NC-based company will keep some Big Lots stores open, including 1 in the Triangle
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A North Carolina-based company will operate about two dozen Big Lots stores in North Carolina, including one in the Triangle.
Variety Wholesalers, which operates brands including Roses, Roses Express, Super 10 and Maxway stores, was previously expected to acquire about 200 U.S. Big Lots stores and operate them under the Big Lots brand, The News & Observer previously reported. The deal was part of a sale agreement with Gordon Brothers Retail Partners.
Three of those 200 locations were in Selma, Wake Forest and Fuquay-Varina.
However, landlords of several properties that could have been acquired filed objections to the assumptions or assignments of subleases to Variety Wholesalers.
For example, Food Lion is the landlord of the Big Lots location at 12295 Capital Blvd. in Wake Forest, and filed an objection.
A court document filed Thursday, Feb. 27 authorized Big Lots to assume, assign and sell 118 leases to Variety Wholesalers.
Which stores in the Triangle will Variety Wholesalers acquire?
Only one Big Lots location in the Triangle was included in the list of 118 stores to be acquired.
- Fuquay-Varina: 630 Lakestone Commons Ave.
Elsewhere in North Carolina, Variety Wholesalers will acquire two dozen other Big Lots stores:
- Asheboro: 1432 E. Dixie Drive
- Concord: 280 Concord Parkway
- Elkin: 1504 N. Bridge St.
- Fayetteville: 3915 Ramsey St.
- Franklin: 273 Franklin Plaza Drive
- Greenville: 609 Greenville Blvd. SE
- Hickory: 526c U.S. Highway 70 SW
- High Point: 2531 Eastchester Drive
- Jacksonville: 1110 Western Blvd.
- Kannapolis: 950 S. Cannon Blvd.
- Laurinburg: 1664 S. Main St.
- Lincolnton: 403 N. Generals Blvd.
- Mocksville: 1063 Yadkinville Road
- Mooresville: 376 West Plaza Drive
- Morehead City: 2900 Arendell St.
- Mount Airy: 1328 Carter St.
- Roanoke Rapids: 1110 Julian R. Allsbrook Highway
- Rocky Mount: 955 N. Wesleyan Blvd.
- Sanford: 2950 S. Horner Blvd.
- Shallotte: 4600 Main St.
- Spindale: 1639 U.S. Highway 74A Bypass
- Statesville: 1020 Crossroads Drive
- Waynesville: 1176 Russ Ave.
- Weaverville: 130 Weaver Blvd.
What will happen to the other Triangle stores?
Landlords of some Big Lots locations are still negotiating, leaving the fate of the stores unknown.
Several Big Lots stores in the Triangle were being auctioned. Those include locations in:
- Cary: 128 Kilmayne Drive
- Durham: 4723 NC Highway 55
- Knightdale: 7132 Knightdale Blvd.
As of Thursday, March 6, Big Lots’ website showed an “all stores closing” message.
This story was originally published March 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM with the headline "NC-based company will keep some Big Lots stores open, including 1 in the Triangle."
