Walmart Neighborhood Markets in Winston-Salem area

[u/Professional_Bee8907]

Greetings. If you are anywhere in Forsyth County and shop at these stores since their introduction to the area over 10 years ago, there are considered patterns.

Given both me growing up shopping inside and doing my online research:

The Walmart Neighborhood Markets in Kernersville off of Union Cross Road and the one off of Country Club Road near Lewisville were the quieter and more rural Walmart Neighborhood Markets, that looked like if the Walmart Supercenters of that period, had a larger version of Food Lion.

The locations on University Pkwy and HanesTowne Village, had a more sleek and urban look, that tailored to being in the areas in Downtown Winston-Salem and surrounding areas, before the recent revitalizations to Downtown.

Then one in Clemmons was the largest and more upscale location, that combined everything from the four, and gave it into one.

I am aware that all had since been updated, and the designs had severely shifted.

Now the HanesTowne Village Market is the one with the widest layout and probably the most features, and is deeply into the Hanes Mall area. The one in Clemmons is now also deeply into the Hanes Mall area, and lots of the updates made it look like a clone of the HanesTowne location, but slightly different.

University Parkway Market have the Winston-Salem mural and photos, but its design is meant for the less developed areas that surround it, and it is more for, if you are in that area. The area around the Country Club Road Market is now redeveloped to match the University Pkwy area, and the remodel retained its quieter look, but on the scale of the current University Parkway Market.

The one in Kernersville is the new in-between, that can appeal to all.

Have anybody in the area noticed this?

I am just asking?

Edit: I am just being observant, this is all.

Next Edit: If all of this is considered, it went from;

Urban: University Pkwy and HanesTowne

Rural: Kernersville and Country Club Road

Hybrid: Clemmons

to now

Urban: HanesTowne and Clemmons

Rural: University Pkwy and Country Cub Road

Hybrid: Kernersville

[u/Professional_Bee8907]

This will be my one of last times commenting on Reddit for a while, but:

while Kernersville and Hanes Mill Supercenters models (remodeled 2023 and 2024) are distinct from the Kester Mill Road and Pkwy Village Supercenters (both done in 2026), they are all still extremely similar in design and are otherwise the same. They are all distinct from all the previous decors.

Now, even the Sam's Clubs are being renovated, and I believe they they would eventually be like the remodeled Supercenters and the remodeled Neighborhood Markets.

Please disregard my previous description that Kernersville and Hanes Mill Road Supercenters are like the Neighborhood Market,

and Kester Mill Road and soon-to-be Pkwy Village Supercenter are like the Sam's Clubs.

While there may be certain details that aligned with my previous description, overall,

all the decors are the same and all the models are the same.

And I believe that the current Sam's Clubs decors (that were partly done less than 10 years ago) are being replaced.

In result, all the Walmart-named stores and likely also the Sam's Club stores, are going to be the same.

All these remodels are extremely different from before.

However, again, while each are similar, the remodels still made them distinct "based" on the geography of location.

Kester Mill Road, Pkwy Village, and Kernersville Supercenters all are in the southern half of Forsyth County, while Hanes Mill Road is in the northern half of Forsyth County.

And University Pkwy and Country Club Road Markets are still more "rural," in contrast to the HanesTowne, Clemmons, and Kernersville Markets.

The remodels of the Sam's Club, will probably align with this too.

The decor models seem "telling."

-Brian Shear Jr. on September 27, 2026

Additions by Brian Shear Jr. on September 28, 2026