It’s Rajahmundry in coastal Andhra Pradesh now for Bharti Walmart.
The joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Walmart Stores Inc in India, opened its fourth ‘Best Price’ wholesale store in Rajahmundry on Tuesday.
The outlet will create 170 direct jobs.
The joint venture already has stores in Vijayawada, Guntur and Hyderabad.
Its plan is to open 19 stores across India this year.
Arvind Mediratta, Chief Operating Officer, Bharti Walmart, inaugurated the store, which is spread over 53,000 square feet next to the ONGC Base Complex.
Wide range
The store will stock over 5,000 items, including a wide range of fresh, frozen and chilled foods, fruits and vegetables, dry groceries, personal and home care items, electronic goods, and other general merchandise items.
In a press release the company said several products available have been locally sourced from Rajahmundry and surrounding areas including paper, snacks and confectionaries, dairy, frozen and bakery, personal care, tobacco.
Also, some of the private label items available in the store that are sourced locally includes pickles, rice, stationery, maida, besan, idli and dosa mix, atta, pulses, spices and ghee.