Walmart Opens New eCommerce Fulfillment Center in Atlanta, GA
October 01 2015 - 12:03PM
Business Wire
Center to provide 400 full-time jobs and faster
online deliveries at lower costs
Today, Walmart officials and local and state dignitaries
attended a sneak preview event of Walmart’s new eCommerce
fulfillment center in Atlanta, Ga. The new facility is dedicated to
filling online orders and is the latest addition to the
next-generation fulfillment network Walmart is building to support
its rapidly growing eCommerce business.
The 1.2 million sq. ft. facility in Union City, just south of
Atlanta, is the third large-scale eCommerce fulfillment center to
open in the U.S. in as many months, and features state-of-the-art
automation and warehousing systems. When fully operational, the
facility will create nearly 400 full-time jobs in Fulton County.
The new large scale centers, including the Atlanta facility, will
join existing, smaller eCommerce fulfillment centers, store
distribution centers, 4,500 Walmart stores and the company’s
world-class transportation fleet to ship online orders fast and
efficiently to customers around the country.
“We are excited about what this center provides for our Georgia
customers and are grateful to Fulton County for welcoming us to do
so,” said Neal Maguire, general manager of the Atlanta fulfillment
center. “This center will not only provide jobs and economic
development for the community, but it will allow us to fulfill the
needs of our customers in a more convenient and efficient
fashion.”
New Center, New Jobs for Fulton County
“Georgia’s economic environment, highly skilled workforce and
innovative technology scene make Fulton County a qualified location
for the new eCommerce center,” commented Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.
“In choosing this location for a new facility, Walmart is creating
jobs and demonstrating that Georgia is a promising home for the new
frontier of technology in business.”
“This is wonderful news for South Fulton and I am grateful that
Walmart decided to locate its newest eCommerce center -- and the
nearly 400 jobs it creates -- at this location,” said U. S.
Representative David Scott, from Georgia's 13th congressional
district. “Additionally, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have
been wonderful corporate citizens and the $300,000 in grants
provided today to local organizations are prime examples of their
commitment to this community.”
Giving Back to Georgia
The sneak preview event included presentations of $350,000 in
grants from Walmart and the Walmart Foundation to four local
community groups. The Americas Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia
Inc., Senior Citizens Services of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc., CSRA
Business League Inc. and Feeding the Valley Inc. each received
contributions to assist with their goals of helping those in need.
These contributions were made possible through the Walmart
Foundation’s Georgia’s State Giving Program (SGP), which supports
organizations that create opportunities so people can live
better.
Additionally, Walmart continues to fight hunger both in Georgia
and across the country. As part of Walmart’s and the Walmart
Foundation’s $2 billion commitment to fight hunger through 2015,
Walmart stores in Georgia donated approximately 26.4 million pounds
of food in fiscal year 2015, or the equivalent of over 22 million
meals. Additionally, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation gave more
than $50.5 million in cash and in-kind contributions throughout the
state of Georgia.
New Centers Provide Fast Deliveries at Lower Cost
This new facility is part of a network — Walmart distribution
centers, existing eCommerce facilities, 4,500 Walmart stores and a
world-class transportation fleet — that ships packages faster and
more efficiently, while offering customers more choices for how
they receive online orders.
“We’re rapidly enhancing our fulfillment capabilities to give
customers more choices and fast shipping, while keeping our costs
down so we can continue to lower our prices,” said Neil Ashe, chief
executive officer of Walmart Global eCommerce. “Whether shipping to
home or picking up at a store, our digital and physical fulfillment
assets come together and let customers choose the most convenient
way to receive their online orders.”
About Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world
save money and live better – anytime and anywhere – in retail
stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, we
serve nearly 260 million customers who visit our 11,508 stores
under 65 banners in 28 countries and eCommerce websites in 11
countries. With fiscal year 2015 revenue of $486 billion, Walmart
employs more than 2 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues
to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and
employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be
found by visiting http://corporate.walmart.com on Facebook at
http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/walmart. Online merchandise sales are available
at http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.
About Philanthropy at Walmart
By using our strengths to help others, Walmart and the Walmart
Foundation create opportunities for people to live better every
day. We have stores in 28 countries, employing more than 2.2
million associates and doing business with thousands of suppliers
who, in turn, employ millions of people. We are helping people live
better by accelerating upward job mobility and economic development
for the retail workforce; addressing hunger and making healthier,
more sustainably-grown food a reality; and building strong
communities where we operate and inspiring our associates to give
back. Whether it is helping to lead the fight against hunger in the
United States with $2 billion in cash and in-kind donations or
supporting Women’s Economic Empowerment through a series of grants
totaling $10 million to the Women in Factories training program in
Bangladesh, China, India and Central America, Walmart and the
Walmart Foundation are not only working to tackle key social
issues, we are also collaborating with others to inspire solutions
for long-lasting systemic change. To learn more about Walmart’s
giving, visit www.foundation.walmart.com.
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