Miles City Wal-Mart Supercenter Celebrates Grand Opening With $10,000 Grant to Support Local Building Project
Ceremony to be held Wednesday, Oct. 25; store features to benefit customers, including expanded groceries, hair salon and vision center
MILES CITY, Mont., Oct. 18, 2006 – The new Wal-Mart Supercenter in Miles City will celebrate its grand opening on Wednesday, Oct. 25, with a focus on serving its community and customers, and announcing an initial $20,095 in donations to local organizations, including a $10,000 grant to benefit a local building project. The store will hold its grand opening ceremony at 7:30 a.m., with doors opening to the public at 8 a.m. The Supercenter is located at 3205 Stower St.
A Focus on Community
As a part of the more than $20,000 in donations to be given over the week to local organizations, the Wal-Mart store will give a special $10,000 grant to the Miles City Housing Authority. Each Wal-Mart store has the opportunity for many organizations to receive grants upon opening day and throughout the year through Wal-Mart’s Good Works community involvement program. The store is providing an additional amount of support toward the building project above its customary grand opening donation budget.
“We are pleased to help support this important project which will provide housing and green space for the Miles City community,” said Store Manager Barbara Moore.
Editor’s Note: The store will give away an additional $10,095 to organizations in the Miles City area
Miles City organizations can contact their local Wal-Mart stores to inquire about grants, matching grants and opportunities to raise dollars outside store locations throughout the year.
In 2005, Wal-Mart Stores and Sam’s Club gave $646,233 in cash and in-kind donations to local causes and organizations in the communities they serve in the state of Montana. Through additional funds raised through stores and Clubs throughout the state, Wal-Mart contributed and raised a grand total of $831,469 as a result of its presence in Montana.
Grand Opening Ceremony Details
The store welcomes the community to attend its celebration at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 25. Representatives from the local Veterans of Foreign Wars will present the colors at the grand opening ceremony. The Custer County District High School Choraleers will perform the national anthem and Moore will cut the ribbon to officially open the new Supercenter.
Other activities planned include character appearances by the Keebler Elf, Tony the Tiger, Chester Cheetah, Rudolph the Reindeer, Smokey the Bear and local character Billy Bloedorn. Numerous product samples and giveaways will be distributed throughout the day.
Store Features
According to Moore, the new 159,185-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter features 36 general merchandise departments including apparel and accessories, fine jewelry, a lawn and garden center, health and beauty aids, and a full line of electronics. In addition, the store offers a bakery, a delicatessen, a frozen food section and meat, dairy and fresh produce sections. It will be open to customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will include 12 full-service and six express check-out lanes.
Other store features include a Tire & Lube Express, a family fun center, a one-hour photo lab, a vision center, a pharmacy, a SmartStyle Family Hair Salon, beer and wine sales and a Wal-Mart Connect Center for wireless phone sales.
Just in time for the holiday and Christmas seasons, the new store will open with Wal-Mart’s “Toyland,” featuring the hottest toys at the coolest prices. Customers will be able to fill any child’s wish list with everything from classic favorites such as Baby Alive, digital and electronic toys, board games to plush toy characters that come to life.
85 New Jobs Planned
The store plans to employ approximately 260 associates, most of which will be full-time. The national average wage at Wal-Mart for full-time hourly associates is approximately $10.11 per hour.* Wal-Mart has created more than 240,000 new jobs over the past three years in the United States.
Wal-Mart Economic Impact in Montana
EDITOR’S NOTE: See www.walmartfacts.com for more information about Wal-Mart in Montana.
As of September 2006, Wal-Mart employed 4,387 associates and owned and operated the following facilities in the state of Montana:
- Supercenters: 7
- Discount Stores: 4
- Sam’s Clubs: 1
In the fiscal year ending 2006, Wal-Mart paid more than $5 million in state and local taxes in the state of Montana.
About Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT)
Every week, more than 176 million customers visit Wal-Mart stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, Sam’s Clubs or a subsidiary location in 15 countries around the world. In each of the countries where Wal-Mart operates, the company and its Foundation are committed to a philosophy of operating globally and giving back locally. Wal-Mart is proud to support the causes that are important to customers and associates right in their own neighborhoods, and last year gave more than $270 million to these local communities. To learn more, visit www.walmartfacts.com, www.walmart.com or www.walmartfoundation.org.
EDITOR’S NOTES
- Wal-Mart store employees are called associates.
- Barbara Moore, store manager, can provide details about the grand opening, offer quotes for interviews and arrange for photo opportunities or preview tours. She can be contacted at 406-232-0022.
* Average wage taken yearly (December 2005). See www.walmartfacts.com for more details.
FACT SHEET
Miles City Wal-Mart Supercenter
Store fast facts
- Location: 3205 Stower St.
- 159,185-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter
- Store opening 8 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 25; 7:30 a.m. grand opening ceremony
- Store manager: Barbara Moore
Charitable giving
The store will provide more than $20,000 in donations, with $10,000 toward the Miles City Housing Authority. Additional charitable contributions will be provided to several area organizations including:
- City of Miles City Public Library
- Custer County Art and Heritage Center
- Custer County Food Bank
- Miles City Area Economic Development Council
- Miles Community College
- Town of Ekalaka Public Library
- Town of Terry
- Town of Terry Volunteer Fire Department
Store features
- Full line of groceries, bakery goods, deli foods, frozen foods, meat and dairy products and fresh produce, apparel and accessories, fine jewelry, lawn and garden center, health and beauty aids, full line of electronics, Tire & Lube Express, vision center, one-hour photo lab, family fun center, pharmacy, SmartStyle Family Hair Salon, beer and wine sales and a Wal-Mart Connect Center
- Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- 12 full-service and six express check-out lanes
Employment
- 85 new jobs planned.
- Majority of jobs are full-time.
- The national average wage at Wal-Mart for full-time hourly associates is approximately $10.11 per hour.*
- Store Manager Barbara Moore started as an hourly associate 25 years ago at a store in Abilene, Texas.
- Wal-Mart benefits – available to full- and part-time associates – include healthcare insurance with no lifetime maximum. Wal-Mart offers a choice of as many as 18 health plans that cost as little as $23 a month. Wal-Mart associates are eligible for health care benefits. Wal-Mart also offers a 401(k) plan and profit sharing contributions, whether an associate contributes or not, store discount cards, performance-based bonuses, discounted stock purchase program and life insurance.
* Average wage taken December 2005. See www.walmartfacts.com for details.
For more information
- Store manager: Barbara Moore, 406-232-0022
- Wal-Mart information online: www.walmartfacts.com; merchandise sales: www.walmart.com
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