sanitizers

The four horsemen: Purell, soap, paper towels and flour

Posted on March 8, 2020March 13, 2020 by Wegmaniacal

Because of widespread concerns about coronavirus, Wegmans has limited the number of hand sanitizers and related products that customers can purchase. Shoppers can buy up to three of each. But so many other items are flying out of the store. Paper towels and toilet paper. Flour and sugar. Everyone seems to be washing and baking…

Sanitizer update

Posted on March 6, 2020March 13, 2020 by Wegmaniacal

Undoubtedly, you’re tired of photos of empty shelves, but worries over coronavirus have taken us to a new level. Wegmans and other stores, long emptied of Purell and other hand sanitizers, are now selling out of the ingredients of homemade potions. You can make your own sanitizer by mixing rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) and an emollient…

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