Popular Grocery Chain Wegmans Opening New Location June 25
The grocery business is a competitive one, with more than 45,000 supermarkets in the United States, according to Food Industry Facts. That big number includes supercenters, warehouse grocery, conventional supermarkets, limited assortment grocery, conventional club, natural/gourmet stores and military commissaries. So, yes, there are a wide variety of supermarkets across the country.
The supermarket business also employs a lot of Americans, counting 5.5 million as of 2024 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of supermarkets and grocery stores in the U.S. is on the rise, too, and has grown 1.5% per year on average over the past five years from 2019 and 2024, according to IBS World.
Now, a popular grocery chain is expanding and opening a new location soon.
Wegmans is growing in 2025. The chain has more than 100 locations on the East Coast in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and Delaware, according to the grocery spot's website. Now, Wegmans plans to expand "in the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions."
So, Wegmans is not only expanding but also heading into a new region. Wegmans announced in December 2024 that it planned to open three new stores in 2025, including in Norwalk, CT; Lake Grove, NY; and Rockville, MD.
"All three stores will feature the traditional departments Wegmans customers have come to know and love, including delicious restaurant foods (sushi, pizza, chef-made salads, and sandwiches), an abundant produce department with hundreds of different fruits and vegetables, and a wide variety of seafood, meat, bakery, deli, and cheese options," they said in a statement.
Wegmans opened their Lake Grove location on Feb. 26. Next up, they'll officially open their Rockville location on June 25. Later this summer, on July 26, they'll open their Norwalk location.
Wegmans added that customers were requesting these locations to be added to their store lineup, stating, "Each year, thousands of people who have visited our store for the first time, or moved to a place without Wegmans, write asking that we build a store in their town. Since we open just two or three new stores each year, it would be impossible to oblige every request."
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