Ground to be broken on Super Wal-Mart in the near future

According to Wal-Mart Manager Adriann Williams, ground will be broken on the Wal-Mart Supercenter in the near future.

The project is scheduled to be completed in October, with the grand opening to be held soon after. Williams added that setup of the new store will begin in September. The current store will remain in operation through construction.

The current Winslow store is 65,930 square feet and sits on a little more than 8.6 acres, which the company bought in 1988.

The new store will be 158,067 square feet bigger, according to the proposal, which is more than double the existing store, but still smaller than most Supercenters.

Plans call for an auto center for oil and tire changes along with other light maintenance work, a garden center and full grocery area. Other services such as one-hour photo developing or a salon could be added later. More than 400 employees will run the Supercenter.

The first Wal-Mart Supercenter opened in Washington, Missouri, on March 1, 1988.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the world's largest retailer, with $244.5 billion in sales in the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2003. The company employs more than 1.3 million associates worldwide through more than 3,200 facilities in the United States and more than 1,100 units in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, China, Korea, Germany and the United Kingdom. More than 100 million customers per week visit Wal-Mart stores worldwide.

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