(Brighton Twp. Pa.) 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA and 99.3 FM did a live broadcast from the Tusca Shop N Save in Brighton Twp. on Thursday February 6, 2020. The store opened in early December and Thursday February 6, 2020 was the perfect day to celebrate the long awaited return of a grocery store in Brighton Twp.
The St. Barnabas Health System purchased the then vacant grocery store from the Spagnolo Family in late 2019 and went to work to create a beautiful new state of the art grocery store. J.D. Turco Senior Vice President and CFO of St. Barnabas told Beaver County Radio’s Frank Sparks that when they purchased the property upon doing a walk thru of the former store they decided that it was best to strip the building down to the cinder block and start all over. Turco then stated that they started talks with local grocer Phil Safran, who has over 40 years experience in the grocery store business and is the current owner of the Rochester and Ambridge Shop n Save’s. Once they were able to come to an agreement it was announced late 2019 on an episode of “The Best of Beaver County” that the new Tusca Shop n Save would be owned by St. Barnabas and managed by the Safran Family. Together they worked hard and early in December of 2019 the new Tusca Shop n Save made its debut.
The morning started with “Ask the Commissioners” a monthly segment on Teleforum with Frank Sparks live from the store. Jim Roddey former Allegheny County Executive and Spokesman for St. Barnabas was a special co-host for the show. There was also a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted By the Beaver County Chamber with Beaver County Radio’s Mark Peterson as the emcee to ring in the era of the new Tusca Shop n’ Save.
Jim Roddey also hosted his weekly show “The Best of Beaver County from the grocery store at 11 a.m.. Roddey had as his special guests Mr. Bill Day CEO of St. Barnabas, Helen Kissick, President of the Chamber and other dignitaries and employees from St. Barnabas talking about the new store. Mr. Roddey then finished his show by interviewing a customer about his thought of the new store.
Beaver County Radio’s Zach Ulrich manned the personality prize wheel throughout the broadcast inviting the customers to pick out a personality and spin the wheel for their chance to win a prize. Beaver County Radio also took registration for a gift card to a local restaurant. The winner would be picked after the broadcast ended. Frank Sparks filed reports from the store until 1 pm.
Check out all of the pictures below of the fun and happenings:
