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Big Lots closing three stores on the Central Coast

July 22, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

Big Lots plans to close up to 40 stores nationwide, including three on the Central Coast. Big lots in Atascadero, Santa Maria and Lompoc have posted closure signs.

Local Big Lot stores are currently offering 20% savings as part of their closing sales.

Last month, the retail chain announced plans to close between 35 and 40 stores in 2024 amid financial turmoil.

The retail chain has not yet given a final closure date.

 


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I’m not surprised. I’ve stopped in a few times and there have been few customers. The only thing I’ve bought there are pet supplies which were a good deal compared to Petco. However, I love, love love, Grocery Outlet Atascadero which is a family owned and operated franchise store. I get great deals there and love that it’s smaller than a regular grocery store but well stocked with an ever changing inventory that covers all the essentials and more at great prices. Good luck to Valley Fresh. In this economy anyone who can afford to shop there doesn’t belong in Atascadero.


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An awful lot of stores closing… don’t tell me the economy is good….


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I never really understood what kind of store Big Lots is, even after walking through it many times. Big Lots of what? Cheap imported furniture that looks like it’s been sitting in the store for years, candy and toys similar to a dollar store. But then again, I don’t shop at Costco either, who needs a years worth of toilet paper when I don’t even buy green bananas. Guess I’m not a good consumer.


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It’s just another 99 Cents store in disguise. Big Lots is where stuff that Walmart couldn’t sell, goes to pasture. Cheap junk imported from China, that will spend a few months in someone’s house, before breaking and heading to the landfill.


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Truth be told Californian’s penchant for shoplifting is a contributing factor.


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Absolutely. We have to fix the havoc the Soros regressives did to de-criminalize drug sales and theft when they tricked voters into passing Proposition 47 back in 2014. Vote YES on Proposition 36 in November.


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From info posted elsewhere, 54 of the 109 stores in Calif. are closing. Hoping this trend of businesses closing doesn’t continue.


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It will, California is a very unfriendly to business state and it shows no signs of changing that, and we keep the same people creating this unfriendly business environment in office, so we get what we vote for.


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Good riddance. These corporate box stores (99 Cent Store, Big Lots, etc), filled with cheap imported junk, can’t leave town soon enough. There are plenty of local businesses who will absorb the business.


Want furniture? Go shop a local mom and pop furniture business (Furniture Factory Outlet, Harrington, etc)

Want cleaning supplies? Go to Miners.

Want junk food? Go to Stagecoach or Chalk Mountain Liquor


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Agreed fox. Also, dollar tree, dollar general, charge more for basic items that are smaller yet guise themselves as cheaper; refuse to hire enough employees, and only work them part time to dodge benefits. Shop local always. It’s worth it to pay a bit more to be treated well, have a Tab at my local, and know they are my friends and family.


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