{"id":168812,"date":"2026-04-17T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168812\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:46:10","slug":"walmart-plans-to-remodel-32-pennsylvania-stores-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168812\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart plans to remodel 32 Pennsylvania stores this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walmart has announced that it will remodel 32 Pennsylvania stores as part of its ongoing efforts to modernize the in-store and digital shopping experience for customers.<\/p>\n<p>Among the locations slated for renovations are six stores in Berks and Montgomery counties.<\/p>\n<p>The planned remodeling will include upgrading layouts, technology and services to offer faster, more convenient shopping and delivery in as little as an hour for most customers, the company said in a press release. The projects include expanding Walmart\u2019s assortment of healthy foods and on-trend items and enhancing the in-store and online experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The Walmart in Exeter Township, 5900 Perkiomen Ave. is among six Walmart stores in Berks and Montgomery counties that are being renovated this year. (DONNA ROVINS - MEDIANEWS GROUP PHOTO)\" width=\"3055\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MER-L-WalmartRenos1new.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1553739\" \/>The Walmart in Exeter Township, 5900 Perkiomen Ave. is among six Walmart stores in Berks and Montgomery counties that are being renovated this year. (DONNA ROVINS \u2013 MEDIANEWS GROUP PHOTO)<\/p>\n<p>According to Walmart, the company has invested more than $518 million to upgrade Pennsylvania locations over the past five years. Nationally, more than 650 Walmart Supercenters and neighborhood markets are to be remodeled by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Among the six stores planned for remodeling in Berks and Montgomery counties, work at three is underway; while work at the remaining three will get underway this summer, the company said in an emailed response to questions. Store remodeling plans are subject to change based on construction schedules and other factors. Work at each store is expected to last three to four months.<\/p>\n<p>The six area stores include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 5900 Perkiomen Ave, Exeter Township, Berks County \u2014 Remodel process has started, expected to be complete this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 5370 Allentown Pike, Muhlenberg Township, Berks County \u2014 Remodel process expected to start this summer<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1135 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing, Berks County \u2014 Remodel process has started, expected to be complete later this spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 651 Main St. \u2013 Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County \u2014 Remodel process has started, expected to be complete this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1515 Bethlehem Pike, Hatfield, Montgomery County \u2014 Remodel process expected to start this summer<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1000 Easton Road, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County \u2014 Remodel process expected to start this summer<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy modernizing our stores, we\u2019re making shopping faster, easier, and more convenient, all while empowering our teams to serve customers better and creating local opportunity,\u201d said Annie Walker, senior vice president, East Business Unit at Walmart.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the investment in its Pennsylvania stores, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have donated more than $42 million to local nonprofits, including providing more than 19 million pounds of food to help fight hunger across the commonwealth, the company said in the release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walmart has announced that it will remodel 32 Pennsylvania stores as part of its ongoing efforts to modernize&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,60,1411,59890,182,200,973,28,128,130,129,1015],"class_list":{"0":"post-168812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-berks-county","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-exeter-township","11":"tag-hatfield","12":"tag-local-news","13":"tag-montgomery-county","14":"tag-muhlenberg-township","15":"tag-pennsylvania","16":"tag-reading-city","17":"tag-reading-city-headlines","18":"tag-reading-city-news","19":"tag-top-stories-mer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}