Walmart Supercentre Square One Facts

Here are some facts about one of the most interesting Walmart locations in Mississauga.
The Square One Walmart opened as a Division 1 store in 1994 after Walmart brought most of the Woolco stores.

It was renovated into a Supercentre in 2012.
Open 7am-11pm
Store #3055 is one of the last remaining “Walco” stores in the area.
It still retains Woolco's overall exterior design of grey concrete squares.

Google Street View of the store, showing the old Woolco exterior

The store is 2 floors and is about 225,000 sqft.
It has a whopping 42 lanes and 8 self checkouts.
This store has all of the typical Walmart services, including a Pharmacy, Vision Centre, Photo Studio,and Travel.

Map of the store that I've made. Updated March, 2019

Above is a map of the store. This store still uses Woolco's old Auto garage as a Mr. Lube. It used to be a Walmart Tire and Lube, until they sold them to Mr. Lube. Instead of a Pickup desk, this store has pickup lockers at the front where you can pick up your small online orders or you can call the store to Pickup your items. This store has a McDonald's located on the back left side of the upper level and a McCafe located near the upper level mall entrance.The Square One store is is one of 2 stores in the city to sell beer, the other being the Heartland location.
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I hope that you liked this post on one of the last "Walco" stores in the area.
Until next post,
-DZ

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