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Wegmans set to open 100th store

Milestone location marks grocer’s North Carolina debut

Russell Redman

September 27, 2019

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This weekend, Wegmans Food Markets will hit the 100-store mark with the opening of its first location in North Carolina.

Located at 1200 Wake Towne Dr. in Raleigh, N.C., the 104,000-square-foot Wegmans is slated to open Sunday morning at the Midtown East Shopping Center near Interstate 440.

The supermarket will feature Wegmans’ signature European open-air market look and feel, with eye-catching displays of fresh produce, artisan breads and other baked goods plus restaurant-quality prepared foods (including hot and cold bars), fresh-caught seafood, imported cheese, deli and charcuterie, and international foods. It also will house The Burger Bar, a casual restaurant counter serving burgers, salads, sandwiches, soup, side dishes and beer and wine by the glass.

Customers, too, can get store-made sushi, made-to-order salads and subs, and authentic Italian pizza as well as choose from more than 4,000 organic items at the store, which has a culinary staff of 120 out of its 475 employees.

According to Raleigh store manager Hallie Johnston, the location has generated high interest from area residents, with over 24,000 customers signing up for the Wegmans Shoppers Club through the store’s website and app as of Sept. 24.  

Upcoming new stores from Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans will expand its Mid-Atlantic market farther south and establish a presence in the New York City area. Most recently, on April 28, the chain opened a 113,000-square-foot store in Virginia Beach, Va., which at the time represented the retailer’s southernmost location.

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The Raleigh store will assume that designation come Sept. 29. Wegmans said it plans another five stores for the Raleigh-Durham area, including a location at Davis Drive in West Cary slated to open next year. Other North Carolina locations that have been announced include Wake Forest, Cary and Chapel Hill.

Next up for Wegmans is the chain’s long-awaited first New York City store, a 74,000-square-foot location that will anchor the redeveloped Admirals Row site in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Wegmans had announced the project in May 2015. Due to open Oct. 27, the Brooklyn store will feature a second-floor mezzanine with nearly 100 seats for the in-store café, which will include a bar that serves food, wine, beer and spirits.

A second metropolitan New York location is expected to open in spring 2020 in Harrison, N.Y., in Westchester County. Hiring for the 121,000-square-foot store, situated at 106-110 Corporate Park Dr., began in April.

With the Raleigh store, Wegmans’ operating area will grow to seven states. The chain currently has 99 locations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Massachusetts. Wegmans has said the Harrison location will be its 102nd store overall and 48th in New York state.

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Other new stores planned by Wegmans include locations in Greenville, Del.; Annapolis and Rockville, Md.; Middletown, N.J; Washington, D.C. (in the former Fannie Mae campus); and Alexandria, Arcola, Reston and Tysons Corner, Va. The Tysons Corner store is slated to open in 2020. No opening timetables have been announced for the other upcoming locations.

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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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