Wegmans
 

On CBS Sunday Morning today there was a segment on Wegmans. For those of us that are super fans, the interviews with Danny Wegman, Chairman, Colleen Wegman, President and CEO and Nicole Wegman SVP was depressing. They were very clear they are not heading south or west but will continue to expand in the Northeast. They do not want to be a National Company or expand beyond their ability to visit each store yearly.

We used to go to Wegmans when we lived in Northern Virginia. Our daughter still lives near Wegmans and says it has gone downhill.

Recently opened one in DC and my kids love it.

Recently opened one on Long Island. Too expensive for me. Waited 2 years for it to be built and very disappointed.

What..do they travel by horse and buggy?

Used to go to their parties on Canandaigua lake.

Opening in VA was a big move for them.

Wegman's is okay. It's certainly no Gelson's.

Would rather have lidl but not likely to see it anytime soon

We lived a five minute drive from a Gelson’s and rarely shopped there (also Pavillions which was about 15 minutes from us). They were both pricier than we were willing to spend except on rare occasion. Five minutes down the road from Gelson’s was a Ralph’s and Trader Joe’s in one shopping center, which was behind our neighborhood so just a five minute walk. Those two were our go-to markets. We especially miss having TJ’s that close.

We have zero experience with Wegman’s having come from SoCal, but it sounds nice.

We shopped Wegmans for many years when we lived in Corning, NY. My only beef was that they slowly replaced name brand items with their store brand items. It was hit or miss on whether their quality was as good as the name brand. However, their service was excellent. What I really miss is the Purity Egg Nog which is much better than other brands. Homemade egg nog is still the best.

Niguel? Ocean Ranch?

Not a Publix Again
 

Hopefully we don’t see another Publix built in the Villages. I’m sort of tired of “the company store” attitude about franchises here. Citizens First and Publix have enough outhouses for us all to use. A Traders, Ralph’s, Vons, Krogers, Acme or about any other franchise would be great to add to the Villages.

who cares
 

I know of Wegmans and it is a great store, but who cares about this story if they are not moving here! And who cares if you know them personally

You do know you can scroll by.

Wegmans
 

Food & Wine ranked grocery stores recently via 40,000 participants. Wegmans ranked #4. Gelsons wasn't even in the top 10.

Westlake Village/Thousand Oaks in Ventura County.

We us to live around the corner from Danny in Canandaigua.

The one in Raleigh NC is fabulous!

Is that like, we won’t be building south of 466. At 466 we are done.

Nobody knows but they do have the right to change their mind and go in a different direction.

I do think you mean south of 44. If I ran this place would have done the same thing.

Ever since "Completely unbiased" Consumer Reports tipped a Suzuki Samurai, I don't trust any media's ranking of anything. They can all be bought. Wegman's is much larger than Gelson's perhaps the categories were different, perhaps Wegman's sponsored Gail Simmons and Dana Cowin and Hunter Lewis's trip to the Caribbean or was the Jubilee Sponsor for the annual festival in Aspen.

Those rankings are worth zero - talk to me after you've shopped at a Gelson's and seen the quality of their produce and proteins first hand.

They opened up one in Raleigh, NC shortly after we moved from that area to retire here and have since opened up another in nearby Apex. So they are getting at least that far south. We had heard a lot of good things about them and stopped by on a visit to see old neighbors and friends and every good thing we had heard was an understatement. I've never been so amazed by a grocery store in my life. I know that Buccee's gas stations have huge fans who go to openings of them but they don't hold a candle to how amazing Wegman's are to me. If they opened one anywhere near The Villages, I know my wife and I would be shopping there regularly. Too bad that it sounds like they are unlikely to do that.