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From Old Bay to eBay

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Wegmaniacal

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, almost $47 more than the suggested retail price.

The limited-edition sauce is scheduled to reach supermarkets in the next month or so.

As of last night, there were no bottles at my store. However, Wegmans is among the retailers expected to stock the product.

Alas, the arrival will be too late for wings on Superbowl Sunday.

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Upstate New Yorkers love their Wegmans, with a bond that newer customers in other parts of the East are discovering. As a customer and former employee, I share the obsession.

I launched Wegmaniacal in December 2019, to examine the cultlike following the company has developed since its founding in Rochester more than a century ago.

The site stagnated when I left Wegmans and returned to other endeavors. But with rising grocery prices, lowering environmental regulation, and pharmaceutical challenges, it’s time to resume writing here.

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