Walmart Announces Plans for Bentonville Store
by February 25, 2013 2:27 pm 123 views
Construction on a new Walmart Neighborhood Market in Bentonville will begin this spring, and the store is expected to open in the fall.
That announcement was made Monday by Bentonville mayor Bob McCaslin and Brian Hooper, Walmart vice president of real estate. The store will be about 40,000 SF, located at the northwest corner of I Street and Highway 12, and result in about 65 new jobs.
“Walmart is enthusiastic about this opportunity in a community where thousands of our associates live and work,” Hooper said in a prepared statement. “We are thankful for the vision of mayor McCaslin and the Bentonville City Council, and their help in welcoming a new store, so everyone can save money and live better.”
The store will include energy-efficient technology and environmentally friendly features to reduce energy and water consumption and minimize waste. Features often include LED lighting used in exterior signage and refrigeration cases, an energy management system for adjusting energy usage and one of the industry’s most efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning units available.
According to a news release, Walmart employs more than 48,000 people at its 103 Arkansas locations and the average wage for regular, full-time hourly associates in Arkansas is $12.05 per hour. The release also said Walmart spent more than $20.4 billion for merchandise and services with suppliers in Arkansas during its 2012 fiscal year.
As a result of those relationships, the company supports an additional 78,410 supplier jobs in the state. The release cited Dun & Bradstreet as its source for the supplier data.