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Wegmans awards scholarships to more than 1,800 employees

Regional grocer to pay $5 million in tuition aid for 2020-21 school year

Russell Redman

May 19, 2020

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Under the Wegmans program, part-time employee scholarship recipients can receive up to $1,500 per year for four years, and full-time employees can receive up to $2,200 per year for four years.Wegmans

Wegmans Food Markets plans to award college tuition assistance to 1,842 new recipients for the upcoming academic year.

The Rochester, N.Y.-based regional grocer said Tuesday that, through the Wegmans Employee Scholarship Program, it expects to pay out about $5 million in tuition assistance to new and returning scholarship recipients during the 2020-21 school year.

“Our employees play such a vital role in our company and we are so grateful for them, especially during this unprecedented time,” Colleen Wegman, president and CEO of Wegmans, said in a statement. “This scholarship program helps our people pursue higher education and grow their career. With many graduations canceled or postponed this year, we feel it is particularly important to congratulate this year’s scholarship recipients, and all 2020 graduates.”

During the June 13-14 weekend, Wegmans will recognize all graduating employees with a graduation certificate and a gift to help them celebrate at home.

Under the program, part-time employee scholarship recipients can receive up to $1,500 per year for four years (a maximum of $6,000), and full-time employees can receive up to $2,200 per year for four years (up to $8,800 total).

There’s no limit on the number of scholarships awarded each year, and students choose their course of study, Wegmans noted. Recipients can select any area of study from an accredited college and enter any field they want upon graduation, the company said, adding that many scholarship winners opt to stay with Wegmans after college to continue their career at the retailer.

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To receive a scholarship, Wegmans employees must meet work-performance criteria. Eligibility is also based on a minimum number of work hours over a specified time period. Since the program’s launch in 1984, more than 40,000 Wegmans employees have been awarded scholarships, totaling $125 million.

The latest scholarship recipients include employees from Wegmans stores in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New York (including Buffalo, Brooklyn, Syracuse, Rochester, and the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions), as well as from the company’s corporate, distribution and manufacturing locations.

Overall, Wegmans operates 101 supermarkets in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts and North Carolina. 

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About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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