Wegmans The Musical

My love for this store is well documented, and so you can imagine how hard I laughed with I watched this video. Classic. And even better, the show is put on by a group from a Massachusetts high school,  the latest state conquered by this grocery store chain's domination.

Wegmans is finally here

Stop all the world now (shout out to Howie Day!).

I am severely delayed in this posting, which is just no good in the blogging world. Excuses excuses. I will say that I was terribly sick for what seemed like 6 weeks, and couldn't do much of anything besides cough and be a general invalid.

In the midst of that, my beloved Wegmans opened their first store in New England. Our plans, as you may remember, were to camp out the night before and get a good place in line. My hacking cough changed our plans and we decided to wake early, and get in line.

With our good fortune, we woke at 3am, and were in Northborough by 4:30ish. The day had arrived.

In honor of New England, corporate Wegmans hired some poor elderly re-enactment souls to play the fife and drum to build excitement with the crowd.

Other than that, it was a mad rush through the door when it opened. I'm happy to report that I was the first customer to order a sandwich from the sub shop! It was so hectic, that I actually had a bit of crowd overload. You could barely walk without getting stuck behind people who were just ogling the aisles and endcaps. N and I did some light grocery shopping (including finding pumpking doughnut holes, hello!) and were out by 8:30am.

Overall review: It's definitely awesome to have one in the general area, but it's not as good as DeWitt Wegs!

Burlington Wegmans?

Lots of news reports online about Wegmans proposing to build a store in Burlington MA! This is just a few miles from my current abode, so this makes me very happy!

Northborough Wegmans update

The tentative opening day for Northborough Wegmans is Sunday, October 16, 2011. Mark your calendars!

Weggies!

I love Wegmans. I'm not sure anyone can quite fully grasp its awesomeness unless you have visited. It's the best family-run grocery store chain in central New York. They've recently expanded further into Maryland, Virginia, and soon Massachusetts!

I've been stalking their "future" locations for years now, and I'm excited to announce that their flagship Massachusetts store will open in Westborough this fall! I already plan on camping out overnight (if need be) to be there for the grand opening. Hope I can get on the local news, and maybe even the CNY news! They are attempting to break into a grocery market in this state that is already saturated with Shaws, Stop&Shop, Trader Joes, Whole Foods, and Roche Brothers.

I have such fond childhood memories of going grocery shopping at their "old" store with my mom, and getting a free cookie at the bakery, as all kids did. I'm pretty sure it was a clever tactic to help mothers quiet their children while shopping. It worked!

Now, as an adult, I'm secretly trying to figure out how to carve out a job for myself at Wegs. They've ranked quite high on Fortune's Top 100 Companies to Work For for several of the past years!