AM 1240 WJON » sam’s club http://wjon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 22:16:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Old Sam's Club Demolition has Begun http://wjon.com/old-sams-club-demolition-has-begun/ http://wjon.com/old-sams-club-demolition-has-begun/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:15:50 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=54649 Work has begun to tear down the old Sam's Club building in St. Cloud. The building is coming down to make way for a new $12 million Walmart store.

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]]> http://wjon.com/old-sams-club-demolition-has-begun/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Council Clears Way for Walmart to Return to St. Cloud http://wjon.com/council-clears-way-for-walmart-to-return-to-st-cloud/ http://wjon.com/council-clears-way-for-walmart-to-return-to-st-cloud/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:06:15 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=41325 Walmart's plan to bring a store back into the St. Cloud city limits got the green light from the city council. At Monday's meeting they approved a request by Walmart to vacate a roadway and utility easement between the old Sam's Club parking lot and Division Street.

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]]> http://wjon.com/council-clears-way-for-walmart-to-return-to-st-cloud/feed/ 0 WalMart, Sam's Club Moves Hurting St. Cloud Sales Tax Collections http://wjon.com/walmart-move-hurting-st-clouds-sales-tax-collections/ http://wjon.com/walmart-move-hurting-st-clouds-sales-tax-collections/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:01:49 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=39898 St. Cloud's half cent sales tax collections are down by an estimated $150-thousand after WalMart and Sam's Club moved to Sartell last fall. Sartell is estimated to gain an average of $125-thousand.

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]]> http://wjon.com/walmart-move-hurting-st-clouds-sales-tax-collections/feed/ 0 Public Domain Photos, Flickr Walmart Plans New Store At Former Sam's Club Site http://wjon.com/walmart-plans-new-store-at-former-sams-club-site/ http://wjon.com/walmart-plans-new-store-at-former-sams-club-site/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:47:24 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=31903 Walmart is planning to open a new store in it's old Sam's Club building in St. Cloud. Walmart officials have not returned phone calls to us, but they have filed a building permit application with the city.

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]]> http://wjon.com/walmart-plans-new-store-at-former-sams-club-site/feed/ 0 Hardee's Opens In Epic Center http://wjon.com/hardees-opens-in-epic-center/ http://wjon.com/hardees-opens-in-epic-center/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:01:09 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=5993 The first stand-alone eatery in the Epic Center complex opens for business today when Hardee's opens for business.

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]]> http://wjon.com/hardees-opens-in-epic-center/feed/ 0 Getty Images Top 10 : #6 – Walmart/Sam's Club Opens In Sartell http://wjon.com/top-10-6-walmartsams-club-opens-in-sartell/ http://wjon.com/top-10-6-walmartsams-club-opens-in-sartell/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:01:21 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=2976 SARTELL -- We continue our Top 10 Stories of 2010 with a look at number 6.

The opening of Super Walmart and Sam's Club in Sartell's Epic Center has brought additional tax base, new jobs and another option for grocery needs

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