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Marketside

Logo: Walmart Stores, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Former grocery store chain

Marketside is a grocery brand in China and former chain of grocery stores in the metro Phoenix area, which is owned by Walmart. The stores were opened in October 2008 and closed in October 2011. Only four locations operated, in Chandler; Gilbert; Mesa; and Tempe.2 It employed 90 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Oct 2008Founded1

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Marketside is a grocery brand in China and former chain of grocery stores in the metro Phoenix area, which is owned by Walmart. The stores were opened in October 2008 and closed in October 2011. Only four locations operated, in Chandler; Gilbert; Mesa; and Tempe. Each store was about 16,000 square feet in size. The brand was created in response to Tesco's Fresh & Easy stores, which were in a similar format. Despite the store closure in United States, the brand is still used by Walmart, and later relaunched as a grocery brand in China on March 20, 2019.2

Corporate structure

Marketside is part of a group headed by Walmart. 69 entities, 12 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Timeline

  1. Oct 2011Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Oct 2008Founded Founded1

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