Groceries, fresh produce now at expanded Walmart

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Walmart opened its new 40,000 square foot grocery and fresh produce wing on May 8. The store, which will now be open 24 hours per day, also features a pharmacy and offers customers a variety of merchandise, including apparel, electronics, toys, sporting goods, and lawn and garden items.
Walmart opened its new 40,000 square foot grocery and fresh produce wing
on May 8. The store, which will now be open 24 hours per day, also features a
pharmacy and offers customers a variety of merchandise, including apparel,
electronics, toys, sporting goods, and lawn and garden items.

 

Eighty new jobs have been created by an expanded Walmart, 150 Harrison Ave., Kearny, which held a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 8.

The enlarged store, which adds about 40,000 square feet to the existing store, will provide Kearny residents with one-stop shopping convenience for their grocery and general merchandise needs, and is open 24 hours a day. The store also offers pharmacy services.

New departments include fresh and full grocery.

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 offer health and wellness solutions.

The store now employs approximately 300 full- and part-time associates, including the new positions created by the expansion. Store manager Tim Peterson began his Walmart career in 1997 as a sporting goods associate.

Walmart invites Kearny shoppers to share their instore experience on Facebook and Twitter. Visit the My Local Walmart Facebook page at http://www.facebook. com/walmart5447. Fans of the local page can receive information about rollbacks, in-store events, meal solutions and more.

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