There's a new place to find low prices on name brand items in Ypsilanti.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet, a Pennsylvania-based store with the slogan "Good stuff, cheap" opened last week on Ellsworth Rd. in the former Busch's Market location. A
Lansing-area location opened on the same day.
"All of our stores are very similar," says Ollie's VP of Real Estate, Jerry Altland. "We buy cheap and sell cheap, and we always trying to sell name-brand products. That's what we do every day."
Ollie's includes a wide variety of products, including apparel, electronics and grocery items. The 36,000 square foot location is one of 143 stores nationwide, including locations in Westland, Taylor and Farmington. Locations will soon open in Saginaw and Flint. Fifty to sixty new jobs were created with the opening of the Ypsilanti location.
"We're moving right across the state," Altland says. "We're trying to fill in from Detroit through the central part of Michigan."
Source: Jerry Altland, Ollie's Bargain Outlet
Writer: Natalie Burg
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