Our next post takes us to a non-closing (for the moment) Big Lots at the tail end of the Mohawk Valley.
Earlier in the year, this store received a new dark box facade, replacing the mansard facade it had before. This store (and plaza) were originally built in 1975 and prominently featured a Chicago Markets grocery store, a chain local to the Utica area. According to Groceteria's Utica Chain Grocery/Supermarket Locations, 1925-2020 directory, Chicago Markets appears in the 1980 and 1984/85 columns (but not in the 1975 column), with Great American appearing in the 1990 column. Most likely this became Great American around 1987, and closed at some point in the 1990s (Great American does not appear at this address in the 1995 column). Big Lots opened later in the 1990s, and had a pre-exclamation point logo that lasted up until around 2015.
This enclosure houses the store's junk carts. As of this writing, all of these carts are still here. They currently use Cart Source M197 shopping carts (see the Utica subheading of Big Lots: An Introduction to Recycling for all of the carts covered since 2017).
Front end, which has a lower drop ceiling typical for former supermarket spaces.
Seasonal along the front right wall.
Furniture along the back wall. Fairly typical for older Big Lots stores that do not have a dedicated furniture section (see Big Lots 1270 for such a department).
This teal and black checkered flooring appears throughout the perimeter of the sales floor.
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