New Grocery Store Brings Healthy Food and Jobs to Hickory

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Hickory, North Carolina has a growing Latino population, at over 11%. Hickory also has many USDA-declared food deserts—low-income areas with no full-service grocery store nearby.  The city now boasts plans for a new Walmart Neighborhood Market store that will bring better food access into some Hickory neighborhoods.

According to an article in the Hickory Record, the Walmart store manager says he plans to hire around 95 new employees, making this new market not only a source of healthy foods but also a source of employment.

Walmart Neighborhood Market stores were designed in 1998 by Walmart to capitalize on areas in need of low-cost groceries and merchandise and a pharmacy, according to information from Walmart. The stores offer produce, meat and dairy products, bakery and deli items, household supplies, health and beauty aids, and pharmaceuticals.