- New
store located at U.S. Highway 19 and Roosevelt Boulevard
- Largo
Walmart creates approximately 300 new jobs
- Store
open 24 hours a day, seven days a week
LARGO,
Fla., Jan. 6, 2014
– A new Walmart will open Wednesday, Jan. 15, after a brief
ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:30 a.m. The new store at 2677 Roosevelt
Blvd. is conveniently located near the intersection of U.S. Highway
19 and Roosevelt Boulevard and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. It will provide Largo residents with one-stop shopping
convenience for their grocery and general merchandise needs. The
store also offers pharmacy services.
"We
are pleased that Walmart has remained committed, both now and through
the recession, to invest in our community,” said Largo Mayor
Patricia Gerard. “We anticipate the new store will help grow and
revitalize the Roosevelt and U.S. 19 corridor, and we look forward to
its grand opening."
One-Stop
Shopping Convenience
The
store features quality, value-priced general merchandise, including
apparel, electronics, toys, sporting goods, and lawn and garden
items. It also offers a full line of groceries, including organic and
natural selections in addition to local favorites.
The
pharmacy offers a full range of products and services. Pharmacy team
members can answer product and prescription questions and customers
can ask about health and wellness solutions.
Community
Giving
The
grand-opening celebration also includes presentations of $8,000 in
grants from Walmart to local community groups, including Clothes to
Kids, Eckerd Community Alternatives, Fraternal Order of
Police—Pinellas Lodge 43, Frontier Elementary, Central Pinellas
Chamber of Commerce, Lighthouse of Pinellas, WorkNet Pinellas and the
City of Largo Police Department.
In
addition to the grants given as part of the grand opening, the new
store will further Walmart’s pledge to fight hunger in America. As
part of Walmart’s and the Walmart Foundation’s $2 billion
commitment to fight hunger through 2015, Walmart stores in Florida
donated approximately 26.8 million pounds of food, in fiscal year
2013, or the equivalent of 22.3 million meals. Additionally, Walmart
and the Walmart Foundation gave more than $53.6 million in fiscal
year 2013 in Florida alone. For more information on Walmart’s
fight against hunger, visit
http://foundation.walmart.com/our-focus/hunger.
New
Store, New Jobs
The
new store employs approximately 300 full- and part-time associates.
Store manager Ron Freitas began his Walmart career in 1998 as an
assistant manager at a store in Sarasota.
”We’re
excited to bring this new store with good jobs, great prices and
one-stop shopping convenience to Largo,” said Freitas. “We hope
everyone will stop by on grand-opening day to see the new store and
take advantage of vendor promotions and giveaways.”
A
Big Family Welcome
Walmart
is happy to be part of the Largo community and is ready to celebrate
with residents on Saturday, Jan. 18. A Big Family Welcome will give
customers a chance to meet Freitas and enjoy fun family activities
such as face painting, cupcake decorating and free food samples while
supplies last. Join the celebration from noon to 3 p.m.
Join
the Conversation
Walmart
invites Largo shoppers to share their in-store experience on Facebook
and
Twitter by using #MyNewWalmart.
Visit the My Local Walmart Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/walmart3372.
Fans of the local page can receive information about rollbacks,
in-store events, meal solutions and more.
About
Walmart
Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and
live better – anytime and anywhere – in retail stores, online,
and through their mobile devices. Each week, more than 245 million
customers and members visit our more than 10,800 stores under 69
banners in 27 countries and e-commerce websites in 10 countries. With
fiscal year 2013 sales of approximately $466 billion, Walmart employs
more than 2.2 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a
leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment
opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be found by
visiting
http://corporate.walmart.com,
on Facebook
at http://facebook.com/walmart and
on Twitter at http://twitter.com/walmartnewsroom.
Online merchandise sales are available
at http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.