Nemenz interested in former Bottom Dollars bought by Aldi's

YOUNGSTOWN

With ALDI’s decision to not reopen three former Bottom Dollar Food stores in the city, Henry Nemenz, whose family owns 24 grocery stores in the area, said he’s interested in the three locations and a former Sparkle Market spot on the city’s West Side.

“We see potential in these locations,” he said. “My family is interested.”

Nemenz, whose family owns four of the city’s five remaining full-service grocery stores, is among the business owners city officials have contacted about the locations.

Nemenz also said Friday his family is interested in the former Sparkle Market at 1912 Mahoning Ave. that closed about three years ago.

On Friday, ALDI announced it completed its $15 million purchase of 66 former Bottom Dollar Food locations, including the three in Youngstown, one at 1756 North Road in Warren, and another in New Castle, Pa., at 1700 Wilmington Road. It is converting 30 of the locations into ALDI stores. The four in the Mahoning Valley and the one in New Castle were on the list of sites to “be evaluated for sale, sublease or assignment.”

ALDI considered a number of factors when considering which locations to reopen under the ALDI name.

Read what those are and more about the possibilities for those former stores in Saturday's Vindicator or onVindy.com.