Article: Wal-Mart opens in Woodbridge, N.J.

By Ken Tarbous, Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 27--WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- Wal-Mart turns the key today on its Route 9 store, with the grand opening ceremonies slated for 7:30 a.m.

The public has been anticipating the Bentonville, Ark.-based discount powerhouse coming to town, according to the store manager.

"They're excited, I'm telling you," Joe Rotondi, the Woodbridge Wal-Mart's manager, said.

"We get 50, 60 phone calls a day." The retailer is opening one of its trademark discount centers at the former site of Bradlees on Route 9, the fourth Middlesex County Wal-Mart.

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