Terms were not disclosed. Mo. Its headquarters is in Bridgeton.
Value City is a discounter based in Columbus, Ohio.
It has 105 department stores in the Midwest, East and South, and 48 DSW Shoe Warehouse stores. The Grandpa's stores will have liquidation sales beginning the middle of this month. Then they will all close for remodeling and reopen as Value City stores. The Grandpa's store at 7077 Chippewa Street will be converted to a Value City furniture store. Tom Holley, chairman of Gramex Corp., which owns Grandpa's, said the company has about 2,000 employees.