Walmart is shutting down its Swedesboro Sam’s Club fulfillment facility in March 2025 – the retailer’s second recent South Jersey warehouse closure – according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice (WARN) that the company filed with state officials.
The closure of the Swedesboro warehouse in Gloucester County on March 7 will affect 113 employees, according to the public list of WARN notices the state maintains online. Earlier this year, the company also closed one of its two Pedrickstown fulfillment centers in Salem County, which according to the state WARN notices, affected 271 employees.
The closures come as Walmart continues to change its distribution model, which includes consolidating online-order warehousing into a handful of high-tech “next generation” fulfillment centers. These are currently located in Greencastle, Pennsylvania; Lancaster, Texas; Joliet, Illinois; and McCordsville, Indiana. Another next generation facility will open in 2026 in Stockton, California, the company announced last year.
Walmart told Yahoo Finance on Nov. 27 that employees who choose to transfer to one of the newer next generation facilities will receive a $7,500 transfer bonus and relocation costs if they are eligible. Employees who transfer will also receive on-the-job training for the more advanced technology used in the newer fulfillment centers.
Affected Swedesboro employees also can apply to transfer to other distribution centers in New Jersey and Delaware.
The Walmart spokesperson told Yahoo Finance it was still moving forward with its plans to open a 700,000-square-foot perishable distribution center in Pilesgrove, New Jersey, by 2027. It expects that facility to create 400 jobs in the region.
