CRANBERRY TWP — Kuhn’s Quality Market in the Cranberry Mall will close in early September, according to company officials.

“It’s becoming an overly competitive market. A lot of new stores moving in. We thought it was time to pull out of there,” said Dan Sakala, advertising director for Kuhn’s Quality Market.

About 16 employees will be affected by the store’s closure.

They will be offered jobs at the eight other Kuhn’s locations in Western Pennsylvania. No other Kuhn’s sites will close.

Ron Henshaw, Cranberry’s director of community development, said the township is unaware of any potential replacement tenant interest, and there hasn’t been any building permit applications submitted for the soon-to-be vacated space.

Kuhn’s has been in the Cranberry Mall at the intersection of routes 19, 228 and Freedom Road since 2006.