BUTLER TWP — Two Bottom Dollar Food stores in the township will close by the end of the year after the parent company Delhaize Group sold the chain’s 66 stores to ALDI.

The sale, which includes associated lease liabilities, is for about $15 million.

As a result of the transaction, Delhaize Group will no longer operate in the discount segment of food retailing.

The Bottom Dollar Food stores are in the Bon Aire Plaza along Route 8 just north of Butler and in Butler Crossing along New Castle Road.

Both of those developments are owned by Cedarwood Development.

Store managers at both the Bon Aire and Butler Crossing stores declined to comment on the announcement.

Bottom Dollar Food anticipates all stores will remain open until the end of the year. After that, Bottom Dollar Food will close the stores and quit its operation. 

The company said it will offer every associate severance, and eligible associates will be offered career transition services.

The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2015. The Delhaize Group previously is focusing on its core operations in the traditional supermarket segment.