Florida: Walmart Plans Estimated $200 Million in New Store Construction, Improvements and Innovations in 2018
April 12 2018 - 8:07AM
Business Wire
Retailer Expanding Shopping Options and
Empowering Customers in Florida
Walmart today announced it expects to spend an estimated $200
million over the next year in Florida through the opening and
remodeling of 43 stores as well as the rollout of several in-store
and online innovations designed to help busy customers save time
and money. The spend is part of Walmart’s total capital
expenditures guidance of approximately $11.0 billion for Fiscal
Year 2019, which was outlined last October at the company’s annual
meeting for the investment community and reiterated in February
2018.
Walmart recently reported strong comp sales growth of 2.1% for
the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2018, indicating customers are
responding well to the company’s business strategy. The plan is to
continue improving stores and accelerating innovation during the
coming year to make shopping faster and easier for customers in
Florida.
“Making every day easier for busy families is at the forefront
of everything we’re doing as a company,” said Elise Vasquez-Warner,
a vice president and regional general manager for Walmart in
Florida. “Customers have told us they want the convenience of
shopping how, when and where they want. And, here in Florida, we’ll
achieve that by building off the momentum we had last year,
accelerating the rollout of customer-centered innovations, creating
more than 1,000 jobs this year alone, and maintaining a sharp focus
on improving our store experience.”
2018 Walmart New Store Construction and
Remodels in Florida
Walmart plans to build and remodel stores in the following
locations:
Grand Openings (see addendum below for complete list of
stores)*
- Central Florida (1)
- Jacksonville (2)
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale (3)
*Walmart will also open a new Distribution Center in the City of
Cocoa later this year.
Remodels (see addendum below for complete list of
stores)
- Central Florida (12)
- Jacksonville (3)
- Panhandle (1)
- Southwest Florida (1)
- Tampa Bay (12)
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale (4)
- West Palm Beach (4)
“Walmart’s continued investment in communities across Florida
plays a key role in job creation and economic development. By
building on their innovation plans, Walmart’s commitment to
strengthening their footprint in Florida is to be commended,” said
Mark Wilson, President and CEO of the Florida Chamber of
Commerce.
2018 Walmart In-store and Online Innovations in
Florida
Walmart continues to innovate how it serves customers, helping
them save time and money by creating a seamless shopping experience
that empowers customers to shop when, where and how they want.
In addition to continuing to test new technologies that
transform how customers shop, Walmart plans to expand several
innovative services that deliver greater convenience and faster
services, including:
(1) Online Grocery Pickup
- Florida customers can order Walmart
groceries online and pick them up without ever having to unbuckle
their seatbelts. The service is free and prices through Walmart
Online Grocery are the same as in-store.
- Walmart currently offers Grocery Pickup
at more than 100 Florida locations and plans to roll-out
approximately 80 new Grocery Pickup locations at area stores in the
coming year.
- Walmart Online Grocery Pickup—How it
works.
(2) Mobile Express Scan & Go
- Walmart offers Mobile Express Scan
& Go in select markets which allows customers to scan items
with their mobile devices while shopping in store, pay instantly
and skip the checkout line. Customers can download the Walmart Scan
& Go app from iTunes or the Google Play store.
- Mobile Express Scan & Go is
currently offered at all 49 Florida Sam’s Clubs and was recently
launched at more than 10 Florida Walmart stores. Walmart will
continue evaluating opportunities to expand the service to more
local customers in the coming year.
- Walmart Mobile Express Scan & Go
video here: https://youtu.be/NHzfhDDRgME
(3) Walmart Pickup Towers
- Much like a high-tech vending machine,
the Walmart Pickup Tower allows customers to pick up their online
orders in less than a minute by scanning a bar code sent to their
smartphone. To use the tower, customers simply choose from millions
of items available on Walmart.com and select the Pickup option at
checkout.
- Pickup Tower service is currently
available at more than 15 Florida Walmart stores. Walmart will
continue evaluating opportunities to expand the Pickup Tower
service to Florida customers in the coming year.
- Walmart Pickup Tower video here:
https://youtu.be/X4c951tg9TM
About Walmart
Walmart 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, over 270
million customers and members visit our more than 11,700 stores
under 65 banners in 28 countries and eCommerce websites. With
fiscal year 2018 revenue of $500.3 billion, Walmart employs
approximately 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.
Florida 2018 Grand
Openings
- Apopka Walmart Neighborhood Market
- Jacksonville Walmart Neighborhood
Market
- Jacksonville Walmart Supercenter
- Miami (Coral Way West) Walmart
Neighborhood Market
- Naranja Walmart Neighborhood
Market
- Pompano Walmart Neighborhood
Market
Florida 2018 Remodels
- Central Florida
- Altamonte Springs Discount Store, 200
S. State Road 434
- Apopka Walmart Supercenter, 1700 S.
Orange Blossom Trail
- Clermont Walmart Supercenter, 1450
Johns Lake Road
- Kissimmee Walmart Neighborhood Market,
3183 W. Vine St.
- Ocala Walmart Supercenter, 9570 S.W.
Highway 200
- Ocala Walmart Supercenter, 2600 S.W.
19th Avenue Road
- Ocala Walmart Supercenter, 4980 E.
Silver Springs Blvd.
- Orlando Walmart Neighborhood Market,
12550 S. Orange Blossom Trail
- Orlando Walmart Neighborhood Market,
201 S. Chickasaw Trail
- Orlando Walmart Neighborhood Market,
2271 N. Semoran Blvd.
- Oviedo Walmart Supercenter, 5511 Deep
Lake Road
- Summerfield Walmart Supercenter, 17961
S. U.S. Highway 441
- Jacksonville
- Jacksonville Walmart Supercenter, 8808
Beach Blvd.
- Jacksonville Walmart Supercenter, 10991
San Jose Blvd., Suite 1
- Jacksonville Walmart Supercenter, 9890
Hutchinson Park Drive
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale
- Coconut Creek Walmart Supercenter, 5571
W. Hillsboro Blvd.
- Doral Walmart Supercenter, 8651 N.W.
13th Terrace
- Hialeah Gardens Walmart Neighborhood
Market, 11800 Hialeah Gardens Blvd.
- Miami Walmart Supercenter, 8400 Coral
Way
- Panhandle
- Lynn Haven Walmart Supercenter, 2101 S.
Highway 77
- Southwest Florida
- Naples Walmart Supercenter, 5420 Juliet
Blvd.
- Tampa Bay
- Clearwater Walmart Neighborhood Market,
2171 Gulf to Bay Blvd., Building 10
- Gibsonton Walmart Supercenter, 9205
Gibsonton Drive
- Haines City Walmart Supercenter, 36205
U.S. Highway 27
- Pinellas Park Walmart Supercenter, 8001
U.S. Highway 19 N.
- Port Richey Walmart Supercenter, 8701
U.S. Highway 19
- Sarasota Walmart Supercenter, 4381
Cattlemen Road
- Sebring Walmart Supercenter, 3525 U.S.
Highway 27 N.
- Spring Hill Walmart Supercenter, 1485
Commercial Way
- Tampa Walmart Discount Store, 7011 W.
Waters Ave.
- Tampa Walmart Neighborhood Market, 6216
Elliot Drive
- Tampa Walmart Supercenter, 4302 W.
Gandy Blvd.
- Tampa Walmart Supercenter, 19910 Bruce
B. Downs Blvd.
- West Palm Beach
- Boynton Beach Walmart Supercenter, 3200
Old Boynton Road
- Lake Park Walmart Supercenter, 101 N.
Congress Ave.
- Port St. Lucie Walmart Supercenter,
10855 S. U.S. Highway 1
- Stuart Walmart Supercenter, 4001 S.E.
Federal Highway
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