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LANCASTER, TEXAS — Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has opened a 730,000-square-foot food processing facility in Lancaster, a southern suburb of Dallas. About 500 people are expected to work at the facility, which will be used to receive and process produce, eggs, dairy products, flowers and frozen goods for delivery to nearby Walmart stores. The Arkansas-based discount retail giant, which also opened a fulfillment center in Lancaster in 2023, operates about 590 retail units in Texas and employs some 176,000 people throughout the state.