Pechin supermarket closing as company focuses on Connellsville, Dunbar locations
Amy Fauth/For the Observer-Reporter
Pechin supermarket at Laurel Mall is closing today. Many services offered at the location will now be available at other Pechin properties in Connellsville and Dunbar.
Amy Fauth/For the Observer-Reporter
The pharmacy formerly located inside Pechin supermarket at Laurel Mall will be moving to the former Pechin Express location in Connellsville.
Amy Fauth/For the Observer-Reporter
With the closing of Pechin supermarket at Laurel Mall, customers will have to travel to Connellsville to find the delectable treats at the newly opened Zia Maria’s Bakery and Cafe.
Today marks the end of an era, as Pechin closes its supermarket in Laurel Mall.
In an open notice to customers posted on social media, company representatives said the Fayette County staple isn’t going away.
“We are evolving,” the owners wrote. “We want to be here for people who choose local and want to shop with us.”
Instead, the company, which has been in existence for more than 70 years, is stepping back from the “big store” approach to a more localized and specialized one.
“We appreciate each of you and we know that you have many choices,” the statement read. “We want you to know, that we love this community and our amazing customers. It has been our pleasure to have been here for over 70 years and hope it will be 70 more.”
This isn’t the first time Pechin changed its location.
Sullivan “Sully” D’Amico started the business in 1947 out of the basement of his Dunbar home. It grew into Pechin Shopping Village, which included a huge supermarket, a cafeteria that offered low-cost meals, and other outlets. Eventually, the supermarket and other Pechin assets, including the Firehouse Restaurant, moved into Laurel Mall in Dunbar Township.
Customers will have numerous shopping and service options in the new redesigned business. Pechin Express on Zia Maria Way in Connellsville has tripled in size and has been renamed Pechin Store. It will now offer a butcher shop, deli, Somerset Trust Co. branch, pharmacy and hot foods, like pizza and wings. Catering services will also operate out of the market, and customers will be able to order online and receive delivery.
Calls to Laurel Mall management on the loss of Pechin, and what that means for the mall moving forward, were not immediately returned.