{"id":95048,"date":"2026-01-23T22:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/95048\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T22:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:39:13","slug":"pittsburgh-shoppers-stock-up-as-weekend-snowstorm-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/95048\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh shoppers stock up as weekend snowstorm approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs this weekend&#8217;s storm inches closer and closer, neighbors throughout the city of Pittsburgh are stocking up with all of the essentials they may need ahead of the snow.  &#8220;We&#8217;ve already preordered extra pallets of salt, extra power to water. We got more milk, we got more bread. So all the staples and one thing, and they always grab a lot of is that and dog food. We have a lot of that too,&#8221; said Jim and Michelle Kazaroski, the owners of the Mount Washington Shop&#8217;N&#8217;Save. Their team members have been busy all week preparing for the rush of customers. &#8220;Once you start mentioning the snow, it&#8217;s started,&#8221; Jim said. &#8220;So we&#8217;re anticipating today and tomorrow will be super busy also.&#8221;Shoppers like Sarah Hartman and her daughter, Amelia, are trying to beat the crowd by stocking up on essentials early Friday. &#8220;I lived in Erie, so I&#8217;m not scared. We are actually excited because this will be the first big snowfall for my kids,&#8221; Hartman said. &#8220;I remember the last snow, and everybody gets all worried about it. But it&#8217;s going to be on a Sunday, so nobody has to go to work,&#8221; said long-time Mount Washington resident Pat Gianella. However, the Kazaroskis say they will be open on Sunday and Monday in case anyone needs some last-minute items.  &#8220;We are so fortunate with the best, most dedicated employees who live nearby, some of them even say they will walk if they have to,&#8221; Michelle said. Jim added, &#8220;Hopefully the sidewalks will be shoveled, the lot will be plowed, and we&#8217;ll have plenty of food for you guys.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As this weekend&#8217;s storm inches closer and closer, neighbors throughout the city of Pittsburgh are stocking up with all of the essentials they may need ahead of the snow.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve already preordered extra pallets of salt, extra power to water. We got more milk, we got more bread. So all the staples and one thing, and they always grab a lot of is that and dog food. We have a lot of that too,&#8221; said Jim and Michelle Kazaroski, the owners of the Mount Washington Shop&#8217;N&#8217;Save. <\/p>\n<p>Their team members have been busy all week preparing for the rush of customers. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once you start mentioning the snow, it&#8217;s started,&#8221; Jim said. &#8220;So we&#8217;re anticipating today and tomorrow will be super busy also.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shoppers like Sarah Hartman and her daughter, Amelia, are trying to beat the crowd by stocking up on essentials early Friday. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I lived in Erie, so I&#8217;m not scared. We are actually excited because this will be the first big snowfall for my kids,&#8221; Hartman said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember the last snow, and everybody gets all worried about it. But it&#8217;s going to be on a Sunday, so nobody has to go to work,&#8221; said long-time Mount Washington resident Pat Gianella. <\/p>\n<p>However, the Kazaroskis say they will be open on Sunday and Monday in case anyone needs some last-minute items.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so fortunate with the best, most dedicated employees who live nearby, some of them even say they will walk if they have to,&#8221; Michelle said. <\/p>\n<p>Jim added, &#8220;Hopefully the sidewalks will be shoveled, the lot will be plowed, and we&#8217;ll have plenty of food for you guys.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As this weekend&#8217;s storm inches closer and closer, neighbors throughout the city of Pittsburgh are stocking up with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1304,6899,46697,1515,20422,46693,46699,2922,46696,7133,46694,73,75,74,46698,14833,46695,8785,14834,6740,1837],"class_list":["post-95048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-1304","tag-daughter","tag-essential","tag-food","tag-groceries","tag-jim","tag-last-minute-grocery-shopping","tag-lot","tag-michelle-kazaroski","tag-monday","tag-mount-washington-neighbor","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-shopper","tag-salt","tag-sarah-hartman","tag-shopping","tag-snow","tag-storm","tag-sunday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}