SHOPPING NEWS!

 

We got a "new" Walmart!

After months of renovation and lots of rearranging, our "new" Walmart is finally finished!  Complete with a shiny new Walmart logo on the front of the store.  There is also a new expanded Pick-up area, a refurbished parking lot, and wider aisles.  In all, it is a nicer shopping place.  So far, the prices seem to have remained steady to what they were before the do-over.

This is the Walmart we most often went to--until the shelves seemed to be empty of what it was I needed and I didn't want to be around hammering inside and lots of activity outside which was the center of the remodeling operation.  Or sometimes it was the frustration of "store open during remodel" but whole departments seemed to have disappeared, and the store didn't feel like it was easy to navigate like it had been before.  I couldn't find anything.  All the paper goods disappeared!  Then I found out they were on the back wall where the infant department had been.  No wonder I hadn't been able to find a cute little play toy to put on the package of a baby gift I was preparing to take to a friend.

But all that is over now.  Surprisingly, for all the work that was accomplished and the amount of time it took to complete, it really wasn't very long at all.  From summertime to the first part of November.

Though I still am trying to navigate better as I look for the items I usually purchase, I like the addition of pods that have "showroom setups" complete with mannequins and furniture to make the products attractive and inviting to try.  And the shelves are filled to the brim with inventory now like they used to be.

Though it is still kind of a shock to go inside the store and see a completely different look, I like it.  Several of the other Walmart stores in our area got remodeled first, so it was nice to be part of the plan, too.

Progress... move forward or lose your place!  Guess we have a place in the community once again.  Just nicer.