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Walter Mart
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990)
FounderWilson Lim[1]
Headquarters
7th floor Walter Mart
Building 8001 A North EDSA Veterans Village, Quezon City[2]
,
Philippines
Area served
Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Metro Manila
Key people
Wilson Lim Jr., Managing Director
Number of employees
3,000
Websitewaltermart.com.ph

Walter Mart (stylized as WalterMart) is a Filipino chain of community shopping malls located in Metro Manila, Central, and South Luzon.[3] The chain operates its anchor stores that include Walter Mart Supermarket, Walter Mart Cinemas, Abenson Appliances, Abenson Home Furniture, Electroworld, and SB Furnitures. Filipino retail stores such as Watsons, Ace Hardware, and W Department Store are also occupying most of Walter Mart's branches.

Walter Mart's corporate headquarters are located in North EDSA, Quezon City.[3][4]

History

Walter Mart's logo from 1990 to 2019. However, this was used as a secondary logo, and it is still seen on the facade until 2023.

Walter Mart was founded in the 1990s by Wilson Lim, at the time of the economic crisis when the major players were not expanding aggressively. The company saw that there was an opportunity to expand in developing communities and uplift their standards of living by providing gainful employment to the locals and improving their shopping experience.[5]

In January 2013, SM Retail and SM Prime Holdings, Inc. entered into a joint venture agreement with Walter Mart to co-manage the operations of WM-branded community-based malls located in the provinces of Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog and cities in Metro Manila.[6][7]

In February 2016, the SM-Waltermart group rescinded an earlier deal to jointly develop shopping malls with 8990 Holdings as these may take business away from SM's shopping centers.[8]

Walter Mart Supermarket

Walter Mart Supermarket is located within most Walter Mart malls. The first supermarket started in E. Rodriguez, Quezon City. In 1995, the owners entered into a partnership with International Grocers Alliance (IGA), making it the only supermarket chain in the Philippines to become a member of the organization. Currently, it is now one of the youngest and fastest-growing supermarket chains in the Philippines with 28 more locations in Metro Manila, Central, and South Luzon.[9][10]

W.Mall

W.Mall is a community mall of Walter Mart that opened its first branch at Macapagal Boulevard corner Coral Way, Pasay on April 26, 2018. The mall anchors Walter Mart Supermarket, W Department Store, Abenson, Miniso, Kidzoona, Abenson Home, and SB Furnitures.[11][12]

The second branch of W.Mall is located at Km. 21 West Service Road in Sucat, Muntinlupa.[13] It opened on September 21, 2022.

Branches

Operational branches

Name Image Opening Date Address
WalterMart Bicutan San Martin de Porres, Parañaque
WalterMart Caloocan June 21, 2023 Maypajo, Caloocan
WalterMart E. Rodriguez 1992 Kalusugan, Quezon City
WMall Macapagal April 26, 2018 Bay City, Pasay
WalterMart Makati 2004 Pio del Pilar, Makati
WMall Muntinlupa West September 21, 2022 Sucat, Muntinlupa
WalterMart North EDSA Veterans Village, Quezon City
WalterMart Sucat San Isidro, Parañaque
WalterMart The Junction May 25, 2022 Novaliches, Quezon City
WalterMart Balanga October 12, 2019 Balanga, Bataan
WalterMart Altaraza August 31, 2022 San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
WalterMart Baliwag January 2023 Baliwag, Bulacan
WalterMart Guiguinto Guiguinto, Bulacan
WalterMart Malolos Malolos, Bulacan
WalterMart Plaridel 2003 Plaridel, Bulacan
WalterMart Sta. Maria Santa Maria, Bulacan
WalterMart Cabanatuan December 11, 2015 Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
WalterMart Gapan Gapan, Nueva Ecija
WalterMart San Jose July 26, 2018 San Jose, Nueva Ecija
WalterMart Talavera November 23, 2016 Talavera, Nueva Ecija
WalterMart Capas Capas, Tarlac
WalterMart Concepcion Concepcion, Tarlac
WalterMart Paniqui Paniqui, Tarlac
WalterMart Subic Subic, Zambales
WalterMart Balayan Balayan, Batangas
WalterMart Nasugbu 2017 Nasugbu, Batangas
WalterMart Tanauan 2010 Tanauan, Batangas
WalterMart Bacoor Bacoor, Cavite
WalterMart Carmona May 27, 2000 Carmona, Cavite
WalterMart Dasmariñas Dasmariñas, Cavite
WalterMart General Trias General Trias, Cavite
WalterMart Imus Imus, Cavite
WalterMart Trece Martires Trece Martires, Cavite
WalterMart Cabuyao Cabuyao, Laguna
WalterMart Makiling Makiling, Calamba, Laguna
WalterMart Sta. Rosa Balibago, Santa Rosa, Laguna
WalterMart Sta. Rosa Bel-Air 2015 Pulong Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Laguna
WalterMart Candelaria Candelaria, Quezon
WalterMart Antipolo Antipolo, Rizal
WalterMart Taytay Taytay, Rizal
WalterMart San Pascual San Pascual, Batangas

Upcoming branches

  • Arayat, Pampanga
  • Naic, Cavite
  • Silang, Cavite

Former branches

  • Calamba, Laguna

References

  1. ^ Go, Josiah (May 9, 2014). "Q&A with Wilson Lim, Founder of Abenson Group of Companies on Starting Up New Ventures". Josiah Go: The Marketing Mentor. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Q Company Overview of Waltermart Group". Josiah Go: The Marketing Mentor. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Waltermart Supermarket, Inc.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Mart, Walter. "Walter Mart - Contact Us". www.waltermart.com.ph. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Q&A with Wilson Lim, Founder of Abenson Group of Companies on Starting Up New Ventures". The Marketing Mentor. May 9, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Dumlao, Doris C. "SM, Waltermart join forces". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  7. ^ "Sy group won't control SM-Waltermart venture". Rappler. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  8. ^ Dumlao-Abadilla, Doris. "8990-Waltermart retail venture deal scrapped". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  9. ^ Mart, Walter. "Walter Mart - Supermarkets". www.waltermart.com.ph. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  10. ^ "WALTERMART SUPERMARKET, INC. Supplier Profile". service.ariba.com. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  11. ^ "Community mall opens in Pasay". Manila Standard. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  12. ^ "IN PHOTOS: W Mall opens in Pasay". Rappler. April 27, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  13. ^ "W. Mall opens doors to Muntinlupa community". Manila Standard. October 24, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
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