Marketside pulls back curtain via Web site
September 29th, 2008, 9:26 am · Post a Comment · posted by davewoodfill
Wal-Mart Stores revealed some details on its newest chain store concept Marketside, which opens only in the Valley on Saturday.
The Bentonville, Ark.-based company launched a beefed-up version of the neighbhorhood-centric grocery stores’ Web site that features floor plans, some product selection and prices.
Marketside is divided up into 11 sections with names like The Corner Deli, The Bakery, The Butcher Shop and The Garden, or the produce section.
The four stores, which will be in Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa and Tempe, will offer an array of prepared meals like chicken tamales with Spanish rice or steak fajitas with grilled onions and red rice, which range in price from $6 for single-sized entrees to $8 for a family-sized entrees. They also offer $4 appetizers and $2 side dishes like salads.
Marketside will sell about 200 wines for under $10, as well as domestic and import beers and spirits. Unlike Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, which sells an extensive selection of low-priced store-brand products, Marketside’s Web site makes no mention of private label products.
Marketside opens on Sunday at Elliot and Cooper roads in Gilbert, Ray and McQueen roads in Chandler, Sossaman and Baseline roads in Mesa and Rural and Elliot roads in Tempe.