Does pride in company performance compensate for low wages? According to the Fortune annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, the assumed answer is yes. Wegmans ranked third on the list released yesterday, behind Hilton and Ultimate Software. The family-owned grocery chain has made the list every year during the 23 years Fortune has…
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Watch yourself in parking lots
News from Hanover Township, PA: 2 hurt, 8 cars damaged in Wegmans parking lot wreck. A driver apparently suffered a medical episode, lost control and struck seven other parked vehicles, lehighvalleylive.com reports. 2 hurt in 8-vehicle wreck in Wegmans parking lot, fire official says https://t.co/jmXN7qFif6 pic.twitter.com/6oCAcfPimt — lehighvalleylive.com (@lehighvalley) February 16, 2020 This is not…
V is for Valentine
Pardon the pun, but it’s heartening to see men (and it’s mostly men) buying flowers at 4 a.m. No matter the hour, checkout has been one long Rose Bowl parade. People have bought flowers, balloons, chocolates, cards, teddy bears and at least one stuffed giraffe. They have done so without embarrassment or apology. It’s the…
The company store
Wegmans, for all its honorifics as one of the America’s best employers, is a minimum-wage company. It’s not unusual for employees to spend half of their paychecks on groceries, which means the money goes straight back to their employer. I bite my tongue when I see younger workers pay top dollar for high-priced snack foods…
Bedeviled by Tasmanian cherries
I’ve been obsessed with cherries since I was a scabby-kneed kid climbing the gnarly tree in our back yard. All kinds of cherries. Fresh, frozen, dried, preserved. Cherry pies, cherry juice (great with vodka and club soda), chocolate-covered cherries, even maraschino cherries. So I was delighted to discover two unknown cherry products at my store….
Bot invasion
Is this Stop & Shop robot really just looking for spills, or is he monitoring for shoplifters? So, I’m up here in Cambridge, MA & went to a @StopandShop Can someone tell me what in the “SkyNet” hell this thing is following me around the supermarket???? 😳😳 pic.twitter.com/xNPDiX0Sip — Tara Setmayer (@TaraSetmayer) February 11, 2020
Petals or pastry? Choose pastry.
You probably don’t buy your Valentine flowers a week in advance. Which is a pity, because floral prices at Wegmans soar in the runup to the big day. At my store, a dozen roses cost $12 yesterday; today they sell for $35. Why? Lack of imagination. Roses are the standby choice, which means popular demand…
Shared blame in opioid crisis
As understanding of the opioid epidemic increases, more attention is being directed toward not only the drugmakers and distributors, but the pharmacies. On the one hand, legal sellers of drugs were merely filling doctors’ prescriptions. But do these sellers have a responsibility to monitor and publicly speak out about increasing use of addictive and potentially…
If Emily Post were a Wegmans cashier…
It’s time to talk cashier etiquette, and by cashier etiquette, I’m not talking about how cashiers should treat customers. That’s pretty clear. Employees should be courteous, friendly and capable. In my experience at Wegmans, most workers meet the standard. No, these rules are about how cashiers should be treated. You’d be surprised. Customers have thrown…
Food I don’t feel good about
If only I could learn to like cauliflower. I have a feeling a whole new culinary world would open up. But if I want rice, I’ll make rice. And if I yearn for pizza, there’s no way in hell I’m opting for a cauliflower crust. As for roasted vegetables, there’s nothing better than charred broccoli…