Greendale Walmart Celebrates Opening
The Walmart carries a variety of household items in a smaller supercenter format.
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The long-awaited Greendale Supercenter Walmart finally opened Wednesday after more than two years of discussion and work.
Village officials, Walmart representatives and shoppers gathered today in celebration of the opening that included a Star-Spangled Banner performance, Martin Luther cheer squad performance, Veterans of Foreign Wars Color Guard, product sampling and giveaways.
The new Supercenter Walmart is 90,000 square feet, it comes inbetween the 154,000-square-foot Greenfield Supercenter on Highway 100 and the 40,000-square-foot West Allis Neighborhood Market.
The new store features family apparel health and beauty aids, electronics, toys, garden items, jewelry, automotive products, home furnishings, hardware, sporting goods, pet supplies and housewares.
The grocery area will include a wide selection of fresh produce, including a variety of organic products. Other features include a bakery, meat and dairy products, dry goods and staples, beverages, a deli, frozen foods, canned and packaged goods, baking items and household supplies.
Walmart has donated about $5,000 in grants to area organization Greendale Police Department, Greendale Public Library and Greendale Schools.
The new building was built at the old U.S. Bowling Congress site. Before construction the property was valued at $4 million. Village officials have said that since the site is not a TIF District once development is done the value of the property would go up to $10 million or more, improving the village’s tax base.
Discussions about Walmart started in late 2010. The Village approved the construction in June 2011.
The average wage at Walmart for full-time hourly associates in Wisconsin is approximately $12.54 per hour, according to a press release from Walmart.
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CowDung
4:13 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Bren will be along to poop on Walmart in 3, 2, 1...
KHD
7:07 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Maybe not, I heard she is the new greeter !!
Bren
7:49 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Ah, Walmart does it's own pooping.
KHD, obviously we haven't met and aren't likely to unless the wit bar rises significantly higher...
C.J.
9:00 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Was not impressed with the New Wal-Mart. Went yesterday around 1pm and the greeter didn't even say "Hello" to me. Just asked if I wanted a map. In several different areas of the store you could see small groups of employees chatting with each other, checking their cell phones and obviously not paying attention to the customers. Didn't find anything I thought was exceptionally priced. Will stick with Target and Sendik's. At these 2 places I am always asked if I can be helped, especially Targrt!
Lee
10:50 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Give the employees and the store a break. It just opened. It takes a while for every new entity to find it's own pace. I am sure Target and Sendik's experienced their own opening store horrors as well. You sure you just aren't against Wal-Mart?
KHD
11:40 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Well, I just got back from the new Walmart, and to tell the truth, I was getting annoyed at all the people coming up to me and asking if I needed help. I was beginning to think I had a sign on my back, "Please Help Me " The greeter said goodbye, as well as the kid getting baskets from the parking lot.
DONNA ROEDER
1:47 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
if i want help i'll ask- i don't care if they don't ask-i just want in and out
C.J.
9:01 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Oops meant Target!
FL Born
10:26 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Was Target given an opportunity to come to Greendale? I agree, Target and Sendik stand above and beyond in customer service compared to Walmart and PicknSave. Don't be fooled by pricing either, I find many items at Sendik cheaper than PNS!
Weren't we also told by the Village board that two restaurants were going to occupy the land in front of Walmart? Chic-fil-A is a go (I heard May/2013), but GP says the US Cellular Store is building on the other spot. What will replace there current occupancy on 76th and Edgerton?? Another empty store front perhaps?
Bren
2:49 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
You might appreciate this about Pick n Save: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/Slideshow/2012/04/13/12-Worst-Supermarkets-in-America.aspx?index=4
And this about Walmart: http://www.thekitchn.com/the-best-and-worst-supermarkets-consumer-reports-168760
We should consider ourselves fortunate that Walmart didn't bribe its way into building in the "underutilized" parking lot in historic downtown Greendale, as it allegedly did in Mexico to build a grocery store in the field next to the ancient pyramids at San Juan Teotihuacan. (Apparently the mayor of this city was suddenly able to, with no savings and a $47,000 salary, "...paid $30,300 in cash for a ranch and spent another $47,700 cash on improvements to the home." (Source below, citing NYT)
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/new-details-in-walmart-bribery-scandal-2012-12#ixzz2IvcXpqEw
http://www.businessinsider.com/new-details-in-walmart-bribery-scandal-2012-12
DONNA ROEDER
1:45 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I STILL THINK IT'S A BAD LOCATION -76TH IS GETTING TO UNINDATED WITH STORES-NOT A QUIET LITTLE COMMUNITY ANYMORE
Really?
6:48 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
When was the last time 76th St. from Cold Spring to Grange was a quiet little community? I would tend to bet that the traffic from 76th St. has little impact on the actual village of Greendale as the downtown is several blocks east of 76th St. and I doubt the shoopers from that area takes shortcuts through the village. You could ask the village to put gates on the all of the entrances to the community if you are looking to keep people out.
Spate Cooley
7:16 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Maybe if Bren would spend more time at the bar instead of trying to raise it she wouldn't be such a crab ass.
Greg
7:24 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Buh-dum-pah....
Bren
6:25 pm on Saturday, January 26, 2013
She...; ) I come to Patch for entertainment. True wit requires intelligence, so if "she" is a "crab ass" here on Patch who is really to blame?
C.J.
9:28 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I am not a Wal-Mart hater. Simply was not impressed with this new store. As for the small groups of employees that were socializing and checking out their cell phones, this is a management issue that needs to be nipped in the bud immediately!
robert heule
9:50 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
What southwestern Milwaukee County needs is a Costco to compete with Wal-Mart owned Sam's Club. Costco treats its employees with dignity, pays decent wages and benefits, and donates to Democratic candidates.
CowDung
10:01 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Please post some wage comparisons between Sam's Club and Costco.
People have made similar claims about Walmart and Pick n Save, but the actual data didn't support the claim...
Carol
12:35 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Went there yesterday & was greeted before I even went in. Thought everyone was very friendly. I liked it alot and although I sho at Sendiks I wii buy from here also. Some people complain about everything!
J H RDH
1:28 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
http://addictedtocostco.com/2011/12/06/costcos-secret-weapon-better-salaries-benefits/
CowDung
1:35 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
That's nice, but I was hoping for something that was more of an objective comparison, not from a site called 'addicted to costco'..
I'm a Costco shopper myself, but doesn't it seem a bit odd for a store to have a 'fan site' like that?
CowDung
1:39 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
This site offers what I believe to be a pretty fair comparison. The claim seems to be true that Costco does pay better than Sam's Club...
http://www.glassdoor.com/Hourly-Pay/SAM-S-CLUB-Hourly-Pay-E7811.htm
http://www.glassdoor.com/Hourly-Pay/Costco-Wholesale-Hourly-Pay-E2590.htm
Dave Bauer
8:40 am on Saturday, January 26, 2013
Went there Friday and bought a 42 inch Flatscreen TV for the American Legion Casino Nite next Saturday. I was greeted when I got there by several people and was treated great in the Electronics Department. I was not real fond of the employees with sign doing their imitation of Liberty Tax.
Bren
6:28 pm on Saturday, January 26, 2013
Years back, before I really understood what Walmart was all about, I too bought a tv there. Turned out that brand made a "Walmart" version of the tv, which ended up lasting about 3 years. Hope you have better luck with your stripped-down model.
KHD
10:11 pm on Saturday, January 26, 2013
When comparison shopping, you have to make sure the model numbers are the same, otherwise you could end up with something made cheaper. Almost all of the bix box stores have their own model.