BJ’s Wholesale Club, a leading operator of membership warehouse clubs, announced today the five newest clubs coming to its footprint, including the Palm Coast location on State Road 100. The local 103,000 square foot store will be part of a shopping center that will include other businesses, including a Miller’s Ale House and four other satellite businesses.
A company spokesperson said the store will open “later this fiscal year.” Since the company’s fiscal year ends with the last week of January, that means by next winter.
BJ’s previously announced plans to open 12 news clubs and 15 gas stations this fiscal year. The company today announced the following club locations:
- Maryville, Tennessee, in the Knoxville market. This will be BJ’s fourth location in Tennessee.
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the company’s second club in South Carolina.
- Palm Coast and West Palm Beach, Florida, the company’s 38th and 39th clubs in Florida.
- Carmel, Indiana, BJ’s second location in Indiana.
“BJ’s combination of unbeatable value and convenience continues to resonate with members, and we’re pleased with the performance of our new clubs,” said Bill Werner, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development, BJ’s Wholesale Club, in a company release issued today. “Our real estate pipeline is the strongest it’s been in 20 years, and we look forward to helping even more families save up to 25 percent off grocery store prices as we add clubs to both new and existing markets.”
As BJ’s expands its footprint, it continues to support the communities where its members and team members live and work. The company is driven by a strong purpose of “taking care of the families who depend on us.” Through the BJ’s Charitable Foundation and its partnership with Feeding America, BJ’s has a longstanding commitment to providing healthy food to families in need.
BJ’s Wholesale Club offers a convenient one-stop shopping experience that includes a vast selection of fresh foods, produce, a full-service deli, household essentials, pet supplies, exclusive offerings and much more. The new clubs will also delight shoppers with a treasure-hunt experience by providing an assortment of both local and seasonal items, as well as home décor, apparel, toys, the latest in tech and much more.
BJ’s members can choose from a variety of convenient shopping options like in-club shopping, curbside pickup, in-club pickup, same-day delivery (depending on zip code) and standard delivery from BJs.com. When shopping in-club, members have access to ExpressPay through the BJ’s mobile app, a service that allows shoppers to scan products as they go and avoid the checkout line.
Members will also find:
- Savings of up to 25% off grocery store prices every day
- BJ’s Gas: At each new club, members will find brand-new on-site gas stations, equipped to help shoppers reach their destinations faster. Plus, members can save even more through BJ’s Fuel Saver Program
- Risk free: Shoppers can try BJ’s risk free with the company’s 100% money-back guaranteed membership
- BJ’s coupons + manufacturers’ coupons: Members can combine savings using BJ’s coupons with manufacturers’ coupons
Each new BJ’s Wholesale Club location is expected to create approximately 150 jobs and hiring is expected to start soon for these new locations. Those looking to learn more about becoming a BJ’s team member can visit BJs.com/careers.
Shoppers can learn more about BJ’s Wholesale Club by visiting BJs.com.
Mary says
Fabulous I can’t wait to go
Donald says
Every time I have been by this location there are pipes and construction materials just sitting there and nothing happening. Are they slow pacing it for a reason?
Joe D says
As a years’ long BJ’s member from my pre-retirement state, BJ’s is a great place for families to save money on food, and household items.
The gas station routinely saved me 10 cents/gallon over other local prices. The only drawback is that MANY of the items are in BULK packs ONLY, and my down sized retirement townhouse doesn’t have room for large storage items.
For families (even relatively small families of 3-4) the savings are significant. Of course over the years, I have purchased deep freezers to allow me to stock up on sales (both at BJ’s AND at seasonal sales at local grocery stores).
I have a once per month trip for large items, and stocking up, then every 2 weeks for smaller sized staple foods at the local traditional grocery store, to fit my small retirement household.
Hopefully more commercial building goes on in the surrounding areas, to supplement the TAX base from being almost WHOLLY DEPENDENT on the local property taxes for County services.
Good Luck BJ’s!
Ed P says
On the upside, each Bj Wholesale outlet provides 125-150 employment opportunities once they commence operations. Applies upward wage pressure on existing big box retailers.
If they truly provide savings then the competitive pressures should reduce pricing at near by grocery stores.
Their gas station may also pressure competitors to maintain a lower street.
The half full glass outlook as opposed to….
Dennis C Rathsam says
My wife & I shopped at BJ in New Jersey, some stuff was good others not so. Meat wasnt the best. Since we moved we from Jersey we started going to Sams, prices were cheaper, quality was hit or miss. While visiting my parents in Madera Beach, they took us to Cosco. Hands down this is the best of them all. Dont take my word for it, before you put down your money for a membership, check the store out. COMPARE!!!!! HAPPY EASTER PALM COAST!!!!
Miami North says
Traffic is already a disaster in this area. It shares the same road with the largest school in the county (FPC) as well as the only airport. Match this with SR100 being the most preferred route to the beach, as many avoid the toll over by the Hammock
Shark says
Finally some competition for gas and groceries.
PeachesMcGee says
There is a project manager available at the site daily. Look for the trailer. They would happy to answer your questions.
Justbenice says
Pierre,
I was wondering if you could look into why our gas prices are so high compared to surrounding towns? According to Gas Buddy some prices in town are 20 cents higher than others in town as well. Thank you.
Concerned for traffic accidents says
First having experience with BJ’s in Syracuse, NY we loved it. should people want to add the extra mileage and gas expense on their cars to go to Costco, have at it.
However, I am greatly concerned that there will be a dire need for a traffic light for cars to get OUT of that shopping center being built. What do we know about that? The adding of needed traffic lights in this county is slower than a snail’s pace. Still waiting for that promised traffic light at Wendy’s on Rt 100. They keep adding more government offices there and increased traffic snafus, yet that light has yet to be installed. I am not sure I am at all confident they will act any quicker on this location! Last I knew the only entrances and egresses will be ON Rt 100
TR says
Isn’t going to change a thing other than force you to get a membership if you want to buy their gas and wait on a line for a half hour. Not worth it to me I have things to do and people to see during any given day. Not retired yet and don’t have time to waste waiting. Good luck to them, but i think Cosco’s is better.
Greg says
Probably one of the worst chain stores there are.
Misty says
I’m from Jersey and shopped only once at BJ. We did not see the bargain or food quality that was worth becoming a member. If I had to choose first Costco because their Kirkland brand and product quality never disappointed and then Sam’s Club. Costco is definitely worth the drive.
Hammock Huck says
And what a way to celebrate their 38th Florida store by adding to the traffic nightmare that already exists on SR100! Great job to our inept elected officials~
Hammock Huck says
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The locals don’t care to hear where you’re from. Take I-95 back to Jersey.
DMFinFlorida says
Wish it was a COSTCO instead!!! Has always been our personal favorite.
Thermus says
When is projected open date? Important but missing info.
TR says
Justbenice, IMO it’s all about greed. I’m not buying the entire story that the gas blend has to be changed for the warmer months. We live in Florida for god’s sake. 10 or so months are warmer than the rest of the northern states. IMO it’s because gas stations know that during warmer months (especially in the summer) parents are traveling more on vacation because the kids are out of school. So the gas station owners are collecting on that fact. Like I said, greed.
FlaglerLive says
Yes, we’ll fill that in soon.
Ray W. says
Hello TR.
Due to the complexity of the reasons for summer blend gasolines, my reply will be lengthy.
As an old former motorcycle racer, I have been reading articles off and on about gasoline technology for nearly 50 years. As an attorney, I have used this knowledge on a number of occasions over the last 40 years, either prosecuting or defending arson cases, though I concede that arson cases are relatively uncommon in the criminal justice system.
Depending on the refinery, and on the grade of crude oil used in that refinery, most gasolines are comprised of roughly 150 different volatile hydrocarbon compounds. Hypothetically, a refinery in Houston will receive crude oil pumped through pipelines from whichever energy company is selected to extract the crude oil, commonly from the Permian Basin.
The refinery will “crack” the crude oil into whichever selected grade of gasoline is ordered by a particular distributor. The refined raw gasoline will be sent by pipeline, by rail, or shipped by tanker to the distributor. One of the Port of Tampa’s major imports is refined gasoline, arriving via tanker. The gasoline is eventually pumped through pipelines or by rail from storage tanks near the Port of Tampa to a distributor, hypothetically in Sarasota. A “pig” is used to keep particular grades of gasoline separate from other grades of gasoline if it travels via pipeline. That way, if a distributor orders a million gallons of regular gas and 200,000 gallons of mid-grade, and 100,000 gallons of high-test, then the refinery can ship the separate orders using the pigs. The distributor receives the three different grades of gasoline and pumps the different grades into the appropriate storage tanks. If Texaco wants to distribute some regular grade gas to its stations, it will buy the raw gasoline from the distributor and blend it with its own additives, such as “Techron.” Chevron will buy the same raw gasoline, but it will mix in its own additives. Texaco and Chevron tanker trucks will be filled with the needed grade of mixed fuel and deliver it to gas stations for retail sale to customers.
Perhaps now is a good place to address different grades of fuel. Regular grade gasoline has the 150 different gasoline molecules, as do the other grades, but the percentages of each different molecule trends toward short-chain molecules. Relatively few long-chain molecules are mixed into regular grade gasolines. Each gallon of regular grade gasoline contains a certain amount of energy, depending on blend. Mid-grade gasolines contain a higher percentage of long-chain molecules and a smaller percentage of short-chain molecules. Mid-grade gasolines contain more energy per gallon than does regular grade gasoline. Premium grade gasoline contains an even higher percentage of long-chain molecules. As a result, premium grade gasolines yield even more energy per gallon when ignited. Racing fuels contain even fewer short-chain molecules and more long-chain molecules.
Here comes the complex part. Short-chain molecules almost always become volatile (evaporate) at relatively low temperatures. Long-chain molecules become volatile at relatively high temperatures. What you smell when you are pumping gas is not all of the gasoline; it is the smell of those short-chain molecules in the mix of gasoline that is evaporating at habitable temperatures. The large-chain molecules do not evaporate at habitable temperatures.
“Weathered” gasoline is what remains after the short-chain molecules evaporate from unused gasoline. If someone doesn’t use a lawn mower engine for a few months, the short-chain molecules will evaporate out of the gas tank through the vent. The engine will be hard to start, and the gasoline will have a different varnishy smell to it.
On a really cold morning, no grade of gasoline will easily ignite unless there are sufficient quantities of short-chain molecules mixed into the fuel to be volatile at the lower temperatures. Before an engine heats up to normal operating temperatures on a cold morning, the long-chain molecules in the gasoline are not fully evaporating, because the engine temperature isn’t hot enough for the fuel to reach full volatility. Partially unburned long-chain molecules are simply pumped out of the engine into the exhaust system as a pollutant. Since catalytic converters are also less efficient at lower temperatures, the pollutants are more likely to be released unconverted into the atmosphere, i.e., wasted fuel is dumped out of the exhaust.
All gasolines must contain at least some short-chain molecules to aid to the ease of cold-weather starting. Summer blends do not need as many short-chain molecules to start an engine on a relatively warm June morning. As an engine heats up, the long-chain molecules more easily become volatile and therefore more easily ignite, because those molecules are fully evaporating inside the hot combustion chamber. Long-chain molecules are more expensive to refine, so summer blend gasolines cost more from the refinery, but summer blend gasolines yield more energy per gallon. The EPA requires all gasolines to be summer blends by May 1st. Refineries may switch over earlier than that date, but not later.
As an aside, if a laboratory possesses the best type of gas chromatograph, an analyst can discern whether gasoline is weathered or not, whether gasoline is sold by Texaco or Chevron, whether gasoline is regular grade or premium grade. All the lab needs is for a sample to be placed inside a sterile sealed can. The contents are then slowly heated at the lab. Each different volatile hydrocarbon molecule evaporates at a specific temperature. Once heated through a full range of temperatures, the now wholly volatile heated mixture is exposed to a clay-like column that absorbs each of the differing volatile hydrocarbons. A sensor detects each of the 150 or so different compounds and their relative percentages, which is reflected in a graph. The analyst can take a graph from a known grade of gasoline and compare it to the graph of the tested grade. The known graph is called a “fingerprint.” If the graph of the tested sample matches the fingerprint, the analyst can testify to the match. Since a fire in a home usually burns cooler than gasoline ignited inside a combustion chamber, the gasoline used in a home fire is often weathered by partial or incomplete combustion; its origin can often be determined from the remnants of the gasoline that was used to ignite the home fire, if any.
Summer blends cost more to produce, contain more energy per gallon by density, produce fewer pollutants, and help engines run better when started.
There is still an issue that was much bigger decades ago, involving “blow-by.” Modern reduced manufacturing tolerances have greatly improved starting engine efficiencies. When an engine is first started, the piston has yet to fully expand from the heat of combustion. Once fully expanded, the seal of the piston rings prevents excessive blow-by. But when cold, each ignition sequence forces partially burnt fuel past the piston rings into the crankcase. Some of the unburnt fuel is diverted back into the intake tract through the pollution control valve. The acidic fuel, if it is not extracted by the PCV, mixes with engine oil. The fuel breaks down the lubricating qualities of the oil, particularly in those engines driven for short distances in the wintertime. Most oils today are rated for as much as 15,000 miles between changes. That wasn’t the case 50 years ago. As I recall, VW air-cooled engines carried a suggested 1500-mile oil lifespan (it might have been more miles, but I have an old brain and that type of memory is the second to go). So many pollutants were forced past the rings in those very old, air-cooled engines that lubricating oil rapidly broke down. Engine oils contains even longer long-chain molecules and gasoline, being a solvent, breaks down the long-chain molecules into short-chain molecules. The affected oil loses its capacity to keep metal parts from contacting each other.
Yup says
Looks like traffic light poles were installed across fron Tom Gibbs Chevy this week.
TR says
Thermus, From what I have been told the projected time to open is between early to mid summer. I’m sure there are some factors involved that could push that a little further out. Especially when it comes to commercial construction. So if everything goes as planned, early to mid summer is what they are shooting for. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if that holds true.
Shark says
I belong to all three clubs and BJ’s is just as good as any of them. Costco in St. Augustine is a nightmare, with Buc-ees and a future Bass Pro Shop. It’s probably one of the worse Costco’s I’ve been too. Sam’s and Costco in Daytona aren’t too bad but not worth the ride. It’s great to have a place in Palm Coast to compete with the over inflated prices at Publix. Almost every item there is one or two dollars more than Walmart. We really need a super Walmart!!!
TR says
DMFinFlorida. I thought I had commented to you the other day, Maybe not. Don’t know if you know this but there is a new Costco’s in Daytona across from the race track on Bill France Blvd. Maybe if you’re down in that area you could do your shopping at the same time and it would be worth the trip. Just a thought.
TR says
I thought the wal mart in palm coast was considered a super wal mart? What’s the difference from the wal mart we have now and what you call a super wal mart?
TR says
Guess they added the info you were looking for. It’s the second paragraph.
“A company spokesperson said the store will open “later this fiscal year.” Since the company’s fiscal year ends with the last week of January, that means by next winter.”
Tony says
What would you suggest? Another storage facility !!!
Shark says
Go to the one in St. Augustine and you will see the difference !!
de says
or car wash
diane says
variety is the spice of life.
DE says
traffic on 100 is deadly at this point
de says
wish it was sams club and put on a road other than 100
dE says
Any opening date yet? trying to decide to renew sams club membership and hold out for the new BJ one, closer to home!
De says
Walmart in Palm Coast has unstocked shelves a lot. It’s not the same store as it was years ago. We can do without the nightly brawls and other issues in it’s parking lot. or getting startled and almost knocked over over by police running through the store. On one hand, I wished the previously planned NEW walmart supercenter was built and not cancelled, which was going to be closer to us off of 100, but watching what happened the Palm Coast one, now I’m glad it didn’t. And now that 100 is overloaded, it’s best to plan that any more major traffic increases, needs to be somewhere else.
MIKE REED says
I just received a mailer advertising a $25 membersip special. When I try to respond to the advertised email, “BJ’s.com/PalmCoast it comes up with the south Daytona address. I have tried several times to join at the above email address. What’s up with that
Rejekibet says
I recently visited BJ’s Wholesale Club in Palm Coast and had a fantastic experience! The selection was impressive, and I found some great deals on bulk items. Can’t wait to check out the West Palm location next! Thanks for sharing this information!