Walmart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., doing business as Walmart /ˈwɔːlmɑːrt/, is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. As of December 31, 2015, Walmart has over 11,000 stores in 27 countries, under a total of 72 banners. The company operates under the Walmart name in the United States and Canada. It operates as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico, as Asda in the United Kingdom, as Seiyu in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. It also owns and operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses.

Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2014, as well as the biggest private employer in the world with 2.2 million employees. Walmart is a family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family. Sam Walton's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises, and through their individual holdings. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies by market value, and is also the largest grocery retailer in the U.S. In 2015, it generated 59.8 percent of its US$288 billion sales in the U.S. from its grocery business.

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Titusville driver booked on DUI charges in deadly crash

Florida Today 30 Mar 2025
The victim was struck while returning to work at a Walmart Supercenter on Columbia Boulevard.The suspect remained at the scene and cooperated with police.The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Springfield restaurant covered buckets of chicken with 'dirty plastic tarp': Inspection

Springfield News-Leader 28 Mar 2025
Asian Hut, 1500 E. Sunshine St., was using a "dirty plastic tarp" to cover buckets of chicken, which is a priority violation ... The restaurant will not need a re-inspection ... Walmart No ... Walmart Supercenter No ... Walmart Supercenter No ... Walmart Supercenter No.

Target joins Sam's Club, Walmart approvals in Lebanon. Millions in sales tax, jobs planned

The Tennessean 27 Mar 2025
Sam’s Club and Walmart both had site plans approved last year ... Walmart ... It will be the city's second Walmart ... A typical Walmart supercenter store generally employs around 300 workers, according to a company spokesperson.

Ector County Health Department confirms 2 new positive cases of measles in Ector County residents

Odessa American 27 Mar 2025
Potential Exposed Locations 3/21/2025 Dollar General 3551 Faudree Rd., Odessa (Evening) 3/17/2025, 3/18/2025, 3/22/2025 Walmart Supercenter 4210 John Ben Shepperd Pkwy., Odessa 3/22/2025 Sam’s Club 4230 John Ben Shepperd Pkwy., Odessa (12 p.m ... ....

Two hospitalized in west Las Vegas stabbing

Las Vegas Review-Journal 26 Mar 2025
A Walmart Supercenter is in that block of West Charleston. A suspect was taken into custody, according to Metro ... .

Family-owned business brings rolled ice cream and Colombian coffee to Pueblo Walmart

The Pueblo Chieftain 24 Mar 2025
Puebloans may not have heard of Cream N Bean yet, but the owner of the new ice cream and coffee shop inside Pueblo's Dillon Drive Walmart hopes to expand to many other Walmart Supercenters, starting with the one in Pueblo West.

Landing a data center is worth the environmental tradeoffs, Illinois towns say

Chicago Tribune 23 Mar 2025
It would need 3 million gallons of water a day ... (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) ... Soon, that view could be obstructed by two columns of four one-story gray and windowless buildings, each with a footprint about the size of a Walmart Supercenter ... 15.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Baltimore County residents sue Middle River Depot developers over environmental concerns

Baltimore Sun 22 Mar 2025
A 205,000-square-foot Walmart ... Proposals for the space have included office buildings, a sports complex called “Aviation Station” and a Walmart Supercenter, which was opposed by local residents in 2017.

Woman arrested for bomb threat at Sun Prairie Walmart

Madison 21 Mar 2025
A woman was arrested Thursday for a bomb threat at the Sun Prairie Walmart Supercenter, 1905 McCoy Road, on Monday, Sun Prairie police reported ... Walmart employees then began to evacuate the store ... People are also reading… ... Here's why. .

Should Lebanon help fund road upgrades for future Walmart on Highway 109? Questions raised

The Tennessean 20 Mar 2025
The preliminary site plan to build the future Walmart Supercenter and fuel station at the northeast corner of State Route 109 and Wilson Farms Boulevard was approved Aug ... Existing Walmart to be renovated.

Bygones: Some Girl Scout cookies contained glass in 1975

Duluth News Tribune 20 Mar 2025
News-Tribune, March 20, 1925 ... An investigation will be made at drugstores in an effort to learn who had recently purchased arsenic. News-Tribune, March 20, 1955 ... The proposed Walmart supercenter in Hermantown is eight permits away from moving dirt ... .

Provo Planning Commission approves Walmart project plan

Provo Daily Herald 18 Mar 2025
A project plan to build a Walmart Supercenter in Provo received a thumbs up from the Provo Planning Commission last week ... “I think this is the place you’d want a Walmart if we were to have one in our city.

Health officials warn of measles exposure at multiple Oklahoma businesses

Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise 18 Mar 2025
RFK comments on first death in a decade due to measles outbreak. A school-aged child, who was not vaccinated, died in Texas from measles. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said it's "not unusual." ... 12405 E. 96th St ... and 7 p.m.​Walmart Supercenter ... N.

Walmart to debut in DFW boomtown of Celina

Business Journal 16 Mar 2025
The project will be anchored by the region's first Walmart ...

Did you purchase a Badger 5 ticket last week in Plover? You may have won $21,000.

Stevens Point Journal 14 Mar 2025
According to Wisconsin Lottery, the winning ticket was purchased at the Walmart Supercenter at 250 Crossroads Drive in Plover. The ticket was for the March 8 drawing.
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