Report: Marketside to open on Oct. 4

PHOENIX According to reports, Wal-Mart will open its Marketside stores in the Phoenix area on Oct. 4.

Finishing touches were added to the four stores in the Phoenix area with signs announcing the opening date, which is less than a year after Tesco's Fresh & Easy stores arrived in the Southwest.

In signs announcing the opening, no mention of the parent company Wal-Mart is made. Instead the signs read: "Marketside. Recommended by food critics and financial planners. Come shop with us."