The dozens of openings will come after the company filed for bankruptcy and closed some locations in 2024. Nine Big Lots locations in six states reopened on April 10, and the company plans to reopen 55 Big Lots stores on May 1. Two more rounds of openings are set to take place through early June.

After a series of opening announcements, Big Lots is set to reopen over 70 stores across more than a dozen states, with 13 locations in Tennessee expected to reopen by mid-May.

The beloved discounted retailer Big Lots has begun reopening several new locations—but there's a catch. The store began reopening several locations on April 10 under new management after filing for bankruptcy last year,