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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Fate | Project discontinued Buildings closed, sold, or converted to Walmart |
Number of locations | 4 (at peak) |
| Products | Food, clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics and housewares. |
| Parent | Walmart |
Hypermart USA (or Walmart's USA after 1990) was a demonstrator project operated by Walmart in the 1980s and 1990s, which attempted to combine groceries and general merchandise under one roof at a substantial discount. The hypermart concept was modeled after earlier efforts from other retailers, notably French retailers such as Auchan and Carrefour, and the Midwestern big retailer Meijer. At its peak, Hypermart USA had four locations with two located in Texas, one in Kansas, and one in Missouri.
All stores used a floorplan that exceeded 220,000 square feet (20,000 m2) (which was about 42,000 square feet larger than an average Walmart Supercenter in 2022 and about 40,000 less square feet than the current[when?] largest Walmart Supercenter in Albany, New York).[1] They featured a mini-mall, food court, arcade, bank, and other kiosk operations. The ones in Kansas City and Topeka featured McDonald's, Subway, and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in their food courts.[2]
- ^ "Albany NY Is Home To Largest Walmart Supercenter In The U.S." Albany.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "2ND POPEYES OPENS IN WAL-MART HYPERMARKET". Supermarket News. 1994-02-07.