robots

Bot invasion

Posted on February 11, 2020February 26, 2020 by Wegmaniacal

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

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.

Much of what I have to say is positive. Nevertheless, the company is family owned and most of its operations are conducted in private. As a longtime journalist, I’ll also delve into topics Danny Wegman would prefer to keep behind closed doors.

— Laurie Bennett