Walmart in Westfield adds liquor, beer, wine

WESTFIELD -- Walmart has sold beer, wine and liquor at its Supercenter at 141 Springfield Road (Route 20) for about a month now, a fact store officials plan to highlight at an official announcement Friday.

The mega-retailer plans to show off a number of renovations at the store, including a new electronics department with interactive displays and updated pharmacy space that gives customers the ability to scan their own prescriptions for refilling.

It's the third Walmart location in Massachusetts that sells alcohol, joining 36 Paramount Drive in Raynham and 352 Palmer Road in Ware.

Westfield Walmart is open 24 hours, but alcohol sales are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week, according to the store's website.

Walmart bought the liquor license from the independently owned Pop the Cork in March 2017 for $140,000. Pop the Cork, now closed, had been located in a small rented space near the East Silver Street Big Y, 2.5 miles away from Walmart, for more than 30 years.

Walmart used a different corporate name, Westborough Beverage Corp., for the purchase.

At the time it closed, Pop the Cork's owner, Craig Worrall, said it was increasingly difficult for an independent store to compete with chain liquor stores and with beer increasingly sold at convenience stores.

In 2017, Walmart instituted a drive-up pickup service for grocery customers in Westfield. Walmart now also offers grocery delivery from its stores in Westfield, Springfield, Ware and Chicopee.

Walmart had fiscal year 2018 revenue of $500.3 billion. It employs approximately 2.3 million associates worldwide.

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