The Walmart at Tangerine Plaza in St. Petersburg closed in February this year. Now the city is offering a free grocery shuttle to the nearest Walmart for residents. 

  • Free grocery shuttle in St. Pete starts today
  • Shuttle to go from Tangerine Plaza to Central Plaza Walmart
  • Shuttle runs every Saturday from May to August
  • More info here

The shuttle, which starts today, will transport residents from Tangerine Plaza to the Central Plaza area Walmart Supercenter. 

The mini-shuttle bus will only run on Saturdays during the months of May, June, July, and August and carry up to 25 passengers. 

The shuttle will operate between the hours of 9:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. every Saturday. There will be a total of four pick-ups at Tangerine Plaza--unless there is a traffic delay--departing at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 p.m., and 1 p.m. 

The shuttle will departe from the Walmart Supercenter on the half hour at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. 

"For those facing transportation challenges, and especially for those St. Pete residents who relied on the Walmart in Tangerine Plaza, I am pleased to be able to offer this free service. Offering this service to our south St. Petersburg residents is an effort to address food insecurity while gauging demand for a future grocery story in Tangerine Plaza," Mayor Rick Kriseman said. 

The driver is scheduled to arrive at the Tangerine Plaza at 9:45 am and wait for passengers in the parking lot area near the overhang of the former Walmart Neighborhood Store. The city plans to distribute Healthy St. Pete cloth shopping bags to grocery shuttle passengers along with a voluntary rider survey, to gauge the need and usage of the free pilot transportation service.