Walmart To Open Massive PA Fulfillment Center

SHIPPENSBURG, PA — Walmart has announced plans to open a 1.8-million square foot fulfillment center this spring, creating as many as 600 permanent full-time jobs.

Unlike Walmart distribution centers, which focus on receiving, storing, and distributing product to stores, fulfillment fulfillment centers store millions of items that are picked, packed and shipped directly to customers as soon as next-day.

The new center "will be instrumental in providing our customers with increased access and faster shipping on millions of every-day items,” Steve Miller, Walmart senior vice president of supply chain operations, said in a news release. “In addition to faster shipping, our investment in Shippensburg will bring a positive impact to the community by bringing even more employment opportunities to a growing local economy.”

Walmart operates seven distribution centers, 160 retail stores and employs more than 60,000 associates in the state of Pennsylvania.

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