Dive Summary:

• ON Friday of last week, Walmart Canada officially open its first location in Atlantic Canada, located I the Halifax Shopping Center.
• Walmart currently has plans for 37 new supercenter projects planned for this year across mainland Canada. The new location features 145,000 sq. ft. and a full line of grocery items to consumers.
• “Walmart with food has an absolutely dominant market share in Ontario, so the addition of food was a key item in establishing dominance in the department store sector,” says retail analylst John Winter.

From the article:

Walmart began rolling out the supercentre large-scale stores in Ontario several years ago and continues to add locations as the large U.S. discount retailer Target enters the Canadian marketplace.