The world’s biggest retailer is growing in the Chattanooga market by getting smaller — at least with its newest stores.
Wal-Mart opened its first area Neighborhood Market grocery store in Fort Oglethorpe on Wednesday — the first of a half dozen such stores now under development in the Chattanooga region.
“This is a great day for Wal-Mart and our customers,” Casey Robertson, store manager for the Fort Oglethorpe Neighborhood Market, told cheering employees and customers before cutting the ribbon to open the 41,000-square-foot store Wednesday morning. “This gives customers convenience and affordability in a smaller store format.”
The Walmart Neighborhood Market opens in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.Family celebration
Wal-Mart has scheduled a “Big Family Welcome” from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the new Fort Oglethorpe store with family activities such as face painting, cupcake decorating and free food samples while supplies last.
The new store will operate 24 hours, seven days a week and employs 86 workers.