anywhere else. Just bring your own bags, your debit card or cash, your internet and manufacturers coupons, and forget the quarter. You don't need one to begin pushing their fantastic grocery carts. Please be civil towards each other. This is not a demolition derby. This is a celebration of a new way to shop for groceries at fantastic, unbelievable prices.

It's a bird, It's a plane, it's the Flying Piggybank, and He's flying towards McKees Rocks, PA

As the excitement builds, Tenisha K. Waldo, External Communications Manager for Bottom Dollar Foods, writes the following:

We are very excited to open our new Bottom Dollar store in McKees Rocks, PA, and we look forward to serving your community with our fresh produce, quality meats, private brands and the national brands that matter most to customers -- all at unbelievable prices. The store will open very soon. Stay tuned!

Yes, I think the Piggy Bank will bring excitement to the opening week festivities. Who doesn't love a Piggy Bank hovering around pointing you to the best possible selection at guaranteed lowest prices? Just try to hide any pork you might buy from his view. After all, we don't want to offend the guy who works so hard to make us save so much money on our groceries.

Only weeks away from the Grand Opening of Bottom Dollar in McKees Rocks

The excitement is growing everyday in anticipation of newest Bottom Dollar Food in McKees Rocks, Pa.

Conveniently located at 1100 Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, this food emporium of savings without the hassle of a big store and all the conveniences of a modern, efficient supermarket will no doubt turn heads and open hearts to the community's newest grocery store.

Be sure to sign up now for your savings card at Bottom Dollar Food.

Stay tuned for more updates in the coming days and weeks.

Just by following the Fly Piggy Bank, you can find super savings you can bank on.