- New
Walmart Neighborhood Market located at 215 California St.
- About
95 hired
- Store open 6 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week
WOODLAND,
Calif., Jan. 9, 2014
– Walmart will open a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Woodland on
Wednesday, Jan. 15 after a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:30 a.m.
The new store, approximately one-quarter the size of a Walmart
Supercenter, is located at 215 California St. in Shade Tree Plaza,
filling a former retail space, and is open from 6 a.m. to midnight,
seven days a week. The new store will provide local customers with a
new, convenient option for their grocery shopping needs, including
fresh produce and pharmacy services.
“As
a community, we welcome the Walmart Neighborhood Market to Woodland,"
said Woodland Mayor Skip Davies. "Walmart continues to offer
additional options for our residents with regards to both price and
convenience."
Smaller
Store, More Convenience
The
Walmart Neighborhood Market format offers quick and convenient
shopping, with a full grocery department including organic and
natural selections. The store features prepared food options,
fresh-baked breads, self-serve deli and a bakery.
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 includes presentations of $8,000 in grants
from Walmart to local community groups including Beamer Park School,
Freeman School, Woodland High School, the American Red Cross and
Cache Creek Lodge.
In
addition to the grants, 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 California donated approximately 10.2 million
pounds of food in fiscal year 2013, or the equivalent of 8.5 million
meals. Additionally, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation gave more
than $26.3 million in fiscal year 2013 in California 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 about 95 full- and part-time associates. The first
Walmart Neighborhood Market opened in 1998 and today there are
approximately 300 Walmart Neighborhood Market stores nationwide.
The
new Walmart Neighborhood Market offers a convenient grocery and
pharmacy choice for customers who live and work in Northwest
Woodland. The new store also brings the number of Woodland Walmart
associates to about 400 across the retailer’s three area stores.
Store
manager Carolina Pratt began her Walmart career in 1998 as a
temporary associate in Yuba City.
“I
am looking forward to showing the residents of Woodland our new store
and all it has to offer shoppers who are looking for convenience,”
Pratt said. “We would like to invite the community to join us on
Wednesday for the grand opening celebration to shop and enjoy the
many vendors and giveaways that will be taking place throughout the
day.”
A
Big Family Welcome
Walmart
is happy to be part of the Woodland community and is ready to also
celebrate with residents Saturday, Jan. 18. A Big Family Welcome will
give customers a chance to meet Pratt and enjoy fun family activities
such as face painting and free food samples while supplies last. Join
the celebration from noon to 3 p.m. at the store.
Join
the Conversation
Walmart
invites Woodland 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/walmart4127.
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.