Family Dollar has other stores in Springfield, Westfield, Chicopee, Holyoke and Ware.
Sharon Sexton of Waco, Texas, attempts to locate a baking item to match a coupon she clipped from her local newspaper at the Family Dollar store, in Waco, Texas. A new Family Dollar store is scheduled to open in Enfield.By HOWARD FRENCH
ENFIELD - Family Dollar Stores Inc. plans to open in the former Scitico Market on Hazard Avenue, according to Josh Braverman, public relations manager for the chain.
The store is scheduled to open at the end of August, Braverman said. Stores typically employ five to seven people.
The new Enfield store, at 585 Hazard Ave., will be slightly larger than the chain’s average, with 7,600 square feet, he said.
The chain has stores throughout Connecticut, including outlets in East Hartford, Manchester, Stafford, Vernon, Windsor, and Windsor Locks. It also has several stores in Western Massachusetts, including Springfield, Westfield, Chicopee, Holyoke and Ware.
Beginning with one store in 1959 in Charlotte, N.C., Family Dollar now operates more than 6,800 stores in 44 states, its website says. Family Dollar Stores Inc. is based in Matthews, N.C., just outside of Charlotte, and is a publicly held company with common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Enfield retail staple Scitico Market closed in 2010 after more than six decades in business. Owner-manager Robert D’Alessandro said at the time that he had decided to retire
Speculation ran high for several years before the 2010 closing that Scitico Market would shut as other chains grew. In 2007, the opening of a Geissler’s Supermarket in nearby Somers reinforced the speculation about Scitico’s future, and three years later, Scitico closed.