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	USATODAY.com - Wal-Mart Supercenters face resistance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Wal-Mart's first Supercenter in California is expected to open next year in the booming southern desert city of La Quinta, followed by others in the Central Valley — Bakersfield, Hanford, Chico and Redding.
		To accommodate all the food, the Supercenters span an average of 187,000 square feet compared to an average of 97,000 square feet for the typical Wal-Mart discount store.
		Two Supercenters would be built in Central Point and Medford, Ore. Two older Wal-Marts in the area would be shut down to make room for the newer, larger stores.
	www.usatoday.com /money/industries/retail/2003-07-23-wal-mart-snub_x.htm (1271 words)

	Wal-Mart Supercenters face California resistance (printable version)
		Wal-Mart’s first Supercenter in California is expected to open next year in the booming southern desert city of La Quinta, followed by others in the Central Valley — Bakersfield, Hanford, Chico and Redding.
		To accommodate all the food, the Supercenters span an average of 187,000 square feet compared to an average of 97,000 square feet for the typical Wal-Mart discount store.
		The company runs 1,258 Supercenters in 43 states, up from 441 Supercenters in 28 states five years ago.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=47451 (615 words)

	AustinAction - Wal-Mart's supercenters face resistance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Wal-Mart's first supercenter in California is expected to open next year in the booming southern desert city of La Quinta, followed by others in the Central Valley -- Bakersfield, Hanford, Chico and Redding.
		Supercenters are important to Wal-Mart because shoppers typically visit supermarkets more frequently than general merchandise stores.
		Because most groceries aren't taxed, Gioia says he thinks the supercenter won't generate enough revenue to pay for the additional burdens on county roads.
	austinaction.org /page.php?pageid=AASresist (1053 words)

	USATODAY.com - Wal-Mart Supercenters face resistance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — Wal-Mart (WMT) is poised to introduce California to its version of paradise — "Supercenters" stuffed with discount groceries alongside the usual potpourri of bargains.
		Two Supercenters would be built in Central Point and Medford, Ore. Two older Wal-Marts in the area would be shut down to make room for the newer, larger stores.
		Because most groceries aren't taxed, Gioia believes the Supercenter won't generate enough revenue to pay for the additional burdens on the county roads.
	usatoday.com /money/industries/retail/2003-07-23-wal-mart-snub_x.htm (1233 words)

	University of California report details good, bad news about Wal-Mart Supercenters' fiscal impact on communities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The 119-page report, completed in September 1999, analyzes the impact supercenters have on the Southern California economy and was compiled to act as an aid to public decision-making regarding the construction of supercenters.
		According to the report, the entry of supercenters into the Southern California grocery business is expected to depress industry wages and benefits at an estimated impact ranging from a low of $500 million to a high of almost $1.4 billion per year, potentially affecting 250,000 grocery industry employees.
		Wal-Mart SuperCenters carry what she sold; she was a gnat in the cross-hairs of a cannon.
	www.sullivan-county.com /id2/wal-mart/details.htm (791 words)

	Study: Supercenters will bring benefits, costs to Bay Area - Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal:
		Supercenters, large-scale discount stores that include full-scale grocery service, will confront Bay Area governments and communities with a complex set of issues, according to a new report issued Thursday by the Bay Area Economic Forum.
		The report notes that supercenters are part of a national restructuring under way in the grocery sector in which consumers are increasingly seeking lower costs.
		While these benefits would be widely distributed, the report says, competition from supercenters can be expected to put downward pressure on wages and benefits in the region's grocery industry, a significant source of relatively high-paying entry-level jobs.
	www.bizjournals.com /sanjose/stories/2004/02/02/daily53.html (643 words)

	Supercenters, clubs reshaping U.S. grocery store business - discount stores, warehouse stores place growing emphasis on ...
		Supercenters and clubs look for ways to draw greater numbers of consumers as time becomes a more important component in the price/value equation.
		With the supercenter emerging as a powerfully influential force in food merchandising today, it appears to be not so much a question of if, but when, Wal-Mart becomes the nation's largest grocer, several speakers noted.
		A small-format supercenter is also being eyed as a growth vehicle at Kmart.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n6_v36/ai_19228340 (867 words)

	San Diego to ban Wal-Mart Supercenters - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The measure, approved on a 5-3 vote, prohibits stores of more than 90,000 square feet that use 10% of space to sell groceries and other merchandise that is not subject to sales tax.
		It takes aim at Wal-Mart (WMT) Supercenter stores, which average 185,000 square feet and sell groceries.
		Wal-Mart has about 2,000 Supercenter stores, including 21 in California, but none in the San Diego area.
	www.usatoday.com /money/industries/retail/2006-11-29-wal-mart-san-diego_x.htm (530 words)

	AP: Wal-Mart's Supercenters Delayed in California
		Cities that once considered effects on wildlife and air quality must now study a ripple of potential economic effects as well and determine if a new supercenter is worth vacant buildings elsewhere.
		The three appellate judges ruled that examples of urban decay from other cities and states are also valid considerations for a California city analyzing a supercenter project.
		Herum, whose firm has handled cases involving 10 Wal-Mart supercenters, declined to say who pays for the suits and that he's never represented a union in 25 years of practicing law.
	www.teamster.org /05news/hn_050321_1.htm (1060 words)

	Wal-Mart Supercenters Are Targeted
		INGLEWOOD--Calling the city "ground zero" in a war against Wal-Mart's invasion of California, a group filed a lawsuit against the corporate giant that is attempting to bring one of its Supercenters to the city via an April 6 ballot initiative.
		Wal-Mart is seeking to establish one of 40 planned Supercenters throughout California within four years, said Lizette Hernandez, a community organizer for the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy.
		Unlike a typical Wal-Mart location, a Supercenter is comprised of a department store and a grocery outlet.
	www.laane.org /pressroom/stories/ad/ad031225Wave.html (687 words)

	BALLE - Studies That Support Local First (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This study examines the potential impact of supercenter development in the 12-county region around San Francisco.
		It concludes that consumers would see a reduction in the price of groceries, at least initially, but that these savings to the region would be offset by declining wages among supermarket workers.
		Because grocery stores anchor many neighborhood business districts and shopping centers, their closure would harm other retailers and lead to vacancies in areas that are only now beginning to recover from years of economic decline.
	www.livingeconomies.org /localfirst/studies/index_html (1396 words)

	Supercenters set to open
		The simultaneous opening of two Wal-Mart Supercenters in Bismarck, followed by the opening of a Sam's Club about a week later, will cap - for now - one of the greatest periods of retail store openings in the city's history, in physical size and the number of jobs involved.
		The two 220,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenters - one at Bismarck Expressway and 26th Street on the south side and one at State Street and Skyline Boulevard on the north side - are scheduled to open April 19, according to Bismarck Wal-Mart manager Curtis Patzell.
		"Opening one supercenter and a Sam's Club at the same time is a somewhat common occurrence, but I can't recall any time that we opened three stores at the same time in the same city," he said.
	www.bismarcktribune.com /articles/2006/04/10/news/topnews/113026.txt (1955 words)

	Wal-Mart's California Supercenters delayed by environmental suits North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		SACRAMENTO -- As Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., tries to plant dozens of new Supercenters in California, lawyers aligned with opposition groups the company calls fronts for labor unions and competitors are using California's tough environmental laws to stall the nation's largest retailer.
		From rural Northern California to the crowded south, a handful of lawyers have sued more than 30 cities that approved the 200,000-square-foot combination grocery and department stores, claiming that local officials hungry for sales taxes have miscalculated their environmental consequences.
		The UFCW, a 1.4 million-member union of grocery store workers, is one of Wal-Mart's biggest foes nationally, claiming that nonunion Supercenters with prices estimated at 17 to 20 percent lower than other stores threaten their jobs.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/03/20/business/news/21_21_043_19_05.txt (1287 words)

	USATODAY.com - Wal-Mart's Calif. supercenters delayed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		SACRAMENTO (AP) As Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) tries to plant dozens of new supercenters in California, lawyers aligned with a variety of opposition groups are using California's tough environmental laws to stall the nation's largest retailer.
		The three appellate judges ruled that examples of urban decay from other cities and states are also valid considerations for a California city analyzing a supercenter project.
		Herum, whose firm has handled cases involving 10 Wal-Mart supercenters, declined to say who pays for the suits and that he's never represented a union in 25 years of practicing law.
	www.usatoday.com /money/2005-03-19-wal-mart-california_x.htm (1127 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Wal-Mart plans more SuperCenters in northern Nevada
		In Reno, the world's biggest retailer plans to build SuperCenters on tribal land near the Reno Hilton and in the Lemmon Valley area farther north.
		The Arkansas-based company also is building Supercenters in Sparks, Carson City and Fallon.
		Wal-Mart operates three other Supercenters in Reno, including one in the northwest that was denied by the City Council in 2000 due to traffic concerns.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/mar/27/032710730.html (309 words)

	Target quietly bulks up in food: eyes no. 2 spot among supercenters DSN Retailing Today - Find Articles
		Meijer, which only operates supercenters, is ranked No. 24 in DSNRT's Top 150 U.S. retailers and, among food retailers, falls between Delhaize America, No. 20, and H.E. Butt, No. 28, in terms of sales.
		Target supercenters then would become the eighth largest supermarket/ supercenter entity in the United States.
		On top of its supercenter performance, Target recently announced that its strategy to drive discount store sales with consumables would be getting a boost.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_19_44/ai_n15694737 (750 words)

	The Hometown Advantage - San Diego Bans Supercenters
		The San Diego City Council voted 5-3 on Tuesday to prohibit supercenters—stores that are larger then 90,000 square feet and devote more than 10 percent of their floor area to groceries.
		Wal-Mart supercenters average 187,000 square feet in size.
		Supporters of the law said it would foster smaller scale grocery stores dispersed throughout San Diego's neighborhoods, rather than a few massive outlets that would draw car traffic from a wide radius, undermine local businesses, and disrupt the urban fabric.
	www.newrules.org /retail/news_slug.php?slugid=348 (197 words)

	wcco.com - Wal-Mart Supercenters Could Be Moving In
		Wal-Mart Supercenters Could Be Moving In Austin, Minn. New Wal-Mart Supercenters could be coming to more Minnesota cities.
		In Willmar, the city recently annexed 25 acres of land on the southeast edge of town for possible construction of a new Wal-Mart Supercenter.
		A Supercenter, which includes a grocery store, opened in Hutchinson a few years ago.
	wcco.com /consumer/local_story_228090410.html (197 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Supercenters not in store
		It plans 40 supercenters in the state over the next few years; the first opened in La Quinta on Wednesday.
		While its supercenters have been successful, they, too, are largely a rural phenomenon.
		In a research report this month, Merrill Lynch analyst Mark Husson said Wal-Mart Supercenters have not hurt rival supermarkets in the 100 largest cities in the country, where 70 percent of the nation's grocery dollars are spent.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20040305-9999-1b5walmart.html (1126 words)

	Fool.com: Wal-Mart's Super Supercenters [News] October 2, 2000
		About 100-110 of the new Supercenters will come from remodeling existing discount stores, and around half of the Sam's Club expansion will come from relocating or expanding existing Clubs.
		The company will add about 165 Supercenters to its line-up in the current fiscal year, and then the aforementioned 170-180.
		Motley Fool Stock Research analyst John Del Vecchio, who covers Wal-Mart, believes the Supercenter concept and expansion will fuel much of Wal-Mart's growth and profits going forward.
	www.fool.com /news/2000/wmt001002.htm (594 words)

	Californians Assess Wal-Mart Supercenters (washingtonpost.com)
		The world's largest retailer has faced strident opposition nationwide over its push to open Supercenters, which span nearly twice the square footage of a typical Wal-Mart and sell groceries alongside other bargain fare.
		Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wants to open 40 Supercenters in California over the next few years, and is taking its plans directly to voters in a state of 35 million people - representing the last major untapped market for the behemoth stores.
		And next month, a vote by Inglewood residents could determine whether a Supercenter is built in that Los Angeles suburb.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A38434-2004Mar7.html (559 words)

	wcco.com - Wal-Mart To Open Three Supercenters In Twin Cities
		The nation's largest grocer is asking city officials in Elk River, Maple Grove and Shakopee to allow Wal-Mart to expand its existing discount stores to the full grocery format.
		The giant retailer also is building a new Supercenter in Monticello that is expected to open by late next year.
		Wal-Mart already has 13 Supercenters in Minnesota and will finish converting its discount store in Baxter to the grocery format in January.
	wcco.com /consumer/local_story_345075129.html (182 words)

	Wal-Mart Canada to open supercenters
		All the supercenters will be in Ontario, with openings in a geographical swath ranging from Toronto to just across the United States boarder at Port Huron, Mich.
		Groh noted that the largest of those supercenters is going to be in Scarborough, which is an existing 135,000-square-feet store that will be relocated across the street and increased to 215,000 square feet.
		Even as its Canadian rivals made their moves, Wal-Mart was establishing its own operations and several years ago the retailer's management told Drug Store News that the initiatives were to culminate in the launch of supercenters.
	www.retailnet.com /rss/view.cfm?ID=30636 (282 words)

	Chico Enterprise Record - Wal-Mart supercenters fertile ground for Tri Counties Bank
		So it was just another opportunity when the potential to put Tri Counties services inside a new Wal-Mart supercenter surfaced.
		This week, Tri Counties opened its third in-store branch in a new Wal-Mart supercenter in Antelope, north of Sacramento, and has plans for at least two more branches in other proposed Wal-Mart supercenters.
		The new supercenters are proposed in West Sacramento and Napa.
	chicoer.com /business/ci_3847878 (745 words)

	Wal-Mart's Supercenters Are Getting Smaller - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Merrill Lynch said Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people) small supercenter concept, known as "the Urban 99" prototype, which consists of a 99,000-square-foot store, should allow the retailer to build 850 new supercenters over the next ten years.
		Senior management at Wal-Mart has said it believes 1,000 more full-size supercenters are economically feasible in the U.S., and another 500 are possible if flexible pricing is used in high-cost areas, according to Merrill Lynch.
		Merrill Lynch also said Kroger (nyse: KR - news - people)is the number three supercenter operator and "possesses strong brand recognition, self-distribution expertise, a stronghold in urban areas and the resources to maintain a 4% market share in the supercenter market during this period.
	www.forbes.com /markets/2004/06/24/0624automarketscan07.html (481 words)

	Supercenters—And Shoppers—Under Attack [Mackinac Center for Public Policy]
		Arguing that “we are losing any semblance of neighborhood flavor,” due to the presence of Costcos, Meijers, Sam’s Clubs, SuperTargets and Wal-Mart Supercenters, Ronen proposes to ban new construction of such stores.
		An attack on supercenters is an attack on the consumers who vote with their feet.
		It’s no surprise, then, that wealthy communities such as Wheaton and nearby Lisle are perhaps the most hostile to supercenters: people there can afford to pay more.
	www.mackinac.org /5457 (725 words)

	Fitness USA Supercenters - Milpitas, CA, 95035-7017 - Citysearch
		Write a review and share your thoughts with other users.
		Instead they advise me to use the supercenters and mailed me a copy of the directions from my current residence.
		Why cant they just cancel the membership when am not interested due to some issues.
	siliconvalley.citysearch.com /profile/1075873/milpitas_ca/fitness_usa_supercenters.html (181 words)

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