Market 32, Freihofer's Raise Funds for Parkinson's Foundation

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Price Chopper/Market 32, in collaboration with trade partner Freihofer's Baking Co., raised more than $18,000 to benefit the Parkinson's Foundation in a Spring 2024 fundraising program. 
 
During the promotion, for every purchase of select Freihofer's products, Price Chopper/Market 32 and Freihofer's each donated $0.05 to the Parkinson's Foundation.
 
The Parkinson's Foundation helps people with Parkinson's disease, a progressive, neurodegenerative brain disorder that affects the nervous system, by improving care and advancing research toward a cure. The money raised will help the Foundation's mission of helping to propel toward a cure for Parkinson's, which affects nearly one million people in the U.S. and their families.
 
"At Price Chopper/Market 32, we are pleased to be a part of this collaborative effort to help the Parkinson's Foundation as they lead the way towards finding a cure for Parkinson's Disease," said Pam Cerrone, Price Chopper/Market 32's Director of Community Relations. "Teaming with our longtime trade partner on this important venture doubles the impact for this important cause."
 
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Big Lots to Close Pittsfield Store

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two major chains are closing storefronts in the Berkshires in the coming year.
 
Big Lots announced on Thursday it would liquidate its assets after a purchase agreement with a competitor fell through. 
 
"We all have worked extremely hard and have taken every step to complete a going concern sale," Bruce Thorn, Big Lots' president and CEO, said in the announcement. "While we remain hopeful that we can close an alternative going concern transaction, in order to protect the value of the Big Lots estate, we have made the difficult decision to begin the GOB process."
 
The closeout retailer moved into the former Price Rite Marketplace on Dalton Avenue in 2021. The grocery had been in what was originally the Big N for 14 years before closing eight months after a million-dollar remodel. Big Lots had previously been in the Allendale Shopping Center.
 
Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September. It operated nearly 1,400 stores nationwide but began closing more than 300 by August with plans for another 250 by January. The Pittsfield location had not been amount the early closures. 
 
Its website puts the current list of stores at 960 with 17 in Massachusetts. Most are in the eastern part of the state with the closest in Pittsfield and Springfield. 
 
Advanced Auto Parts, with three locations in the Berkshires, is closing 500 stores and 200 independently owned locations by about June. 
 
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