Farm & Home Supply acquires Big R stores

QUINCY – Farm & Home Supply has announced the company has acquired three Big R Stores located in Lincoln, Springfield, and Taylorville, Illinois.

Plans are to turn the Lincoln and Taylorville locations into Farm & Home Supply stores. The Springfield Big R at 2804 N Dirksen Parkway will be temporarily closed and will eventually be reopened as the new Springfield East location for Farm & Home Supply. Springfield currently has a Farm & Home Supply store at 3030 Wabash Avenue.

The three new stores will be remodeled, beginning with the Lincoln location. In addition to being remodeled, both the Springfield and Taylorville locations will be enlarged in the coming year to provide more space for new products and services.

Both Lincoln and Taylorville will carry major brands such as Carhartt, Cub Cadet, DeWalt, Milwaukee, Stihl, Under Armour, and much more. The stores will include full service small engine repair centers and in-store/curbside pick-up areas.

To start, store hours for both locations will be Monday through Saturday, 8:00 AM to 6 PM and closed Sunday. Lincoln store hours will change in the first quarter to Monday through Saturday, 7:30 AM to 8 PM and Sunday, 9 AM to 6 PM. Taylorville store hours will also change in the first quarter and will be Monday through Saturday, 8:00
AM to 7:00 PM and Sunday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Please follow our new Facebook pages (Lincoln Farm & Home Supply and Taylorville Farm & Home Supply) for current hours and updates.

Owner Adam Bowles is thrilled to be expanding the Farm & Home Supply company further into central
Illinois. “We are grateful that we can expand the Farm & Home Supply name into these wonderful communities. We’re excited to provide a wide selection of products and services that customers in the areas count on us for,” said Bowles.

Grand Opening dates will be announced at a later time.

Farm & Home Supply was founded in Quincy as a single store in 1960. Since then, the company
has expanded across Illinois, Iowa and Missouri to include 13 physical stores as well as an e-commerce website that launched in 2015.

Farm & Home Supply is a part of the Mid-States Distributing Company, a buying group of independently owned and operated farm and ranch retailers located throughout the US and Canada. Membership in the group allows smaller retailers to carry a broad range of high-end products and compete with big box stores.

For more information about Farm & Home Supply visit FarmandHomeSupply.com. You can also follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/Farmandhomesupply.