20 Facts About Wegmans

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc is a privately held American supermarket chain.

Wegmans has stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina and Washington, D C with planned expansions into Delaware and Connecticut.

Wegmans has appeared on Fortunes annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list since the list first appeared in 1998.

Wegmans is a privately owned company, founded in 1916 by brothers John and Walter Wegman as the Rochester Fruit and Vegetable Company.

In late 2016, Wegmans opened Virginia stores in Short Pump, Midlothian, and Charlottesville .

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Wegmans originally planned to build new stores in Annapolis, Maryland, Middletown, New Jersey, Arcola, Virginia, and Cary, North Carolina but were scrapped.

In March 2020, Wegmans announced partnership of its new Brooklyn store with Instacart to extend its reach to include all Manhattan ZIP codes.

In July 2021, Wegmans announced it will launch the company's first Manhattan store in 2023.

Wegmans is ranked 29th on the Supermarket News list of the Top 75 North American Food Retailers based on sales volume.

From 2002 to 2009, Wegmans owned and operated Tastings, a full-service restaurant at its Pittsford, New York store.

The lawsuit was settled in April 2011, with Wegmans agreeing to discontinue use of its "W" logo by June 2012, although the supermarket retains the right to use the "Wegmans" name in script.

Wegmans offers a pick-up service called "Personal Shopping" at select locations.

In June 2017, Wegmans partnered with Instacart to provide home delivery service.

In February 2020, Wegmans announced its Brooklyn store would offer grocery delivery to Manhattan residents, an expansion on their Instacart partnership.

Wegmans has received much media attention for customer fan base, organic food, hot food bar, the depth of its food selection and employee happiness.

Wegmans has a loyal fan base of customers who have received recognition for their devotion, who have lined up overnight in the thousands for a new store opening, regularly write "love letters" to the store to ask for one to open in a region not presently served, and in Northborough, Massachusetts, many high school students staged a musical about the store.

Wegmans was the parent company of Chase-Pitkin, a regional home improvement retailer.

In January 2008, Wegmans announced that it would no longer sell tobacco products because of their negative effects on human health and the environment and would offer smoking cessation programs to all employees.

Wegmans began branding some products in 1979, offering basic commodities at a lower price than national brands.

Wegmans brand was used extensively in the American sitcom The Office.