A thin man with a thick accent asks me if we carry goat meat. He doesn’t look hopeful. “Or lamb?” he suggests, as a compromise. The man obviously is new to Wegmans. Of course, we sell lamb. But we also sell goat meat, bone-in, frozen, at $9.99 for a two-pound bag. Right next to the…
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Pre-game show at Wegmans
The lines started forming early this morning, people pushing carts crammed with the essentials of Snack Food Sunday. They bought tubs of pretzels, myriad kinds of chips, and popcorn in two-pound bags. They loaded up on meatballs, pizza, wings, chili fixings, pasta fixings, sushi platters, guac, salsa and queso dip. And, after 8 a.m., beer,…
From Old Bay to eBay
Old Bay, the seasoning company owned by McCormick, is boasting that it “broke the internet” with its new hot sauce. The product, offered first on Old Bay’s website, sold out Wednesday within an hour of launch. Some of those lucky enough to make purchases are listing bottles online for as much as $50 a pop,…
Wegman vs. Bezos – a battle of David and Goliath?
How worried is Wegmans about Amazon? The constant promotion of home delivery of Wegmans meals and groceries is one indication. Another sign, although more obscure, is Wegmans’ growing list of internet domain names. In the last two years, the company has registered 10 new names, many of them centered around delivery services. (A few examples:…
The sun still rose on Tuesday
One customer joked about the bagapocalypse. A few seemed annoyed that they had forgotten their reuseable bags, or that cashiers had to charge a nickel per paper sack. But all in all, everyone coped. The first day of no plastic bags at Wegmans’s New York stores turned out to be the Y2K of the grocery…
You feel good. You knew that you would.
The entrance to the typical Wegmans store delivers customers to a cornucopia of fresh produce. Beautiful purple eggplants, spiky pineapples, whole sections of berries and greens. The presentation amplifies the company motto: “Food you feel good about.” Yet increasingly, the profit center has been prepared foods. Wegmans has managed to meld your desire for junk…
Tech tics
Late Saturday night, a happily stoned young man asked me if we sold playing cards. I searched the new Wegmans app and was rewarded with page after page of beauty bars and body washes. The guy wandered off as I continued to scroll. “Found ’em!” he finally shouted from several aisles away. Since Wegmans launched…
More from the Twitterverse
When I was 15 years old, and had just started working at wegmans, a woman yelled at me until I got teary eyed because I mistook her cucumbers for zucchini through the bag they were in. I wonder how she’s doing. Hope she’s ok. — Chelsea Flynn (@Chelsea072388) January 24, 2020 shopping at wegmans right…
Evil plastic, be gone
We’re all bracing for the supermarket equivalent of a tectonic plate shift. On Monday, Jan. 27, Wegmans stores in New York State will stop using plastic bags. This is HUUUUGE. For customers, the company, employees, and the environment. Shoppers will have to buy reusable bags or use paper, at five cents a pop. The company’s…
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The driver’s test in NY state should have a portion where you navigate a Wegmans parking lot — Sam Hunt (@thesamhunt1) January 17, 2020