Mayor Byron W. Brown
today announced that the City of Buffalo, through the Buffalo Employment &
Training Center, will assist PriceRite Supermarket in holding a recruitment
event for the opening of its new store located at 250 Elmwood Avenue.
“PriceRite is a great addition to the
City of Buffalo and we will work to assist the company to find qualified
applicants for several different job opportunities in the market,” said Mayor
Brown. “Through the Buffalo
Employment and Training Center, we are able to match good candidates with jobs
at the new store. My
Administration continues to focus on attracting investment and development
projects that will increase job-creation options for city residents. The
arrival of PriceRite in a formerly vacant retail location on Elmwood Avenue
helps bring back a supermarket to this area of the city while presenting new
job opportunities.”
The
on-site employer recruitments have been scheduled for Friday, February
20,2009 and Monday, February 23, 2009 from 8:30AM to 3:00PM at the Buffalo Employment and Training Center
(BETC), located at 77 Goodell Street. Potential job seekers are
required to apply online at before
being interviewed.
PriceRite’s goal is to
hire about 80 to 100 individuals, with a starting salary of $8 per hour.
PriceRite is headquartered in Wethersfield, CT, and has been in operation since
1995. The company operates stores
in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode
Island. This new location marks
the company’s first Buffalo location. The Elmwood location is set to open on Sunday, March
22, 2009.