| Type | Division of Delhaize America |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Salisbury, North Carolina |
| Number of locations | 44 (2010)[1] |
| Key people | Meg Ham, President of Bottom Dollar Food |
| Products | Grocery |
| Website | bottomdollarfood.com |
Bottom Dollar Food is a soft-discount grocery chain. It is a subsidiary of Delhaize America, the U.S. division of international food retailer Delhaize Group.
Bottom Dollar Food sells an assortment of both private brands and national brands at low prices. To curtail costs, the grocer offers customers the option to buy bags to sack their groceries, and also uses alternative display and stocking techniques such as cut cases on shelves.
The first Bottom Dollar Food opened in High Point, N.C. on September 21, 2005. As of June 2011, Bottom Dollar Food operated 49 stores in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Since October 2010, Bottom Dollar Food has opened 19 stores in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas.[2] Bottom Dollar Food opened its first store in the city of Philadelphia on April 15, 2011.[3]
The stores sell the my essentials and Hannaford private brands.
Bottom Dollar Food competes with other discount supermarket chains, such as PriceRite, Save-A-Lot, Aldi, and C-Town Supermarkets.
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