New Walmart provides approximately 300 jobs, plus savings on wide selection of merchandise
- New
store located at 3450 Glassford Hill Road
- Prescott
Valley Walmart creates approximately 300 new jobs
- Store
open 24 hours a day, seven days a week
PRESCOTT
VALLEY, Ariz., Jan. 10, 2014
– A new Walmart will open Wednesday, Jan. 15, after a brief
ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:30 a.m. The new store at 3450 Glassford
Hill Road is conveniently located at Glassford Hill Road and
Lakeshore Drive and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It
will provide Prescott Valley residents with one-stop shopping
convenience for their grocery and general merchandise needs. The
store also offers pharmacy services.
“As
a business organization invested in the economic prosperity of our
community we are excited to have Walmart open a store in Prescott
Valley,” said Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce President and CEO
Marnie Uhl. “In addition to the new retail offerings, the jobs
being created and the overall economic impact, Walmart has proven to
be a community supporter. We look forward to their presence in
Prescott Valley and to the other retail and businesses that will open
in the center creating a new retail hub that will complement the
existing retail centers in our community.”
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
At
a reception the evening before the grand opening for the community as
well as associates and their families, the store will present $8,000
in grants from Walmart and the Walmart Foundation to local community
groups. Grant recipients include CASA Senior Center, Humboldt Unified
School District, New Horizons Disability Empowerment Center, Project
Friday and Stepping Stones Agencies.
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 Arizona
donated approximately 10.3 million pounds of food, in fiscal year
2013, or the equivalent of 8.6 million meals. Additionally, Walmart
and the Walmart Foundation gave more than $20.5 million in fiscal
year 2013 in Arizona alone. For more information on Walmart’s
fight against hunger, visit
http://foundation.walmart.com/our-focus/hunger.
The new store employs approximately 300 full- and part-time associates. Store manager Kevin Ray began his Walmart career in 1994 as an hourly seasonal associate.
“I am looking forward to showing the residents of Prescott Valley the new store and all it has to offer our shoppers,” Ray said. “We would like to invite the community to join us Wednesday, Jan. 15, for the grand-opening celebration and throughout the week to shop and enjoy the many vendors and giveaways taking place.”A Big Family Welcome
Walmart is happy to be part of the Prescott Valley community and is ready to celebrate with residents on Saturday, Jan. 18. A Big Family Welcome will give customers a chance to meet Ray 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 ConversationWalmart invites Prescott Valley 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/walmart3730. Fans of the local page can receive information about rollbacks, in-store events, meal solutions and more.
About WalmartWal-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.