BJ’s Wholesale Club broke ground Tuesday on a Fort Worth store that will be the company’s first in Texas.
The membership-based retailer, a competitor with Costco and Sam’s Club, is building the store along Altamesa Boulevard near Chisholm Trail Parkway in southwest Fort Worth. The $9.5 million store is expected to open in the spring with about 100 to 150 employees.
What is BJ’s Wholesale Club?
Like other warehouse stores, BJ‘s shoppers can buy products in bulk and gasoline at discounted prices compared to other retailers. The company has said it “consistently offers 25% or more savings on a representative basket of manufacturer-branded groceries compared to traditional supermarket competitors.”
The 106,000-square-foot Fort Worth location will offer groceries, electronics, clothing, household goods and an array of bulk products. Shoppers can expect to find a deli, bakery and gas station. Membership prices start at $60 per year.
BJ’s head of corporate communications Kirk Saville said the company was drawn to Fort Worth because of the number of families concentrated in the area and the region’s continuing growth…