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Old 03-01-2023, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by JSR22 View Post
Your opinion does not matter to me. I love Wegmans and wish they
would come here.
Up North we have three market chains, Wegmans, Tops, and Aldi's. We now shop when back North, more at Tops than Wegmans because they have changed so much with their product mix. When you first walk in, Fabulous! Fruits, veggies, hot food, cold food, sushi, cheeses, deli, bakery, and more. Seasonal veggies are from local farms, freshly picked. Then the fish and meat cases, butchers, wonderful. Prepared meals to go, I could go on and on, seriously.
But when you go into the inner market, what has happened is they have migrated their store brand, Wegman's, in place of the name brand, so you may not find, the product you always used, and are happy with it, but now it's a Wegmans brand. If you do find a name brand on the shelf, it is usually some ridiculously large size, not practical to buy. Also, never BOGO, never. If you use coupons, will not happen. Deli meats, like Publix have their own cold meats. The only place I have found is Walmart for a choice of brand name cold cuts. We tend to use Tops Market, (Buffalo, NY based) for major grocery trips. BOGO's, coupons, and brand names, big choice on the shelf.
Yes, we do shop Wegman's, but not for our bulk purchases.