Big Lots to reopen a dozen stores in Florida

Variety Wholesalers, a North Carolina retailer, is reopening at least a dozen Big Lots stores in Florida including locations in five cities across the Gulf Coast.

A company spokesperson, in an email, says the local stores going back into business are in Spring Hill, Brandon, Ruskin, North Fort Myers and Fort Myers. Those locations will open in May and June.

The spokesperson did not give an exact number of stores or share the addresses of those reopening only saying the company will announce the exact dates and details on social media later.