Biggs Hyper Markets

Description
Bigg's (branded as bigg's) was a chain of hypermarkets in the Cincinnati and northern Kentucky area. In 1984, Bigg's opened their first store in the Eastgate mall area of Union Township, a suburb of Cincinnati. Bigg's attempted an expansion into the western United States in 1989 with a 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m2) location in the Denver, Colorado, suburb of Thornton.Initially it was successful and popular, and was an anchor of the Thornton Town Center. Plans for further Denver metropolitan area locations (and ultimately the western U.S.) were discussed but never realized. Over time the Thornton location became less popular and shrank in size, and ultimately ceased operation in 2003. After its demise, it was demolished as part of a redevelopment of the Center, and a 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) Walmart Supercenter was built on its former site. In 1994, Bigg's, with seven locations, was acquired by SuperValu.