Business Spotlight

Cranberry is well known as a regional retail center. However, the heart of the Township's local economy is our ever-increasing family of corporate, industrial, and research organizations. Our Spotlight section profiles different local companies and offers a glimpse into Cranberry's diverse economy. 

Let's Taco-bout It: Condado offers tasty tacos, delicious drinks
Forget Tuesday – every day is taco day in Cranberry Township. Learn more...

Keep on Truckin': Pita My Shawarma heads north
Jason Taylor has a history of taking matters into his own hands. Learn more...

Something's Brewing in Cranberry Township
It’s the best part of waking up – and Cranberry is full of places to get a morning boost. Cranberry’s coffee scene has been percolating in recent years with several new spots taking a seat at the table. Learn more...

AI Takeover: SEPRO improves processes through robotics
The robots are coming – and they’re making mundane processes simpler and more cost-effective. Learn more...

Your Turn to Tee Off: The Turn Club offers golf year 'round
The golf season is winding down as the weather turns, but a new business has the answer for those seeking year-round play. Learn more...

Let's Be Frank: Hot Shot Dogs Co. heating up
One doesn’t have to go far to get a taste of Chicago, because a Cranberry resident has it perfected. Learn more...

Hair Today, Here Tomorrow: Profiles Styling Salon Remains Rooted
Celebrating 25 years as small business owners is quite an accomplishment, especially in the salon industry that waded through a pandemic and fierce industry competition. Learn more...

Story Teller: Captivating Imagery Preserves Memories
To Kate Miller, a full photo album on a cellphone doesn’t compare to a professionally shot and curated collection of one’s own. Learn more...

Diving In
Valley Pool & Spa is making quite a splash in its new location off Route 19. Dive in...

Shaping Steel
Steel City Garage pays homage to hard-working roots. Learn more...

The Way the Cookie Crumbls: New bakery crushing it
What would you do for a delicious cookie? Read on...

Trucking Along with Diesel Sports
In the unassuming warehouse where sheet metal was once forged, Matt Diesel is helping young athletes iron out the rough edges of their game, test their mettle, and shape their futures. Check it out...

Welcome to Clean Eatz
Healthy eating is now just a ‘street’ away thanks to the arrival of Clean Eatz. The casual fast dining establishment in the Streets of Cranberry focuses on delivering a “lifestyle approach” to eating healthy. Let's dig in...

The Scoop! Millie’s Offering Tasty Treats
The new Millie’s Ice Cream location on Route 19 is easy to spot – even if the building itself lacks the familiar black cow spots of businesses past. Get the full scoop...

Oh, So Sweet: Cranberry-Based Candle Business On Fire
The staff at Sweet Water Décor’s Freedom Road warehouse are burning the candle at both ends to keep up with demand. Learn more...

The Color of Money: Cranberry based Allegheny Printed Plastics offers new offset press.
The exquisiteness of printing plastic products like gift cards, loyalty cards, or access key cards never looked so good. Check out Allegheny Printed Plastics.

Destination North for UPMC It’s Cranberry Township where UPMC’s footprint continues to expand with additional services for women and children at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, thus adding convenience for patients in Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties. Visit UPMC Magee Womens...

The Moose is Loose: Smiling Moose 2 offers craft beer and food
When Mike Scarlatelli opened The Smiling Moose on Pittsburgh’s South Side in 2003, the goals were simple. Get the scoop on the Moose...

It’s a Wild America: Public Lands promotes, protects the Great Outdoors
An age-old question asks, if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it, did it make a sound? Find out here...

Tech-Driven from Cranberry Township attracting clients across the globe
PAAS, the global leader in technology spend analytics, has clients across the globe who are served from their headquarters on Emeryville Drive in Cranberry Township. Read on...

Like A Rolling Stone: Armina Stone brings rock-solid quality
From the largest quarries in places like Brazil and Spain to kitchens and bathrooms in Cranberry Township. Learn more...

Pampered Pups: Camp Bow Wow pledges to please puppies
Suits or resumes aren’t required for interviews at Camp Bow Wow. Check it out...

A Collector’s Best Friend: Community Park Storage is Open for Stuff 
Got stuff? If you do, read on...

Cheers! Recon finds a home in Meeder
There’s a lot to toast to in the Meeder development. Take a look...

In Living Color: Atria offers safety and endless amenities to senior residents
Retirement is a time for relaxation, and a new senior living community in Cranberry has everything to help the golden years feel a little more golden. Read on...

Don’t Be Chicken: New restaurant offers spicy fowl favorite
The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in Cranberry. A new restaurant is bringing the heat with their twist on a southern favorite. Dig in...

Meet Felipe Valdez and Nothing Bundt Cakes
These “bundts” are a real home run. Nothing Bundt Cakes specializes in made-to-order cakes baked in house with 40 unique designs, 10 flavors and 4 sizes. Hungry for more?

Blame it On The Juice: Clean Juice Serves Up Healthy Options
Sugar, spice and everything nice may have made for an enjoyable holiday, but it also may have made those holidays sweaters a little tighter than remembered. Grab a glass...

Beauty Schooled:  Kreations Hair Studio & Spa Impacted by State’s Shutdown
Getting a haircut during the COVID-19 pandemic was considered a luxury item to many, as people flocked back into salons when restrictions were lifted. Customers waited for the triumphant moment when they could get their first coronavirus haircut. Learn  more...

Happy Feet: Northway Shoes & Repair Provides Soles for Souls
Danny DeMarco, says  "We have been a staple in the North Hills since as for back as the 1950s! The business changed hands a few times and in 1980 my father, Tony, took over and it has been in our family ever since. I started working with my Dad at a young age and had the privilege to learn the art of shoe repair. How did they come to Cranberry?

Getting Back in the Game: Experienced physical therapy duo helping athletes and beyond 
What’s in a name? For Jason Kelley and Glenn Holland, it’s nearly 50 years of combined experience in the physical therapy game. Learn more about Physical Therapy and Athletic Rehab...

Play Like A Champion: UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex Celebrates Five-Year Mark
They can’t be missed from Interstate 79: five large banners commemorating the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup championships hanging on the side of the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. Read on...

Division 1 Training helps athletes – and everyone else – swing for the fences
High school student-athletes hoping to get a scholarship offer. Learn about their mission...

No Mixed Signals: Comcast Business Expansion Helping Local Businesses
Perhaps now more than ever, reliable internet access is a key piece to a business’s success. Check out Comcast Business...

Smile Like You Mean It: Rhoads works to make patients, others smile
Dr. Stephanie Rhoads is all about putting smiles on people’s faces. Learn how she does it...

Silver Anniversary: House of Chen a part of the community
Like all businesses, House of Chen was challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, with their brightly colored dining room closed in lieu of take-out options. Read on...

LumberjAxes, new axe-throwing business hits the mark
On a recent snowy afternoon, Jack Welsh, ax in-hand, stepped out onto the concrete pad. He raised the foot-long hatchet above his head and tossed it with precision toward the center of a wooden target. It planted with a thud inside the center of a red circle. Read on...

Milk Shake Factory, a sweet blast from the past
A sweet blast from the past. Learn more...

Farmers Bank, banking on the community

When he oversaw the opening of Farmers National Bank’s Cranberry branch in 2014, William Marsh thought it would take that amount of time to become established and trusted by the community. Learn more about the bank...

Getting a 'Freshii’ start to health and wellness

As the calendar turns to another year, many find themselves making a renewed commitment to getting healthy.  Hungry...learn more...

Rajbhog showcase Spice of Life

Nishat Kazi recalls many occasions when friends would visit her Pine Township home for dinner.  As she prepared traditional Indian dishes, her daughter would often chime in that the guests likely wouldn’t enjoy what had been prepared. Kazi, though, said as soon as they took a bite, they were hooked. Check out their cafe and market...

TrueCommerce connects business customers 

For most consumers as well as many small businesses, anything that happens between placing an online order and accepting delivery a day or two later occurs in something of a black box.  Read on... 

Cranberry’s new CBD store gets down into the weeds

A trio of entrepreneurs in Cranberry may be at the leading edge of a major revolution in non-narcotic, non-addictive pain relief. But navigating the path to get there has been tricky. How did they... 

Cranberry’s Pretzel Factory gets a new twist

There’s nothing soft about the mean streets of Philadelphia where fictional boxer Rocky Balboa rose to fame after pounding his opponents into the ground. But for young Dan Dizio, an enterprising 11-year old, there was one exception: soft pretzels. Hungry yet? Learn more...

Times change, but at MSA, safety always comes first

Back in the mid-‘80s, Cranberry Woods-based MSA rolled out a revolutionary brimless style Brigade Firefighter’s Helmet at the fire service trade show in St. Louis, one of the industry’s largest.  Learn more...

Omnicell is extending the power of automated medicine

Hospitals and all sorts of other healthcare providers around the country are consolidating like crazy.  And it’s not just regional organizations like UPMC.  Learn more...

Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar

It has taken decades, but the taste for Mexican-style food has finally hit Western Pennsylvania big time. Since 2007, have opened four family-owned restaurants in the Greater Pittsburgh area, including one in Cranberry Mall.  Learn more...

Beyond Parallel

Don’t mess with Laura Prosser, a performance coach and part owner of Beyond Parallel Strength and Fitness center in Cranberry.  Not only is she in exceptionally good condition, she is also a highly accomplished weightlifter who officiates at weightlifting events throughout central and western Pennsylvania.  Learn  more...

Pulp Juice and Smoothie Bar

Over time, Cranberry became a regular stop for Army veteran Rich Chamness, while he pursued various business interests in Ohio and Pennsylvania.  But he what he found was that the longer he spent in the Township, the more he came to love the area and the people around it.  Learn more...

Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids - Cranberry

There are moms everywhere that know the drill and the dread.  Child needs a haircut.  Child hates haircuts.  Mom holds screaming, squirming child while stylist snips away diligently.  When it’s all said and done, everyone is exhausted – mom, child, and stylist.  Learn more...

SpeedPro Imaging

SpeedPro offers large-scale graphics printing franchise whose eye-popping work gives trade shows, store windows, vehicle wraps, and other venues a striking visual impact.  In an age where electronic displays have largely displaced paper, this is the only segment of the printing industry still growing.  Learn more...

Pittsburgh Superstars

Cheerleading holds a similar standing in American culture to apple pie, baseball, and hot dogs. Imagery of pompoms, encouraging chants, and gravity-defying stunts dot the sidelines of popular sporting events across the country.  Learn more...

X-Cel Gymnastics

Training gymnasts for world-class competition has never been the primary goal of X-Cel Gymnastics – even though it happens often! Since its formation in 1993, X-Cel has focused on helping children from preschool through age 18 to enjoy achievement through learning gymnastics, along with helping them compete at the highest national level.   Learn more...

Fun Fore All

What do miniature golf, go-karts, kiddie rides, bumper boats, batting cages, arcade, and rock walls have in common? They’re all at Fun Fore All - the free-admission, year-round amusement park that has served Cranberry Township for more than 20 years. And now it’s expanding. Learn more...

Cranberry Care - Falcon ER Urgent Care

Where can you go if you are sick, and want to be treated with care by compassionate doctors in a friendly environment that’s close to home?  Falcon ER Urgent Care, of course!  Cranberry Township’s newest healthcare resident offers all that and more, as they become a popular choice to receive care. Learn more...

Kiddie Academy...Much More than Just ABC’s and 123’s

When Kiddie Academy Child Care Learning Center arrived in Cranberry Township at 1044 North Boundary Road, it brought more than just ABC’s and 123’s.  It brought life essential lessons so children would have the tools to lead a healthier and more productive life. Learn more...

Completely Polished

When you want your ten fingers, ten toes or entire body to look “completely” perfect – step right into Completely Polished, one of Cranberry Township’s newest nail and full body waxing salons.  Learn more...

Cranberry Physical Therapy owner comes home

After 26 years of experience in the physical therapy field, longtime Cranberry Township resident Dale Reckless decided to take the plunge and open his own business in the Township. “I kept getting a consistent message from neighbors and friends, ‘I wish your office was closer so that I could come to see you!’” remembers Reckless.  Learn more...

VA Outpatient Clinic

It was a moving sight - dozens of military Veterans standing side by side, singing "God Bless America" on a damp and chilly day. They were gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the VA Butler Outpatient Clinic.  Learn more...

Butler County Community College

BC3 offers employee training in many area and much more.  Learn about BC3...

Customers are a top priority for Netech

Cranberry’s Netech has a lot to celebrate. The project-based IT integrator is no stranger to accolades - technology leader Cisco has recognized the business as Commercial Partner of the Year, Services Partner of the Year, and Cisco Meraki Elevate Central Partner of the Years. Learn more.

ESS NexTier takes new services to next level

Businesses, like the people that own, operate, and work in them, often start off a new year with goals in mind for the next 365 days and beyond. In January, Kittanning’s ESS Insurance Group joined forces with NexTier Insurance to create ESS NexTier Insurance, kicking off 2015 with a new partnership. Learn more

Cranberry Township just got a little trendier thanks to rue21, Inc.

rue 21, Inc., a leading retailer of teen apparel celebrated the grand opening of its new flagship store in Cranberry Mall early in 2015. The nearly 8,000 square foot store hosts clothing and accessories for both girls and guys.Learn more

Prodigo guarantees results for its clients

Healthcare is a topic at the forefront of conversations whether they occur between talking heads on the 24-hour news loop, co-workers at the water cooler, or friends meeting for drinks. Learn more

It’s Personal for The Sports Grille at Cranberry 

Owning and operating The Sports Grille at Cranberry is a family affair for Sean Pregibon, a Youngstown, OH native and President of Pregibon Hospitality Group. Learn More 

SMS Meer is retrofitting America’s steelmakers

The long-rumored death of America’s steel industry has been greatly exaggerated. Of course, it has declined over the past 30 years, particularly in Western Pennsylvania. But the steel, aluminum and nonferrous metal industries remain an important economic force in the tri-state area and throughout much of North America. Learn More

Making a mark – Mecco Marking celebrates 125th anniversary 

In 1889, the Eiffel Tower opened in Paris, the first Kodak camera went on sale, Thomas Edison showed his first motion picture, and Mecco Marking and Traceability was founded. Fast forward 125 years, and all four remain lasting industrial icons who have made innovative impacts on their respective fields. Learn More

ProSource Wholesale Flooring

America’s floor covering industry – hardwood, tile, linoleum, carpeting, and so on – is huge. And among the thousands of companies it includes, America’s largest seller of flooring materials for home remodeling and new construction has quietly operated in the heart of Cranberry...Learn more

Delaney Brothers Furniture

Contract-grade commercial office furniture is typically designed to last about 20 years. But their replacement cycle has accelerated lately with workplace changes that tend to make furniture obsolete before it ever wears out. Learn more...

CompuGIG

Most of the larger clients of CompuGIG – a family-owned computer service business operating out of Piazza Plaza on Route 19 – already have one or more IT people on staff. Learn more...

Areva 

Can you name the biggest maker of nuclear power products in Cranberry? If you said Westinghouse, guess again. It’s actually Areva, a $9 billion company, with U.S. headquaters in Charlotte, North Carolina, which provides end-to-end materials, equipment and services... Learn more...

Marriott Hotel

Cranberry’s Marriott mixes worldly clients with other-worldly service. The Cranberry Marriott’s shift in focus from catering to local corporate clients into serving an increasingly international business clientele, came about fairly abruptly.  Learn more...

Tollgrade Communications

Company collects and analyzes network information. Squeezing new efficiency from older utility lines. Learn more...

Sage North America

A global software giant is raising its profile in Cranberry Township. Learn more..