Wal-Mart Closing All Arizona Marketside Stores
October 14, 2011 | 1 min to read
Say goodbye to Wal-Mart’s neighborhood Marketside grocery stores. Employees were told today all Arizona locations will close Oct. 21.
Wal-Mart launched the Marketside concept – similar to Fresh & Easy stores – in 2008 with stores in Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert and Tempe.
The Marketside stores, generally around 15,000 square feet, were conceived to fill a perceived niche between traditional grocery stores (45,000 square feet) and convenience stores (5,000 square feet).
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