What's the Big Deal?

July 10, 2021, a new business opened at 7390 Woodbury Pike, Roaring Spring.

Owners Justin and Melissa Benton live in Salemville with their two children – a 7-year-old and a 10-year-old who attend Northern Bedford School.

Melissa, originally from Hopewell, spent 15 years in Tennessee. In February of 2020, Justin and Melissa opened a store just like Benton's Daily Deals in Tennessee with business partners. This store was very successful, and they believed it was a good concept to bring to Pennsylvania.

Melissa's family and friends searched for empty buildings until they ran across the present spot. This building had been the old cannery building. The same building houses Dragon's Den Pizza.

The shop's slogan is, "What's the big deal? Depends on the day!" The day is priced, not the items. Saturday, everything is $7. Sunday, everything is $6. Monday, everything is $3. Tuesday, everything is $1. Wednesday, everything is $0.50. Some very large items may be priced individually in the store.

New inventory is brought in and they start fresh every Saturday. After Saturday when they close, the bins are filled again for Sunday. Every Wednesday after close of business, they empty the bins and start from scratch for the next week.

Melissa said "It's like Black Friday shopping every week in our store. People start to line up around 6:30 a.m. for the doors to open at 9:00 a.m. on Saturdays. There's not a morning that we open that people do not flood in as soon as the doors are unlocked."

The store's inventory comes from overstock, liquidation, discontinued items, shelf pulls, and close-outs from popular retailers.

Inventory comes in large boxes mixed just as it is mixed in the bins, so they do not sort it according to price.

Those interested can look on Facebook for updates and pictures of some deals to be found in the store.