Managing Editor
Sav A Lot is coming to Bethel.
The store will be opening at the site of the former Bethel IGA on West Plane Street within 60 days, according to building owner Chris Munafo.
“We’re happy for the community that they will have a grocery store,” said Munafo.
He added that there will be approximately 10,000 square feet of retail space remaining in the building, and that he was seeking another tenant to join Sav A Lot.
Munafo also owns the building where the now closed IGA in Ripley was operating. He said he was still seeking a grocery operator for that building as well.
Sav A Lot is already seeking employees at the Bethel location.
The IGA stores in Ripley and Bethel were both closed suddenly on June 4 when Munafo locked out store operator Charles Collins over missed lease payments.
Collins was liquidating the Bethel store when Munafo closed it, Munafo said in June. He closed the store to protect his interests.
Collins plans to continue to run the IGA store he operates in Maysville, he said in June.