Walmart Neighborhood Market Brings New Jobs and Fresh Groceries to Myrtle Beach

New store offers convenient in-store and digital shopping at Walmart prices; Opens May 27

  • New Walmart Neighborhood Market located at 3650 Walton Drive
  • Myrtle Beach Walmart creates about 95 new jobs
  • Store open 24 hours a day, seven days a week
  • Grand opening event Friday May 27, 7:30 a.m.
  • Local Facebook page: www.facebook.com/walmart5923

 

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., May 20, 2016 – The new Walmart Neighborhood Market in Myrtle Beach will open to the community Friday, May 27, 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 Myrtle Beach community,” said store manager Jackie Thompson. “We look forward to opening for the area’s busy Memorial Day weekend and providing both our neighbors and visitors with Walmart’s everyday low prices.”

 

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 custom cakes 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. Myrtle Beach 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 46,000 square feet and offers a wide assortment of products to meet the needs of Myrtle Beach residents. Customers will find health and beauty aids, pet products and cleaning supplies. Shopping is more convenient than ever as Myrtle Beach 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.

 

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. Store manager Jackie Thompson began his Walmart career in 1986 as an hourly associate at a store in Sumter.

 

Starting in 2015, Walmart began making a $2.7 billion investment over a two year period in higher wages, more scheduling choices and further training for its associates. As part of increased wages across the company, the average full time hourly associate now makes $13.53 an hour in South Carolina. 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. The new investment is designed to help make Walmart not only a better place to shop but a better place to work.

Community Giving

The grand-opening celebration includes presentation of $8,000 in grants from the Walmart Foundation to local community groups including Grand Strand Miracle League, Red Cross, Help 4 Kids (Backpack Buddies), Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, and St. James High School Band Boosters.  The new store will also continue a commitment by Walmart and the Walmart Foundation to fight hunger in Myrtle Beach 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 the Myrtle Beach community at two public events. Store associates will host a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony on grand opening day, May 27, at 7:30 a.m. The following Saturday, May 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, May 29, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., local residents are invited to A Big Family Welcome celebration. This will give customers a chance to meet Thompson and enjoy fun family activities and free food samples while supplies last.

 

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, nearly 260 million customers and members visit our 11,535 stores under 72 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. With fiscal year 2016 revenue of $482.1 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.

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FACT SHEET

Myrtle Beach Walmart Neighborhood Market

 

Store Facts

  • Location: 3650 Walton Drive, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
  • Size: Approximately 46,000 square feet
  • Store manager: Jackie Thompson
  • Hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week
  • Grand opening: Friday, May 27, following a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:30 a.m.

 

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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 stations: 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.

 

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