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To: LindyBill who wrote (94851)1/12/2005 11:33:11 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 793800
 
She says there will be no need to visit Whole Foods anymore: "I will just shop at Wegmans."

Talk about a puff piece! When Wegmans opened up its first store in NoVA, publicity made it sound like the Second Coming. Reality was different.

One of the jokes I like to say is "food is the new porn." Only a grocery store could generate this much buzz in 2005.

I post on Chowhound.com, and there were many threads started about Wegmans. Based on my personal observations, and the reports from dozens of local Chowhounds, it won't replace Whole Foods/Fresh Fields (not enough variety). It won't replace Dean&Delucas/Balduccis/Zabars (again, not enough variety). It certainly won't replace WalMart/Target/Costco/Sams/BJs (too expensive).

The niche it fills is Giant/Safeway/Food Lion/Publix/Winn Dixie, and it's going to kick butt in that category, but only for upper scale shoppers. It's sort of like a bigger Harris Teeter, but cheaper. But not as cheap as Shopper's Food Warehouse or WalMart, no matter what they say.

They only put them in upscale neighborhoods. I can't imagine a Wegmans in Outer Slobovia. Nobody there would know what to do with an olive bar with thirty varieties of olives! Or pressed duck, fois gras, and smelly raw French cheeses.

They also have a great produce section, but the local Korean supermarket kills them in this category.
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