By Ryan Mulligan – Reporter, Philadelphia Business Journal
Walmart is shuttering a South Jersey warehouse in a move that will impact 113 workers.
The warehouse at 200 Birch Creek Road in Swedesboro is a fulfillment center for Walmart's (NYSE: WMT) Sam's Club brand. It will close operations by March 7, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Walmart says it is relocating operations from the Swedesboro location to other fulfillment facilities. Impacted employees will be offered a $7,500 transfer bonus and relocation benefits to move to Walmart's newly opened next-generation fulfillment centers like the one in Greencastle, Pennsylvania.
They are also eligible for relocation to nearby warehouses in Smyrna, Delaware; and Westampton and Pedricktown, New Jersey. Impacted employees are able to transfer to Walmart stores and Sam's Club outposts as well.
"We’re continuously evolving our fulfillment network to improve service for our customers and members as their needs change," a Walmart spokesperson said in a statement.
The timing of the decision was driven by Walmart's lease commitments, according to the company.
The move comes after Walmart closed another fulfillment center in nearby Pedricktown in May impacting 271 workers, one of multiple warehouses the retail giant has at the Salem County site.
In that wave of terminations, Walmart also offered identical bonuses to transfer to the tech-forward Greencastle facility.
The 113 impacted workers represent the full workforce at the Swedesboro warehouse. The building at 200 Birch Creek Road spans nearly 600,000 square feet. It's unclear how much space Walmart occupies at the site.
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