Editing Walmart (section)

==== Walmart Neighborhood Market ====
[[File:Walmart Neighborhood Market, GA125, Valdosta.jpg|thumb|A 24-hour Walmart Neighborhood Market in [[Valdosta, Georgia]] (Store #6732)]]
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'''Walmart Neighborhood Market''', former also known as "Neighborhood Market by Walmart" or informally known as "Neighborhood Walmart",<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2023 |title=What Is Walmart Neighborhood Market? (All Questions Answered) |website= U.S. Retail |url=https://theusretail.com/walmart-neighborhood-market/ |access-date=June 14, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619061730/https://theusretail.com/walmart-neighborhood-market/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is Walmart's chain of stores ranging from {{convert|28000|to|65000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}} and averaging about {{convert|42000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}}, about a fifth of the size of a Walmart Supercenter.<ref name="2022 10-K"/><ref name="Peterson October 15">{{cite news |title = What it's like to shop at Walmart's store of the future, which is becoming a threat to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's |last1 = Peterson |first1 = Hayley |url = http://www.businessinsider.com/walmarts-store-of-the-future-photos-2015-10 |newspaper = [[Business Insider]] |date = October 27, 2015 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160326155516/http://www.businessinsider.com/walmarts-store-of-the-future-photos-2015-10 |archive-date = March 26, 2016}}</ref> The first Walmart Neighborhood Market opened ten years after the first Supercenter opened, but Walmart did not heavily focus on this model until the 2010s.<ref name="Loeb 14">{{cite news |title = Why Walmart suddenly thinks smaller is better |last1 = Loeb |first1 = Walter |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2014/06/16/why-walmart-suddenly-thinks-smaller-is-better/ |magazine = [[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]] |date = June 16, 2014 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923092938/http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2014/06/16/why-walmart-suddenly-thinks-smaller-is-better/ |archive-date = September 23, 2015}}</ref>

The stores predominantly sells groceries, but also features a modest amount of household items and even general merchandise, in a format of a [[general store]]s. The focus on three of Walmart's major sales categories: groceries, which account for about 55 percent of the company's revenue,<ref name="Fox 13">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart: The $200 billion grocer |last1 = Fox |first1 = Emily Jane |url = https://money.cnn.com/2013/01/31/news/companies/walmart-grocery/ |newspaper = [[CNNMoney]] |date = January 31, 2013 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170113214317/http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/31/news/companies/walmart-grocery |archive-date = January 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wahba|first=Phil|date=February 1, 2018|title=Retailers' Secret Weapon Is ... Food?|url=<!--from print edition-->|journal=Fortune|pages=15|issn=0015-8259|quote=...U.S. grocery business that makes up 56% of its revenue....}}</ref> pharmacy, and, at some stores, fuel.<ref name="Peterson July 15">{{cite news |title = What it's like inside Wal-Mart's new marketplace that's a threat to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's |last1 = Peterson |first1 = Hayley |url = http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-walmarts-neighborhood-markets-2015-7 |newspaper = Business Insider |date = July 4, 2015 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081213/http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-walmarts-neighborhood-markets-2015-7 |archive-date = March 4, 2016}}</ref> For groceries and consumables, the stores sell fresh produce, deli and bakery items, prepared foods, meat, dairy, organic, general grocery and frozen foods, in addition to cleaning products and pet supplies.<ref name="Peterson October 15"/><ref name="Mossman 12">{{cite news |title = Walmart unveils five new Neighborhood Markets in Denver area |last1 = Mossman |first1 = John |url = http://www.denverpost.com/ci_20894819/walmart-unveils-five-new-neighborhood-markets-denver-area |newspaper = [[The Denver Post]] |date = June 20, 2012 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150702014738/http://www.denverpost.com/ci_20894819/walmart-unveils-five-new-neighborhood-markets-denver-area |archive-date = July 2, 2015}}</ref> Some stores offer wine and beer sales<ref name="Peterson October 15"/> and drive-through pharmacies. Some stores, such as one at Midtown Center in [[Bentonville, Arkansas]], offer made-to-order pizza with a seating area for eating.<ref name="Gute 15">{{cite news |last1=Gute |first1=Melissa |date=November 12, 2015 |title=Neighborhood Market opens in Midtown Center |newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]] |url=http://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5HC4-34K1-DY70-0096&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |url-status=live |access-date=March 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905004036/http://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5HC4-34K1-DY70-0096&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |quote=While most Neighborhood Markets have a drink bar and a few have a [[pizza]] program, this market also has a seating area where people can eat lunch, Kirk said. It's an amenity included because of location. The pizza program allows customers to either select pre-made pizzas or build their own and have them oven-baked there in 5 minutes. The market has 31,000 square feet and includes a deli and bakery. It offers fresh produce, meat and other groceries, according to a news release. It also includes a pharmacy with a drive-thru window.}}</ref> Customers can also use Walmart's site-to-store operation and pick up online orders at Walmart Neighborhood Market stores just like the Supercenters and Discount Stores<ref name="Stark 12">{{cite news |title = Walmart Neighborhood Market, first on West Coast, opens Friday in West Linn |last1 = Stark |first1 = Rachel |url = http://www.oregonlive.com/west-linn/index.ssf/2012/05/walmart_neighborhood_market_fi.html |newspaper = [[The Oregonian]] |date = May 21, 2012 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151123230536/http://www.oregonlive.com/west-linn/index.ssf/2012/05/walmart_neighborhood_market_fi.html |archive-date = November 23, 2015}}</ref>

Products at Walmart Neighborhood Market stores have the same prices as those at Walmart's larger supercenters. A [[Moody's Investors Service]] analyst said the wider company's pricing structure gives the chain of grocery stores a "competitive advantage" over competitors [[Whole Foods Market]], [[Kroger]] and [[Trader Joe's]].<ref name="Peterson July 15"/>

Neighborhood Market stores expanded slowly at first as a way to fill gaps between Walmart Supercenters and Discount Stores in existing markets. In its first 12 years, the company opened about 180 Walmart Neighborhood Markets. By 2010, Walmart said it was ready to accelerate its expansion plans for the grocery stores.<ref name="Birchall 10">{{cite news |last1=Birchall |first1=Jonathan |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Walmart takes smaller format path to growth |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a7757fe6-d737-11df-9cd5-00144feabdc0.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a7757fe6-d737-11df-9cd5-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=March 16, 2016 |quote=With about 180 stores, the retailer has focused on using them to fill in between Supercenters in areas such as [[Dallas]], [[Las Vegas]] and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], rather than to develop new markets.}}</ref> Similar to the Supercenter models, the Neighborhood Market branded had phased out overtime, with several stores now adopting the Walmart Market branding, with the name of the municipality put with "market". {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} there were 682 Walmart Neighborhood Markets,<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> each employing between 90 and 95 full-time and part-time workers.<ref name="Darrow 15">{{cite news |title = Walmart to build Neighborhood Market |last1 = Darrow |first1 = Dennis |url = http://www.chieftain.com/news/top/3896796-120/walmart-neighborhood-pueblo-store |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150920083814/http://www.chieftain.com/news/top/3896796-120/walmart-neighborhood-pueblo-store |url-status=dead |archive-date = September 20, 2015 |newspaper = [[Pueblo Chieftain]] |date = August 31, 2015 |access-date = March 16, 2016 }}</ref> The total number of Neighborhood Markets and other small formats combined is 783.