OREANDA-NEWS. An expanded Walmart is re-opening Wednesday, October 8, following a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:30 a.m. The larger store is conveniently located at 1800 S. University Drive and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The store will provide Miramar residents with low prices on a broad assortment of merchandise and offer Walmart's free Site to Store program, enabling customers to choose from nearly a million additional online items that can be ordered on Walmart.com and picked up at the Miramar store for free, often as quickly as the same day.

The expanded store employs approximately 300 full- and part-time associates. Store manager Antonio Sevilla started his Walmart career in 1993 as an hourly sales associate.

"The additional space our Walmart contains will provide a better shopping experience for our customers," said Sevilla. "It continues to be a convenient shopping location, and now it also offers a wider variety of products"

The new store offers fresh produce and a full line of groceries from all the leading brand names. There is also a wide variety of treats perfect for Halloween trick-or-treaters.

In addition to groceries, the store features quality, value-priced general merchandise, including electronics and toys. In addition, customers can shop a broader assortment of items online at Walmart.com and then pay for these purchases with cash in all of Walmart U.S. stores and Walmart Neighborhood Markets, including the new Miramar store.

The pharmacy offers a full range of products and services. Pharmacy team members can answer product and prescription questions and customers can ask about health and wellness solutions. Miramar residents can easily transfer prescriptions and order refills on the go with the Walmart mobile app for iPhone and Android.

"How exciting it is to witness [Walmart's] success and expansion in our city," said Miramar Mayor Lori C. Moseley.

The grand-opening celebration includes presentations of grants from Walmart to local community groups.

In addition to the grants given as part of the grand opening, the new store will further Walmart's pledge to fight hunger in America. As part of Walmart's and the Walmart Foundation's USD 2 billion commitment to fight hunger through 2015, Walmart stores in Florida donated approximately 35.2 million pounds of food, in fiscal year 2014, or the equivalent of 29.3 million meals. Additionally, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation gave more than USD 66.8 million in fiscal year 2014 in Florida alone.