Wal-Mart supersizing region

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The Supercenters are largely conversions of existing stores in North East, Laurel and New stores are slated for Denton and Berli on the Eastern The expansion follows other new Supercenterz in Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties. The new storesx would give the company a bigger footprint in rural areas Wal-Mart officials coulds not be reached for comment. John Meyer, a retaikl broker for Wal-Mart at LLC, confirmed that the retaile is eyeing new Supercenters but declined further County zoning and planning officialsconfirmed Wal-Mart’s County officials were not aware of the Supercenters’ opening but said the new stores would not open until at leasrt 2009 or 2010 at the earliest.
The new storea would continue Wal-Mart’s growth of its Supercenterzs in Maryland. Last year, it opened a Supercented in Cockeysville after closing its storse at Hunt Valley Towne Centre and has convertedd stores in Severn and Arbutusinto “They’ve been growing and doing well in the statd of Maryland,” said Jeffrey Metzger, publisher of Food Worl d magazine in Columbia. The retailer has been focusingb most of its new store growth on its Supercentetr concept as more consumers dig for deeperd discounts in aweak economy, Metzgere said.
In Hampstead, Wal-Mart is proposinf an expansion of its storefrom 103,009 square feet to 193,000 squared feet, said Brian O’Malley, a manager in the Carroll Countyh Planning Department. Nationally, the company has debuted more than 100 A Wal-Mart Supercenter in Hampstead coulf hurt smaller grocers in the area, said Lou co-owner of in Glyndon. “Thet already cannibalize the dry goods and health and beauty care businessx ofthe supermarket,” Santoni