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Wal-Mart plans to open its first Hispanic-focused supermarkets this summer in Arizona and Texas as the largest US retailer continues its drive to expand its dominance of the US grocery business.
The pilot stores, named Supermercado de Walmart, will open in Phoenix and Houston in remodelled 39,000 sq ft locations occupied previously by two of Wal-Mart’s Neighborhood Market stores.
The retailer said that the stores were in “strongly Hispanic neighbourhoods” and would feature a “new lay-out, signing and product assortment designed to make them even more relevant to local Hispanic customers”. The staff will also be bilingual.
Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club warehouse store also plans to open a 143,000 sq ft Hispanic-focused store called Más Club in Houston this year.
Several leading regional US supermarket chains already operate Hispanic store brands, including Publix in Florida, which operates three Publix Sabor markets, and HEB in Texas, which opened a Mi Tienda store in Houston in 2006.
The markets include elements such as cafés serving Latino pastries and coffee, and full service meat and fish counters.
Originally posted by jam321
and what is wrong with an ethnic store? The only ones making this an issue of illegals are you guys.
Why don't you google and see how many Mexican Americans live in those communities?
I think it is good that there are stores finally realizing that the Hispanic market has its own taste and are catering to them.
Smart business decision on Wal-mart behalf.
.see how fast a white group opening up their own store, gets shot down before it even opens and be declared racist.
I hate tripping over stuff that 6 year old Spanish children just leave laying around.
90 percent of the stuff walmart sells is not even made in the US. With added stores, specific to an ethnic group or not, is not helping local economies.
Originally posted by jam321
reply to post by RFBurns
90 percent of the stuff walmart sells is not even made in the US. With added stores, specific to an ethnic group or not, is not helping local economies.
How is it not helping communities? Does Wal-Mart not collect taxes off their sales?
Originally posted by jam321
Buying products to fill their store is a total separate issue and something that many major business across our nation are doing.
Originally posted by jam321
Now if WalMart denies any race entry into those stores, then I could see this as being a big problem.