Maui Star Market furnishings up for auction
Everything from large walk-in freezers to small file cabinets from a Hawaii supermarket will be up for bid at a public auction on Maui next weekend.
The March 29 auction at the former Star Market store at Maui Mall aims to sell all of the supermarket's furnishings.
Some of the freezers and other refrigeration items would cost tens of thousands of dollars to purchase new.
An inventory list on auctioneer Joe Teipel's Web site, www.joeteipel.com, lists an 8-year-old, 30-foot, walk-in freezer that would cost $15,000 to buy new. But Teipel says such an item likely will sell for between $1,500 and $3,000, which is just nickels and dimes on the dollar.
While most people don't have room for walk-in freezers or such items as display units or an 84-foot "chill merchandiser," Teipel said the likely buyers would be equipment rebuilders, who refurbish the machines and resell them to restaurants, hotels and other grocery stores quick payday loan. Local families are more likely to bid on the small items, such as file cabinets or folding ladders, he said.
The Star Market location at Maui Mall will become the home of Maui's first Whole Foods Market, which expects to open by early next year.