{"id":41913,"date":"2015-02-12T00:25:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=41913"},"modified":"2015-02-12T00:25:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T16:25:07","slug":"walmart-canada-plans-to-complete-29-supercentre-projects-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/12\/walmart-canada-plans-to-complete-29-supercentre-projects-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart Canada plans to complete 29 supercentre projects this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13822\" style=\"width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/799px-Walmart_store_exterior_5266815680.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13822\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/799px-Walmart_store_exterior_5266815680.jpg\" alt=\"Photo from Walmart Corporate \/ Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"799\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/799px-Walmart_store_exterior_5266815680.jpg 799w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/799px-Walmart_store_exterior_5266815680-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Walmart Corporate \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MISSISSAUGA, Ontario &#8212; Wal-Mart Canada says it plans to complete another 29 supercentre projects in the fiscal year beginning Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The retailer says the expansion is expected to generate about 3,700 construction jobs, 1,000 store jobs and 300 distribution centre jobs across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The new supercentres are in addition to the 11 Wal-Mart supercentres that opened across Canada in January.<\/p>\n<p>Wal-Mart Canada says the supercentre projects will cost about $230 million and include the remodelling and expansion of several stores to add full grocery departments.<\/p>\n<p>Another $75 million will be spent to add distribution centres and $35 million will be spent on e-commerce initiatives, raising the total capital outlay to about $340 million.<\/p>\n<p>Wal-Mart says the locations of specific store and distribution centre projects will be announced over the coming weeks and months as projects become finalized.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion will bring Wal-Mart Canada&#8217;s store count to 396 by the end of January, 2016, consisting of 309 supercentres and 87 discount stores.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our mission is to provide multiple access points for customers to save money,&#8221; said Wal-Mart Canada president and CEO Dirk Van den Berghe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will deliver on this commitment through a range of channels including our expanding network of supercentres, our accelerating e-commerce business, and our in-store pick up services.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MISSISSAUGA, Ontario &#8212; Wal-Mart Canada says it plans to complete another 29 supercentre projects in the fiscal year beginning Feb. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":13822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-news-ca","mauthors-the-canadian-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}