PITTSBURGH - Kate and Chris Eyerman didn't get a new dining room just for Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners, but it certainly helps when gatherings outgrow the granite-topped bar where they and their two daughters eat most meals.

Stepping Stones Learning Center has purchased the former Chase-Pitkin Home & Garden Centers building on Hudson Avenue in the Irondequoit Plaza from Wegmans Food Markets Inc.

It might be hard to picture Wegmans as the underdog, but the company say it is... at least when it comes to the home improvement industry.

Chase-Pitkin Home and Garden Centers, no longer able to successfully compete with the giant Lowe's and Home Depot chains, is going out of business, starting with the store on Chambers Road and another near Syracuse.