quality foods markets a pittsburgh tradition type private founded pittsburgh pennsylvania usa 1967 headquarters pittsburgh pennsylvania key people joe dentici president tom dentici co president brad young stores supervisor dan sakala spokesperson website kuhnsmarket.com kuhn s quality foods markets is a family owned chain of grocery stores located in the pittsburgh pennsylvania area of the united states . as of november 2009 the company owns and operates nine full service stores and employs more than 800 workers in the greater pittsburgh area . still owned by the same family that started the business in 1967 the chain has stores in the neighborhoods of bellevue north side highwood banksville mcknight moon twp . ingomar cranberry twp . wilkins twp . beulah hopewell twp . aliquippa . 1 2 the company uses supervalu as its supplier . 3 the company s slogan is a pittsburgh tradition . contents 1 expansion 2 employee relations 3 notes 4 references 5 external links expansion edit from its founding in 1967 the chain grew to five locations by 1992 . 4 in 2006 kuhn s acquired two shop n save stores from supervalu . 5 6 7 a kuhn s store left vacant when the former shop n save stores were acquired was leased in 2009 by big lots a discount retailer . 8 9 a tenth store was slated to open in the hill district . kuhn s markets spokesman dan sakala declined to discuss the development but urban redevelopment authority spokeswoman in pittsburgh megan stearman said joe dentici one of the owners has cancer . kuhn s markets has blamed economic reasonings as to why it has pulled out of the development . kuhn s would have been the first grocer in 30 years to be in the region . 1 10 employee relations edit prior to 2009 none of kuhn s markets were represented by a trade union 11 but instead by a company sponsored employee council . each store has a representative that discusses employee issues such as pay rates disagreements and the like . a former foodland location acquired in 2009 that was represented by united food and commercial workers local 23 has continued to represent the employees at that location as required by law . 3 12 notes edit a b karamagi rujumba august 10 2008 . two grocers want to open on hill . pittsburgh post gazette . retrieved november 10 2009 . kuhnsmarket.com location list retrieved november 10 2009 a b zandy dudiak august 7 2008 . kuhn s to take over wilkins foodland . pittsburgh tribune review . retrieved november 10 2009 . kuhn s market grand opening . pittsburgh post gazette . april 30 1992 . retrieved november 10 2009 . schooley tim january 24 2006 . kuhn s buys two shop n save stores . pittsburgh business times . retrieved 2009 11 10 . mortimer c.m. january 25 2006 . kuhn s quality foods acquires two shop n save stores . pittsburgh tribune review . retrieved 2009 11 10 . kuhn s quality foods pittsburgh pa has acquired two shop n save stores from supervalu inc. minneapolis . mergers & acquisitions brief article . the food institute report . january 30 2006 . retrieved 2009 11 10 . big lots to replace kuhn s on mcknight road . pittsburgh business times . july 21 2009 . retrieved 2009 11 10 . business briefs . pittsburgh post gazette . january 25 2006 . retrieved november 10 2009 . two shop n save grocery stores in ross and cranberry will become kuhn s quality foods stores by next week . kuhn s gets deal for hill grocery . pittsburgh tribune review . november 14 2008 . retrieved november 10 2009 . nonunion grocers gain ground in pittsburgh area . pittsburgh post gazette . june 6 2003 . retrieved november 10 2009 . ufcw local 23 will represent kuhn s quality foods workers at beulah road location . business wire . february 9 2009 . retrieved november 10 2009 . references edit http www.post gazette.com pg 09322 1014420 100 . stm http www.wpxi.com 412moms 21651485 detail.html http kdka.com local kuhns.market.hill.2.1319131.html http www.pittsburghlive.com x pittsburghtrib news s 653711.html external links edit kuhnsmarket.com 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