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New store located at
1301 N. Victory Place in the Burbank Empire Center
- Burbank Walmart creates approximately 300 jobs
- Store open 7 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week
- Grand opening event Wednesday, June 22, 7:30 a.m.
- Local Facebook page: www.facebook.com/walmart5686
BURBANK, Calif., June 22, 2016 – A new Walmart Supercenter in Burbank will
open Wednesday, June 22, bringing a broad assortment of fresh groceries and
general merchandise at everyday low prices. Customers will also enjoy convenient
on-site services such as a full pharmacy and a free store pickup service providing an easy
way to shop millions of products on Walmart.com, with many items available for
pickup the same day. The new
store will employ approximately 300 full- and part-time associates.
“We’ve all worked so hard to become a part of the Burbank community this
summer season,” said Panthi Patel, store manager. “Our store is here to provide
everything you need for all kinds of summer activities, whether it’s a day at
the pool, at the park or simply an outdoor cookout.”
Fresh, Affordable Produce, Meat and Groceries
The Burbank Supercenter is a full grocery store with fresh produce, meat,
pantry staples and more at Walmart’s everyday low prices. 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 Offers Health and Wellness Services
The pharmacy offers a full range of products and services, including
prescription and over-the-counter medications, health monitors and more.
Pharmacists can administer most commonly requested immunizations, including flu
shots. Burbank residents can easily transfer prescriptions and order refills on
the go with the Walmart
mobile app.
Millions
of Items with Easy Digital and In-Store Shopping
The store is approximately 143,000 square feet and stocked with quality electronics,
furniture, automotive, sporting goods, home improvement, apparel, toys and more
from top brands at Walmart’s everyday low prices. Like all Walmart stores, the Burbank
store will feature Walmart Pickup, free store pickup service offering free shipping from Walmart.com on
eligible items. Many items are available for pickup the same day.
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.
(Editor’s
Note: Please see attached fact sheet for more information about additional
services available at this store.)
Job Opportunities at Walmart
The store will employ approximately
300 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, Panthi Patel began his Walmart career
in 2012 as a co-manager in Santa Clarita.
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 $13.69 an hour in California. 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
presentations of $7,500 in grants from Walmart to local community groups including Boys & Girls Club
of Burbank & Greater East Valley, Burbank Police Foundation and Burbank
Community YMCA. The new store will also continue a commitment by Walmart and
the Walmart Foundation to fight hunger in Burbank 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 Burbank at
two public events. Store associates will host a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony
on grand opening day, June 22, at 7:30 a.m. The following Saturday, June 25,
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, June 26, 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 Patel 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 11,527 stores under 63 banners in 28 countries
and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. With fiscal
year 2016 revenue of $482 billion, Walmart employs more than 2.3 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
Burbank Walmart
Store Facts
- Location: 1301 N. Victory Place, Burbank,
Calif.
- Size: Approximately 143,000 square feet
- Store manager: Panthi Patel
- Hours:
7 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week
- Grand
opening: Wednesday, June 22, following a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:30
a.m.
Social
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/walmart1234
- #MyNewWalmart
Greater
Convenience and More Ways to Shop:
- Free store pickup program: Customers can shop millions of products on Walmart.com and have them shipped to the store for free
- 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.
- 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
- Walmart2Walmart Money
Transfers offered through RIA
- Bill Payment offered
through “CheckFreePay”
- Gift Cards for use at any
Walmart store or at Walmart.com.
For more
information
- Media contact: Chuck Sifuentes, Milagro Strategy Group, 626-283-8081
- Walmart Media Relations, 800-331-0085
- Walmart information online: www.corporate.walmart.com; merchandise sales: www.walmart.com