Big Lots reopening 10 stores in Virginia

If you’re looking for deals on a smorgasbord of items from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cereal to Minion Christmas inflatables, you’re in luck. Variety Wholesalers, a Henderson, North Carolina-based owner of retail stores, is teeing up to reopen 132 store Big Lots locations in May as its works toward its goal of reviving 219 units by mid-summer.

Big Lots stores will reopen across 14 states in May in two phases, on May 1 and May 15.

Virginia locations reopening are in Chesapeake, Chester, Fredericksburg, Front Royal, Martinsville, North Chesterfield, North Prince George, Waynesboro, Winchester and Yorktown.

Reopening locations in other states include:

Alabama: Athens, Decatur, Dothan, Guntersville, Jasper, Mobile and Northport

Florida: Crystal River, Jacksonville, Marianna, Ormond Beach and Panama City

Georgia: Augusta, Brunswick, Buford, Cornelia, Dallas, Fort Oglethorpe, Marietta, Smyrna, Valdosta, Vidalia and Waycross

Indiana: Jasper

Kentucky: Campbellsville, Danville, Elizabethtown, Glasgow, Hazard, London, Middlesboro, Richmond and Somerset

Michigan: Burton, Flint, Port Huron, Shelby Township and Southgate

Mississippi: Southhaven

North Carolina: Belmont, Burlington, Clemmons, Dunn, Elizabeth City, Elkin, Fayetteville, Gastonia, Greensboro, Greenville, Hickory, Kinston, Lexington, Lincolnton, Mocksville, Mooresville, Mount Airy, Newton, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Selma, Shelby, Southport, Statesville, Wake Forest, Wilkesboro and Wilson

Ohio: Alliance, Boardman, Bridgeport, Columbus, Elyria, Fremont, Grove City, Kettering, Lancaster, New Philadelphia, Reynoldsburg, Toledo, Warren and Wintersville

Pennsylvania: Bloomsburg, Camp Hill, Cleona, Du Bois, Dunmore, East Stroudsburg, Erie, Eynon, Franklin, Lehighton, Lewisburg, Meadville and New Castle

South Carolina: Easley, Greenwood, Lexington, Rock Hill, Seneca, Simpsonville, Spartanburg and West Columbia

Tennessee: Alcoa, Cleveland, Greeneville, Jefferson City, Johnson City, Knoxville, Morristown, Murfreesboro, Rogersville and Sevierville

West Virginia: Beckley, Bridgeport, Charleston, Elkins, Fairmont, Martinsburg, Oak Hill and Princeton

In early April, Variety Wholesales kicked off the Big Lots comeback with the opening of six stores including a location on Hershberger Road in Roanoke.

The stores are being merchandised with treasure hunt items, closeouts and “unbeatable bargains,” according to   The resurrected Big Lots assortment includes a new apparel department along with home décor, health and beauty items, seasonal products and more.

“The customer response to the newly expanded assortment of fresh inventory and great deals has been overwhelmingly positive,” Lisa Seigies, president and CEO of Variety Wholesalers, said in a statement.

Variety Wholesalers also owns and operates 400 stores across 18 states under brands that include Roses Discount Stores, Roses Express and Maxway. The company acquired the Big Lots brand from Gordon Brothers, which bought Big Lots’ assets out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year.