Walmart Closes Two Michigan Stores, Over 100 Nationwide
Earlier this month, Walmart announced it would be closing 269 stores in response to disappointing results. Over 100 stores owned by Walmart shut their doors for good last night, including two in Michigan.
When the announcement was first made about store closures, the go-to joke went something like this:
Even though it only seems that there are a handful of employees at every Walmart, the actual number of employees affected by the store closure will be closer to 16,000 when all is said and done. Last night, over 100 stores in 27 states closed their doors for good, including the Hartford, MI Walmart and the Sam's Club in Waterford, MI.
Thankfully, none of the Genesee County Walmart stores are scheduled to close, likely because their dominance of the market forced multiple grocers like Kroger, VG's, and Meijer to close area stores in recent years. All of which makes the fact that this area's Walmart stores seem criminally understaffed most of the time. The Burton location didn't even have every cash register open on Black Friday, which had me asking the question -- if not now, when? Get rid of those checkout lanes if you're never going to use all of them.
It's not all gloom and doom for Walmart employees though, the retailer is boosting the minimum wage for all employees to $10/hr in 2016. Those wage hikes go in to effect on February 1st, which is just a handful of days before the last stores are set to close. Coincidence? You make the call.
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