Almost 10 years after it opened, an “underperforming” Walmart Neighborhood Market in Backyard Grove will shut by late March.
The corporate made the announcement Tuesday, saying all 114 workers on the grocery retailer at 10912 Katella Ave. would have the chance to modify to jobs at different Walmart shops and markets.
“Our choice relies on a number of elements, together with historic and present monetary efficiency, and is in keeping with the brink that guides our technique to shut underperforming areas,” the corporate stated in a press release.
Walmart emphasised the choice to shut the shop, made after “a cautious and considerate evaluate course of,” had no bearing on retailer workers.
“We now have been, and can proceed to be, supportive of our retailer management and associates at our Backyard Grove retailer,” Walmart stated. “This choice is under no circumstances a mirrored image of their arduous work and customer support.”
The shop will start clearance gross sales within the coming weeks, promoting as a lot remaining merchandise as attainable.
“Remaining perishable objects could also be donated to native starvation aid organizations,” a consultant stated Tuesday.
The official time limit is March 25.
Walmart, which leases the property simply 2 miles from Disneyland, has two supercenters inside 3 miles, one on Euclid Avenue in Anaheim and one other on Chapman Avenue in Backyard Grove. The retailer additionally has a Neighborhood Market off Ball Street in Anaheim.
The Neighborhood Market idea, a smaller model of its behemoth cousin Walmart, was launched by the Arkansas-based retailer again in 1998. The primary shops in Orange County opened in 2012.
Walmart on the time stated the neighborhood format – about 70% smaller than a supercenter — was created for time-strapped customers in search of fast one-stop procuring and providers.
Together with perishables, Walmart Neighborhood Markets promote well being and wonder merchandise, stationery, paper items, bakery meals, canned items, condiments and spices, pet provides and family merchandise. The mini-Walmarts additionally supply drive-through pharmacies.