- New Walmart Neighborhood Market located at McQuaig Street and Highway 84
- Waycross Walmart creates about 95 new jobs
- Store open 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- Grand opening event Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7:30 a.m.
- Local Facebook page: www.facebook.com/walmart4527
WAYCROSS, Ga., Oct. 19, 2015 – The new Walmart Neighborhood Market in Waycross will open to the community Wednesday, Oct. 28, bringing a broad assortment of fresh, affordable groceries at Walmart’s everyday low prices. Customers will also enjoy the convenience of on-site services such as a full pharmacy and fuel station and a free store pickup service providing an easy way to shop millions of products on Walmart.com. The new store will employ up to 95 full- and part-time associates.
“We are proud to be a part of the Waycross community,” said store manager Kyle Ross. “We look forward to opening and providing area residents with Walmart’s everyday low prices. Our customers can count on us for everything they need for Halloween, game day and the upcoming holidays.”
Fresh, Affordable Produce, Meat and Groceries
The store offers fresh produce and meat, pantry staples and a full line
of groceries from leading brands.
In addition to organics and nutritious food choices, customers will also find a full-service deli and in-store bakery offering cakes, gourmet cupcakes, tarts, made to order take-and-bake pizzas and fresh baked breads.
Full
Service Pharmacy
The Neighborhood Market includes a pharmacy with a full range of
products, immunizations and services and Walmart pharmacists ready to assist customers
with product and prescription questions. Waycross residents can easily transfer
prescriptions and order refills on the go with the Walmart mobile app. A drive
thru pharmacy window makes prescription drop off and pick up quick and easy.
Millions
of Items with Seamless Digital and In-Store Shopping
The store is approximately 41,000 square feet and offers a wide assortment
of products to meet the needs of Waycross residents. Customers will find health
and beauty aids, pet products and cleaning supplies. Shopping is more convenient
than ever as Waycross residents can shop seven million items on Walmart.com,
many of which can be shipped for free to any Walmart store through Walmart
Pickup.
The Walmart mobile app for iPhone and Android makes shopping easier than ever. Customers can refill prescription medications, create shopping lists, search the location of items in their store, check weekly ads and prices, save eReceipts and shop Walmart.com through the app.
“The City of Waycross is happy to take this opportunity to welcome the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market to our community,” said Mayor Clarence E. Billups. “Under planning and construction since February of this year, the Neighborhood Market will open its doors in Waycross in late October. Our city along with many cities across the nation, recognize and appreciate the economic impact the Wal-Mart organization has upon communities and our city is no exception. Waycross is a vastly growing regional hub for transportation, commercial and industrial activities in addition to its many, many tourists and Southeast Georgia shoppers who will welcome this new business to our community! Thank you, Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, for your expansion in Waycross.”
Job Opportunities at Walmart
The store will employ up to 95
associates for full- and part-time positions within the store. Applicants interested in careers at Walmart can apply
at a store’s hiring kiosk or online at Walmartcareers.com. Ross began his Walmart career in 2007 as an
hourly associate at a store in Baxley.
At Walmart, more than 75 percent of store management teams started as hourly associates. In 2014, 160,000 associates were promoted, and 40 percent of those promotions went to associates within the first year of their employment. Earlier this year Walmart announced it would be making more than a $1B investment in higher wages and training and other enhancements for its associates.
Community Giving
The
grand-opening celebration includes presentations of $8,000 in grants from Walmart
and the Walmart Foundation to local community groups including the YMCA. The new store will also continue a commitment
by Walmart and the Walmart Foundation to fight hunger in Waycross and across
the U.S. Walmart and the Walmart Foundation recently exceeded a $2 billion goal
to fight hunger one year ahead of schedule and have donated more than 1.5
billion pounds of food to those in need across the country.
Two
Celebration Events: Grand Opening and A Big Family Welcome
Local associates will provide a special welcome to members of Waycross
at two public events. Store associates will host a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony
on grand opening day, October 28, at 7:30 a.m. The following Saturday, Oct. 31,
local residents are invited to A Big Family Welcome, which will give customers
a chance to meet Ross and enjoy fun family activities and free food samples
while supplies last. Join the celebration from noon to 3 p.m.
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, we serve nearly 260 million customers who visit our 11,532 stores under
65 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. With fiscal
year 2015 revenue of $486 billion, Walmart employs more than 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/walmart. Online merchandise sales are available at http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.
FACT SHEET
Waycross Walmart Neighborhood
Market
Store Facts
- Location: 1630 Plant Ave., Waycross, Ga.
- Size: Approximately 41,000 square feet
- Store manager: Kyle Ross
- Hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- Grand opening: Wednesday, Oct. 28, following a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:30 a.m.
Social
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/walmart4527
- #MyNewWalmart
Greater
Convenience and More Ways to Shop:
- Free store pickup program: Customers can shop millions of items on Walmart.com with free shipping to the local store. Many items are available for pickup the same day.
- Walmart Mobile App: Customer can refill prescription medications, create shopping lists, search the location of items within the store, check weekly ads and prices, save eReceipts and shop Walmart.com.
- Fuel station: Customers paying with Walmart gift card receive discount of 3 cents per gallon, etc.
- Financial services
- Bluebird: A product by American Express that provides an alternative to traditional checking and debit accounts
- Access to starter kits for Green Dot’s “GoBank” checking account services
- Money Transfers, Money Orders, and Express Bill Pay offered through MoneyGram
- Walmart Money Card offered through Green Dot
- Bill Payment offered through CheckFreePay
- Walmart2Walmart Money Transfers offered through RIA
- Gift Cards for use at any Walmart store or at Walmart.com.
For more
information
- Media contact: Lindsey Denton, Cookerly, 404-419-9232
- Walmart Media Relations, 800-331-0085
- Walmart information online: www.corporate.walmart.com; merchandise sales: www.walmart.com
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