Editor’s Note: A previous version incorrectly referred to the Broad Street location as a former Shaw’s Supermarket.
Big Y Supermarkets is preparing to open a Meriden store that will employ about 150 at 533 South Broad St., space that was formerly a Shop Rite Supermarket.
The 55,000-square-foot store cost $3 million to renovate the Springfield grocery chain says.
Opening day is Aug. 25 at 10:30 a.m.
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Among its amenities will be an eat-in café and a pharmacy.
Big Y has 30 Connecticut stores.
On Sunday, Lowe’s closed due to poor sales its three-year-old Meriden home improvement store at 1201 E. Main St., idling 94 workers.
