Sam’s Club is a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), is the
nation’s eighth largest retailer and a leading Membership warehouse club
offering superior products and services to more than 47 million Members
in clubs across the U.S., as well as in Brazil, China and Mexico.
The Covington Sam’s Club will open Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 8:30 a.m. in West St. Tammany Parish’s River Chase development, located at 69630 Stirling Blvd. With a convenient location near I-12 and services including a fuel station and pharmacy, the new club will bring a unique shopping experience to local residents.
The grand opening ceremony, led by Covington Sam’s Club Manager Chris Cuevas, will feature local dignitaries and special appearances as community officials cut the ribbon to signify the club’s opening. Cuevas, who began his career with Sam’s Club in 1997 and has held a management position previously at the Houma, La., Sam’s Club, has overseen the hiring of 180 new Sam’s Club associates for the Covington club, bringing new jobs and growth opportunities to the West St. Tammany Parish community.
The new Sam’s Club will also help fight hunger in the area by making regular product donations to the Greater Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans. As part of a nationwide collaboration between Sam’s Club and Feeding America, Sam’s Club donated more than 13 million pounds of food to Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief charity.
The Covington Sam’s Club is the third new club opened in southern Louisiana this year, following a club opening in Baton Rouge in January and Denham Springs in June, and will be the 13th Sam’s Club in Louisiana. Along with parent company Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Sam’s Club employs more than 35,000 associates in Louisiana and collected more than $477 million in state and local taxes through sales in 2011. The Walmart Foundation and Sam’s Club Giving Program contributed $15.8 million to Louisiana non-profit organizations last year.
The Covington Sam’s Club will open Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 8:30 a.m. in West St. Tammany Parish’s River Chase development, located at 69630 Stirling Blvd. With a convenient location near I-12 and services including a fuel station and pharmacy, the new club will bring a unique shopping experience to local residents.
The grand opening ceremony, led by Covington Sam’s Club Manager Chris Cuevas, will feature local dignitaries and special appearances as community officials cut the ribbon to signify the club’s opening. Cuevas, who began his career with Sam’s Club in 1997 and has held a management position previously at the Houma, La., Sam’s Club, has overseen the hiring of 180 new Sam’s Club associates for the Covington club, bringing new jobs and growth opportunities to the West St. Tammany Parish community.
The new Sam’s Club will also help fight hunger in the area by making regular product donations to the Greater Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans. As part of a nationwide collaboration between Sam’s Club and Feeding America, Sam’s Club donated more than 13 million pounds of food to Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief charity.
The Covington Sam’s Club is the third new club opened in southern Louisiana this year, following a club opening in Baton Rouge in January and Denham Springs in June, and will be the 13th Sam’s Club in Louisiana. Along with parent company Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Sam’s Club employs more than 35,000 associates in Louisiana and collected more than $477 million in state and local taxes through sales in 2011. The Walmart Foundation and Sam’s Club Giving Program contributed $15.8 million to Louisiana non-profit organizations last year.
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