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| A Walmart Supercenter -- like this one in China -- is planned for land in Hackensack, where great journalism was practiced for decades. The store will sell hundreds of items, including diapers -- appropriate considering all the shit coming from the editors running the newsroom in an office building overlooking Route 80 in Woodland Park. |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is moving ahead with plans to build a huge Hackensack store on land owned by North Jersey Media Group, publisher of The Record.
NJMG owns about 20 acres along River Street, where its flagship daily was published for many years before President Stephen A. Borg abandoned the city.
The land will be leased to Wal-Mart, not sold, according to a usually reliable source.
The world's biggest retailer has already started to submit documents to the city for approval of the plan, the source said.
The Hackensack store will be a Walmart Supercenter, like the one in Secaucus. That store is open 24 hours.
Main Street merchants were hurt when The Record moved hundreds of employees out of its landmark building at 150 River St.
Now, they vehemently oppose Wal-Mart's plan.
you'd make a great walmart greeter
ReplyDeleteIf I ever set foot in the store, it will be to report what crappy food and other products Walmart sells.
ReplyDeleteI've been boycotting Walmart for its poor treatment of its workers.
Eye on the record is a great blog. Keep up the good work.
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ReplyDeleteEye on the Record is doing a good job but you're missing the big picture here. Walmart will bring a lot of jobs, thus revitalizing Main Street. Plus it will give you a new venue to return stuff to once Costco toughens its restrictions thanks to that lady who returned the wilted salad several days after its expiration date. Walmart is so good with returns its customer service line usually goes out the door. And did you hear, Fairway is going to open a store in Woodland Park?
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